Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 89

Myra walked several steps, but there was no sound of footsteps coming from behind. For some unknown reason, she suddenly felt a twinge inside her, and an emotion that she had never experienced before quickly spread through her heart.

She gritted her teeth and looked back. A look of surprise flashed across Tony’s face, but he quickly reassumed his usual poker face.

Myra tucked the hair that had been brought to the front by the breeze behind her ear. Softly, she uttered, “Director Hart, I said something I shouldn’t have when you sent me back on the night of Old Master Hart’s birthday banquet. You’re not the kind of man who takes advantage of others’ misfortunes and disrespects women, so I should apologize to you.”

In fact, it should have occurred to her that a man like Tony had high expectations for women in the first place. Moreover, he hadn’t had a girlfriend despite being nearly 35 years old. If he wasn’t proud and aloof by nature, he must—just as described in the video that day—have a woman he loved. Since that was the case, how could he possibly want to do something inappropriate with a married woman like her? But…

“But I’m now a married woman, after all. Director Hart, you’d better keep some distance from me in the future to avoid any unnecessary gossip.”

She could sense the feelings Tony had for her, but she no longer wanted to delve into what these feelings meant right now. She had just ended a relationship, so she didn’t have much energy to think about other matters. It was okay if she took it the wrong way, but if what happened was just as what she had thought the night before, she could only say that she had no plans to start a new relationship for the time being.

Tony stood ramrod straight under the streetlight, with his back straightened and his expression as cold as ice. His facial features were blurry under the light, but Myra felt as though she could see his expression at this moment. His thin lips must have been pressed together…

It wasn’t until a long time later that she heard his icy voice. “I don’t get it. Miss Stark, it was you who got into my car yourself today, but why do you speak as though I’m latching onto you on purpose?”

Myra’s hands clenched tightly into fists at her sides as her cheeks instantly burned. After a failed attempt at a smile, she lowered her eyes and glanced at her knee, which had been bandaged up by the man. “Uh, I’m going home first.”

Then, not daring to stay in place for another second, she stepped hurriedly toward the apartment building regardless of the wound in her leg.

Tony, whose eyes were as black as ink that was too thick to be diluted, watched her figure from behind as she fled in panic as if she had run into a great scourge. Suddenly, his cell phone rang; he picked it up with a steely face. “Speak!”

The chilling undertone in his words caused Elliot to tremble right away on the other end of the line. He ventured carefully, “Didn’t you manage to pick Myra up, Tony?”

But that shouldn’t have happened; the three of us have seen Myra getting into his sports car, he thought to himself.

“Just hurry up and say whatever you have to say; I’ll hang up if there’s nothing.” Tony fretfully tugged on the collar of his shirt, only to hear a faint and subtle sound; he had torn a button out of his collar. Staring fixedly at the custom-made button that was bouncing on the ground, he felt even more agitated, so he subconsciously reached for the clothes on his chest where only a piece of silk thread was left.

Suddenly, his gaze paused on the cuff of his suit jacket’s left sleeve. A black diamond button should have been there, but it had disappeared without a trace at this moment, leaving only a piece of silk thread just like the clothes on his chest.

“Well, Tony, we have found a buyer for the property in Hilliville and settled on a price with them. We’re about to sell it, so we’d like to discuss the matter with you.”

Tony’s eyes darkened at Elliot’s words. Suddenly pursing his lips, he replied flatly, “I have changed my mind.”

Elliot was astounded. “Huh? What?”