Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 276

“Myra, I may not care about what people say about you, but you do, right?” Tony paused, then looked at the woman in front of him, who looked rather awkward. His expression became considerably gentler. “I know what you’re thinking. You’re afraid my reputation will be ruined, right?”

He let out a low chuckle next to her ear, causing his breath to spread all over her neck. She found it ticklish and couldn’t help but shrink her neck back.

Leaning over, Tony placed a kiss on her lips. “This society will always be a little harsher on women and a little more tolerant of men. I’m a man, so it doesn’t matter even if they throw dirt my way because it’s true that I already had intentions for you at the time.”

Tony’s tone was nonchalant, but Myra squeezed her palms. She shot him a quick glance before looking down. “Anyway, since the situation is like this now, regardless of whether or not the dirt is on me, I won’t be able to wash it off.”

It was just as Tony said. This society was always a little harsher on women and a little more tolerant of men. Even if Tony came forward right now to say that he was the one who took the initiative that day in the hotel, many people would just think that she was evil and asked him to stand up for her because she couldn’t clear her own name.

People’s minds were very complex, but hearing him say that he didn’t care what others thought of her was enough for Myra.

When the feeling of being wronged slowly ebbed away, Myra looked up and met Tony’s gaze. All of a sudden, she said, “After I received the call from Old Master Hart, I… turned off my phone on purpose.”

As expected…

Tony narrowed his eyes.

“I was a little confused. At that time, I figured if I told you, you would’ve rushed over. I was afraid you’d get into an argument with Old Master Hart.”

Sebastian was already dissatisfied with her at that point, so if Tony acted out, it would only further anger the old man.

Initially, Myra wanted to see what Sebastian would say, so on the spur of the moment, she turned her phone off.

Tony tightened his hold on her waist. “If this happens again, I won’t let you off the hook so easily!”

Stretching out both her arms, she circled them around his waist. She was going to say something when the sudden ringing of a phone stopped her.

They both fell silent. Then, Myra let go of Tony’s waist and tried to reach for her bag. But, Tony didn’t let her do so and grabbed her hands before placing them back onto his waist. He stretched out his own arm to bring her bag over.

By the time he got hold of her bag, the phone had stopped ringing.

But, it didn’t take long before the phone started ringing again.

Tony fished Myra’s phone out of her bag and handed it over to her.

The call was from an unknown number, and although she didn’t really want to pick it up, she was afraid it might be a new customer, so she answered the call.

However, as soon as she picked up, Sean’s slightly worried voice sounded. “Myra, are you all right?”

Lately, Myra turned her phone volume up to maximum. Since the distance between her and Tony was close, he heard the male voice and found it utterly familiar.

He narrowed his eyes a little, and a sharp gleam flashed across his eyes.

Myra froze. Undoubtedly, she knew how bad the sound leakage was, and she could more or less guess that Tony must have heard what Sean said.