The Contracted Ever After (Cordelia and Ronan) novel Chapter 156

The next day, after tidying up her grandma's bedding, Cordelia hitched a ride back to Millstone with Edwin.

With the Halloween celebrations over, she dove straight into work. Milana told her that the annual summary meeting was just around the corner, and Mr. Evans would be handing out awards to the entire Audit Department.

Cordelia clenched her fists, quietly whispering his name. Thoughts of him always left her in a whirlwind of conflicting emotions.

It had been a while since she last saw him, only occasionally exchanging messages with Barney on Messenger, keeping up appearances.

As the year-end approached, the Audit Department was swamped. Cordelia was running around like a headless chicken all day, often pulling overtime at night.

A few days later, at 10 p.m., Cordelia was still crunching numbers while eating her takeout. Wyatt passed by her office and saw her hard at work through the glass door. He snapped a photo and sent it to Ronan.

The caption read. [Mr. Evans, looks like you won't be having kids in the next five years.]

Ronan stared at the photo of Cordelia. The side profile of her face was breathtaking. Her delicate features, flawless skin, and her focused working demeanor were irresistibly attractive, radiating a sophisticated sexiness.

Just seeing this photo of Cordelia, Ronan felt turned on.

He saved the picture.

But thinking of how Cordelia had once cried and argued with him in his office over another man made him furious. Even worse, that guy was his sworn enemy.

"What are you looking at, Ronan?" That night, Deanna dropped by Ronan's place. She had just finished filming a night scene and came over to check if Cordelia had spilled the beans about their past.

"Nothing much, just looking at a photo of my wife."

Ronan's intense gaze earlier had Deanna thinking that Cordelia had sent him a risqué photo.

She had known Cordelia was away, and thought she could use tonight to rekindle old flames with Ronan, take some pictures of them in bed together, and show Cordelia.

But now...

"Ronan, I'll head off now. It's late, you should get some rest." After saying that, Deanna left with a heavy heart.

She was pondering, “Should she come clean with Ronan, and how could she do so without tarnishing his perception of her?”

Emily from the HR Department sent a message to Ronan on Messenger. [Mr. Evans, we're presenting awards to the Audit Department the day after tomorrow. Do you need to prepare anything? We've got the prizes ready.]

Every time he thought of the Audit Department, or rather, Cordelia, Ronan felt at a loss. But he still replied with a short message. [No need.]

[Well, you should get ready. Tomorrow is the annual summary and Audit Department recognition ceremony. You should go over your speech again.]