The Contracted Ever After (Cordelia and Ronan) novel Chapter 159

Samantha was pleased to see the hall packed with people. Cordelia saw Samantha and said, "Let's go."

"Hold on, I need to give someone a key," Samantha said, pulling out a key from her bag.

Jamie, in the hall, felt very awkward seeing so many people. He kept his back to everyone, looking at the bulletin board. Luckily, no one noticed him.

"Cordelia, isn't that your husband?" Samantha suddenly raised her voice.

"Who?" Cordelia hadn't seen Jamie yet.

Instinctively, she thought Ronan had arrived. Her face tensed up, and she started looking around. The colleagues around her, hearing "Cordelia, husband," also instinctively thought it was Mr. Evans. They all stopped to look.

After all, Mr. Evans and Cordelia used to be the focal points of the company's gossip. They all thought some new drama was brewing.

"It's him. Jamie, I saw you two that night," Samantha said.

A crowd had already formed around Cordelia, all eager to see the show. They were snickering, amused at Samantha's big blunder. However, no one told Samantha the truth. They were all waiting to see if she would screw up even more.

But Samantha was smug, thinking everyone was laughing at Cordelia for having such a scandalous husband.

Ronan and Emerson just came back from outside. They stood outside the crowd, hearing everything and seeing Jamie standing there.

"What night?" Cordelia's eyes were wide open. She was thinking, what was this all about? What was the point of making up a lie everyone knew?

"It was Halloween. You two were chatting, watching the fireworks, and went back to the hotel together. Isn't he your husband?"

Jamie saw how embarrassed Cordelia was and wanted to explain.

Under the public gaze, Cordelia felt incredibly awkward. She stomped her foot and left. She walked through the crowd, not seeing Ronan.

She already knew that Samantha's excuse for visiting her mother was a lie, and the real plan was to humiliate her. She didn't know Samantha got her husband wrong, she just thought Samantha was trying to expose that night's event and embarrass her in front of her colleagues.