Married a Secret Billionaire novel Chapter 34

Cordelia showed Oliver to the meeting room.

The gathered people at the door were gloating.

“Ms. Carmichael just wanted Mr. Jones to say that Cordelia’s ring is made of green glass. Who knew it was an authentic emerald? She even got the client in the end!” someone whispered cheerily. “I suppose she suffered a double loss?”

“Pfft! More like penny-wise but pound-foolish!”

“Haha!”

Karine stood where she was, frozen. Her mind was empty, and she shook from rage.

She walked over quickly and slammed the door. The loud thud echoed.

The people gathered at the door dispersed, but peals of laughter lingered in the office. They were already displeased by her arrogance, but they allowed her behavior since her uncle was a major shareholder.

They were secretly over the moon to see her defeated today.

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After sending Oliver to the entrance of the company, smiling, Cordelia caressed the ring on her finger softly after saying goodbye.

Was it really an emerald?

She beamed, and two tiny dimples perked on her cheeks as if they contained all of the sweetness of the world in them.

Now that she thought about it carefully, her luck seemed to have improved after marrying Marcus. She was getting more and more sales. Not only that, but he would always appear to help whenever a crisis arose.

The fortune teller had told her that she would bring her husband good luck.

Hah, more like Marcus brought his wife good luck!

She released a long sigh of relief. She would get off work soon, so she thought of making meatballs for Marcus tonight.

However, what welcomed her were Karine’s bloodshot eyes as she turned around.

“Ms. Carmichael.” Cordelia neutrally greeted her.

She heard Karine’s raging mockery coming from behind just as she was going up. “Hah, an emerald! I’m sure you stole it somewhere?”

Cordelia snapped her head back and stared at her. “What did you say?”

“I say, what shady things has a man who has been put behind bars never done?” Karine went on with her mockery. “You have a strong will, Cordelia! Look at you and your husband. One steals things, and the other steals hearts. The two of you are a match made in heaven!”

Cordelia bit her lip while her face turned pale.

Karine scoffed and lifted her eyes to look up on purpose. There was a red light lit on the surveillance camera. It was recording everything that was happening.

She was actually smart. She would always pick somewhere with surveillance cameras every time she triggered Cordelia. In that case, no matter how she crossed the line, Cordelia would not use violence as long as she remained rational.

As soon as she hit her, she would have to stay out of the company forever!

“My dear junior.” Karine looked at her ring. “It’s nothing to be ashamed of to be poor, but it’s too much to steal! You’re a good lady, so why did you marry such a man?

“Ah, I know. A man who was imprisoned for a long time—”

Cordelia took a deep breath in. This time, she decided not to take the insult. She asked Karine softly after glancing at her. “Senior, can we have a proper talk?”

Upon seeing her humbled, Karine’s rage finally subsided a little bit.

‘Is she surrendering? Hah, she knows her limit, at least.’

“Senior,” Cordelia continued gently. “You’ll have Mr. Jones’ business. I won’t take it from you. You’ll take all of the commission when the deal is closed. You’ll take the credit. Are you happy with the arrangement?”

Karine scoffed. “You know your place, all right!”

“Can we talk somewhere else? There are too many people here. There are things that I can’t say here.”

Karine agreed. She followed the former through the office building and arrived at a remote space at the back.

Cordelia looked around. There was a grove—the spot was rather hidden, and nobody would pass by. Most importantly, there were no cameras around. She had spotted this ‘perfect place’ to talk from the beginning.

“Just spit it out!” Karine remained arrogant. “I’d like to get off work early!”

Cordelia had her head held low and was silent. Karine sensed the odd atmosphere. Just when she was going to urge the former again, a slap came!

Then a burning pain instantly rose on her cheek!

Karine was dumbfounded. Meanwhile, Cordelia served her a second slap with all of her might before the former could react!

Karine staggered and fell onto the ground.

“W-What are you doing?” She covered her cheeks that were slapped, looking at Cordelia in fear.

Cordelia stared at her coldly. She lost the softness that she usually had, as if she had armor grown on her body.

She snapped and grabbed Karine’s collar to get her up. As she lifted her hand to give her the third slap, the latter screamed, shutting her eyes instinctively while wrapping her arms around her head.

Cordelia’s hand stopped in the air.

“The first slap was for humiliating me!

“The second slap was for humiliating my husband!

“The third slap…”

“Cordelia, if you dare hit me again, I’ll—”

Cordelia gave a loud slap before Karine could finish yelling.

“The third slap serves as a warning to you!” Cordelia enunciated. “If you dare criticize my husband again, you’ll suffer worse consequences than this! Don’t think I won’t dare to hit you again! I didn’t slap you in front of people this time to save your reputation. If you dare to bark again, I’ll show everyone how you got your swollen cheeks!

“Worse comes to worst, I’ll just quit my job. You can tell the whole world that I, Cordelia, hit you. Hah! I’ll proudly take responsibility since I’ve done it. But if you push me again, you’ll bear the consequences!”