She Walked Away With His Twins While He Begged the Ground She Walked On novel Chapter 262

Quinn knew he was warning her, afraid she would forget her place and leak the truth about their relationship.

She scoffed inwardly. "Don't worry, Miles. I only want to get my laptop data extracted. I won't speak out of turn. Assuming, of course, that Jade Winter doesn't come looking for trouble."

She hadn't forgotten that Jade was currently his executive assistant.

Spending every waking hour with him, it was inevitable that they might bump into each other at York Plaza today.

Miles's jaw tightened, his brow furrowing sharply. "Jade has a wonderful personality. Unlike you, who constantly targets her."

A wave of anger surged in Quinn's chest. Her fingers dug tightly into her phone, and she lowered her gaze, forcing down her fury.

She shouldn't have mentioned his childhood sweetheart in front of him. Even a simple statement of fact would be seen as a deliberate provocation in his eyes.

She only had a little over two months left anyway. After that, their paths wouldn't cross again. There was no point wasting her energy on him.

The car fell back into silence, and Quinn's gaze drifted out the window to the bustling city streets.

A faint, involuntary trace of melancholy touched her delicate features.

Perhaps it was because amidst all this towering prosperity and endless cityscape, there wasn't a single place where she could lay the heavy burdens of her heart to rest.

...

The car pulled to a smooth stop outside York Plaza.

This was Quinn's first time visiting the York Plaza headquarters.

In the past, when she still wanted to break through his defenses and build a real life with him, she had thought about coming here to bring him homemade meals to soothe his stomach issues.

While her coming here to fix her data was a coincidence, it didn't mean she wasn't secretly harboring those ambitions.

"Quinn, if you can actually behave yourself, rein in your frivolous habits, and stop making a fool of yourself in public to stir up gossip... I might consider finding you a job getting coffee here at York Plaza."

He waited for Quinn to look at him with thrilling excitement and gratitude, but all he received was a face as cold as ice.

"I appreciate the offer, Mr. York, but no thanks. I won't bother bringing my mess into York Plaza. Once my data is recovered, I'll leave immediately without causing you an ounce of trouble."

Seeing her snap back at him, Miles's expression darkened, his eyes turning glacial. "Ungrateful."

His perfectly tailored bespoke suit accentuated his tall, arrogant frame, radiating an oppressive sense of authority.

He took purposeful, commanding strides into the corporate building, causing everyone in his path to instinctively step aside.