Semua Bab Easy, Mr. Bigshot: Bab 21 - Bab 30

The seriousness in Jethro's eyes was unmistakable, but the more eager he appeared, the more my instincts screamed for me to run away. The reason I got hammered that day was to get back at that scumbag Liam. Once sober, I regretted everything, so why would I want to go another round with this man?"Can we talk about this? I’m willing to do anything but that," I said as I laughed nervously. I backed away, attempting to put space between us. My instincts told me this man would devour me."Do you really think you have a choice in the matter, Serena? No woman can deny my desires," he proclaimed as he advanced toward me, his voice tinged with arrogance.Though I was irked by his smugness, there was no denying his good looks and wealth. Still, what gave this narcissistic man a pass to assume every woman would be thrilled to sleep with him? I retreated further, debating whether to just turn and run and what were my odds of escaping."You told me I was good in bed and well-endowed. How abou

“Excuse me.”Having had enough of Jethro, I pushed open the door and exited the car. He didn’t say anything—he just frowned. As soon as I closed the door, he drove off and left me in the middle of nowhere.Yeah, that pissed me off a little. It was like being gentlemanly would kill him. Not that this was a problem to me. We were strangers from today onward, right? I took a cab back to Summer’s place. Along the way, I realized I was still wearing Jethro’s coat. I would rather return it to him, but we hadn’t exchanged numbers. Besides, he was the Mr. Bigshot CEO, right? He wouldn’t notice that one of his many coats was missing. I could return it to him some other time. Summer got home at the same time as me. She noticed my messy clothes and the man’s coat and put the two together. “Tell me the truth, Rina,” she said, her eyes settling on the hickeys on my neck. “What happened, and was it with him?”Summer was my best friend in the entire world, but being asked about something lik

Claude looked relieved after hanging up, but his smile instantly froze when he saw me. “S-Serena! Wh-What are you doing here?” His eyes dodged my gaze, telling me everything I needed to know!“I heard everything, buddy,” I said. I got straight to the chase. I wasn’t going to mince my words for a piece of shit. He started panicking again. “Serena, I can expla—”“Hush. You don’t want others overhearing our conversation, do you?” I pointed to the window at the far end of the corridor. “Let’s talk over there.”Claude fell silent, but he followed me nonetheless. I glared at him. “You were calling another woman, weren’t you? And she’s your lover, isn’t she?” I demanded.“...Yes,” he admitted. He knew I knew, so he made the smarter choice. “Please don’t tell Summer about this,” he added pleadingly. “Tell me, who do you actually love? The woman on the phone or my best friend? ‘Cause I’d like you to kindly get the hell away from Summer if you’re not interested in her,” I snarled.C

“What am I gonna do, Summer? I’m 20,000 dollars shy of the cost of the operation. Where am I supposed to get that kind of money in just a few short days? We don’t have insurance, and we aren’t rich…” I blabbered uncontrollably as tears ran down my face. I couldn’t help panicking over Dad.“Don’t cry, honey. You know what doctors are like. They always exaggerate how bad a sickness is. I’m sure it’s not as bad as they make it out to be,” Summer said reassuringly as she hugged me. “Calm down. We’ll come up with something.”I knew she was trying to relieve me from my panic, but I couldn’t stop. Was I going to watch Dad die from this illness?“Rina, you remember Jethro, right? He’s the richest man in the city. You know what that means, right?” Summer suddenly brought up a name I hadn’t heard for a while. I felt my heart skip a beat. I could see hope…and it promptly died. I already told Jethro that we’d be strangers forever. We were even now, so why would he lend me money just because I

Electricity coursed through my veins, but instead of energizing me, it drained me. I don’t know how long it took. All I knew was that it finally ended. With a heavy grunt, Jethro rolled off of me after emptying everything he had. I was too tired to move, so I just closed my eyes and rested. As he lay next to me, he stared at me with an inquisitive look.Finally, he said, “Now, the truth. Why did you come looking for me?”He sounded more demanding, devoid of his earlier gentleness. It was mind-boggling. Perhaps the saying men are two completely different people before and after sex was true. Men really made decisions with their dicks, didn’t they?I wasn’t sure what he was thinking right now, so I decided not to make my motive frank yet.“What about it?” I asked in answer.Jethro stared into my eyes. “Do you really think I’d buy that pathetic excuse you gave in the parking lot? You can’t have fallen so far, right, Serena?” he sneered.I frowned at him. Would it kill him to stop