Chapter 72 Why Not?
“Byron?” Tyler was taken aback and greeted him first.
Byron had just extinguished his cigarette, and the smell of smoke still lingered
around him. “When did you come back?”
Both men had identical perfect b*dy proportions and equally exceptional
charisma.
The difference was in their auras. If Tyler, in his white shirt and beige trousers,
looked as clean and angelic as ever, Byron, in his black shirt and black pants,
seemed like a devil wandering in the dark.
Byron’s gaze was profound and icy, as if it emitted a chilling effect. Even Tyler
couldn’t help but shiver when he got closer.
“Today.” Tyler felt that something was off about Byron’s demeanor today, but he
couldn’t pinpoint what exactly it was.
“Well, let’s meet another day then.”
As Byron pa*sed by them, his gaze briefly swept across Cora’s face.
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Remembering his indifference and avoidance earlier in the day, Cora imitated
him by not making eye contact and treating him as a complete stranger.
“I definitely will. I’ll treat next time.”
Tyler watched Byron walk away and wanted to say something to Cora.
But Cora said first, “Tyler, I need to use the restroom. You go back first.”
“Alright, I’ll wait for you in the private room.”
Byron’s presence disrupted the atmosphere, and Tyler couldn’t find the same
feeling as before. Certain words couldn’t be spoken anymore.
Cora nodded in response, turned around, and went into the bathroom.
But what she never expected was that when she came out of the bathroom, Tyler
had left, but Byron was standing in front of the sink smoking a cigarette.
The smoke diffused around him, and with his slightly tilted head and tense
jawline, he exuded a seductive aura.
Upon hearing the sound, his gaze fell unabashedly on Cora.
On this late autumn night, she was wearing a slim-fit blue dress with a white
cardigan draped over it.
That enchanting appearance made him involuntarily think about whether she was
as irresistible when lying beneath Tyler as she was when she was with him.
Cora felt a scorching sensation from his brazen gaze, which made her earlier
tipsy feeling almost disappear.
She clenched the bag in her hand and was about to quickly walk past Byron,
intending to continue to treat him as a stranger just like before.
However, Cora couldn’t have anticipated that just as she was about to pa*s by
Byron, he suddenly grabbed her waist and pulled her tightly into his embrace.
“Are you trying to seduce Tyler?”
His eyes narrowed slightly, and his whole demeanor became deep and cold.
Cora struggled for a moment, but she found that the more she resisted, the
tighter Byron’s hold became until there was no space left between them.
She could clearly feel the temperature rising in Byron’s b*dy, afraid that he would
lose control completely. So, she changed her strategy.
“Mr. Hansen, you have sharp eyes.” She stopped struggling and didn’t touch
Byron with her hands. Instead, she held onto her handbag and smiled
seductively at him.
“Did you succeed?”
Byron had obvious sarcasm in his tone.
“Mr. Hansen, if you hadn’t interrupted just now, I probably would have
succeeded.”
Cora was still smiling at him, and her slightly drunk eyes were full of charm.
“After succeeding, are you planning to marry into the Cooper family? Their
threshold is even higher than the Hansen family’s.”
Byron’s tone was as icy as freezing cold.
But Cora’s tone was even colder than his. “If the threshold is high, so be it. I
didn’t be with him aiming to get married anyway.”
Without Byron reminding her, Cora knew that although the Cooper family wasn’t
one of the top four prominent families in New York, they were an influential and
well-connected family. Every wealthy family had to establish good relations with
them and try to form an alliance.
She had never thought of marrying the social ladder of the Cooper family. It was
just Byron’s harsh words and stern demeanor that ignited her rebellious spirit. It
wasn’t her fault that her background suddenly became humble!
Seemingly angered by her, Byron tightened his embrace around her waist once
again. “Not aiming to get married? Aiming for the benefits he can give you
instead?”
“Why not!”
“He can offer a price, and I can afford it,” Byron said, his expression almost
devouring Cora.
“Mr. Hansen, I know you are wealthy and powerful, but at the moment, I prefer
Tyler.”
But when Cora sweetly called out “Tyler,” it felt like Byron’s eyebrows were about
to freeze into ice.
He took a deep drag on his cigarette and blew the smoke toward Cora’s face.
“Are you sure Tyler can satisfy you?”
Cora turned her face away, but the smoke still made her cough a few times,
slightly annoyed.
“I heard that a man’s 25th year is a turning point. I believe Tyler is more capable
than you, Mr. Hansen.”
But Cora, being too naive, didn’t know that provoking Byron was unwise.
As expected, as soon as Byron was suspected of not having good skills in bed by
Cora, he lost all rationality and forcefully pushed Cora into the ladies’ restroom…