Although he understood that women sometimes behaved like little devils, he felt that Audrey had just crossed the Line now.
His eyes shone like blazing torches at this moment. But when he saw the tears in her eyes, the rage inside him extinguished in an instant. He said in a low voice, “If this is about what happened between you and Tessa, I…”
“No, this isn’t about her. Mr. Clement, please leave now.”
A lot of things happened between them. And the incident with Tessa didn’t come close to any.
Audrey felt exhausted. She passed by Cornell and was about to open the door.
Yet, Cornell was displeased with her stubbornness.
He loosened his tie irritably. He then took a step forward and grabbed her wrist tightly.
“Stop this, will you?”
A second later, he put his arm around her shoulder and pulled her into his arms.
He instantly realized that she was burning up like someone who had been set on fire.
“You have a fever?”
Audrey felt dizzy. She rested her head on his chest weakly.
This made the whole situation complicated.
When Cornell lowered his head to look at her, it seemed like he would lean in and kiss her at any moment.
Reagan was slow to catch that. When she finally realized that her body was too close to his, she put her hands against his chest and tried to pull back.
Before she could escape, Cornell pulled her back and held her by the waist. With a cold face, he said in a low voice, “Where do you think you are going?”
The light flickered again. Out of the blue, Cornell lifted her up.
He then headed for the elevator.
In a daze, Audrey asked softly, “What are you doing?”
“What does it look like I am doing?” Cornell remarked.
“Taking you to the hospital, of course.”
“No way!” Audrey cried out in surprise and seemed to regain more strength.
There was a chance that she could lose her pregnancy if she was treated blindly.
Although the baby came at the wrong time, it was still her little one. It was her duty to protect it.
Audrey struggled to get out of Cornell’s arms. However, his tight grip made her efforts fruitless.
“Don’t be so stubborn. You are sick, so you must see the doctor,”
Cornell said firmly.
He walked to the elevator with her in his arms. At this moment, Audrey’s heart was thumping so hard that it could jump out of her chest. She sank her fingernails into his arm and kicked in protest.
“Put me down! I don’t want to go to the hospital!”
Cornell stopped and looked at Audrey’s slender fingers grasping his shirt. His eyes darkened.
“Why?”
Audrey lowered her eyes and lied, “I… I don’t like hospitals.
There’s something about them that scares me.”
She was so scared of being caught in that lie that she couldn’t look him in the eye. Now, she didn’t know if he believed her or not.
When he didn’t say anything, she added softly, “I have already taken some medicine. I’ll be fine once I take some rest.”
Cornell looked down. From his perspective, he could only see half of her beautiful face.
Her face was so small, and her long curly eyelashes shook as she kept her eyes lowered. Perhaps the fever made her flush, making her look so fragile at the moment.
Cornell’s heart melted against his will.
Without thinking twice, he made a U-turn and opened the door of the apartment. He then took Audrey straight to the bedroom.
Audrey breathed a sigh of relief. She had been so nervous just now that she got all sweaty. Even her hair was wet. ALL she wanted to do now was take a cool shower and go to bed.
“I will be fine alone. You can leave now. She was clearly driving him away.
This place was all new to Cornell. After all, he had been used to living in a mansion all his life.
“Okay,” Cornell uttered, but he didn’t move an inch. He just took off his tie and unbuttoned his shirt slowly.
Seeing this, Audrey’s heart did a flip. He scared her half to death.
She widened her eyes and shouted, “What are you doing? Don’t take your clothes off! What are you up to?”
She couldn’t wrap her head around why Cornell wanted to sleep with her now that she was sick. Did his dick do the thinking for him? How mean could he be?
Cornell froze and stared at her without blinking.
Audrey’s heart was beating fast.
She couldn’t stand being stared at like this.
His eyes were different from others she had ever seen. They were filled with lust.
It was as if they could see through every piece of clothing on her.
Audrey suddenly felt hot again. Biting the insides of her lips, she fanned herself and muttered, “I’m not feeling well now.”
She was telling him now wasn’t the time for them to have sex.
Besides, she had told him she wanted to divorce. What was the point of having sex when this facade would be called off soon?
Cornell still didn’t utter a word. His expression was somber as he continued to stare at her with his eyes beaming with desire.
The next second, he pressed both hands on the bed, leaned over, and whispered in her ear, “Audrey, I’m not an animal.”
His soft tone dripped with lust, contradicting what he just said.
Cornell stared at her blushed face before grinning mischievously and going into the bathroom.
Once left alone, Audrey slapped her burning cheeks. It was all Cornell’s fault. He always had a way of making her blush. Gosh!
Minutes passed before Cornell stepped out of the bathroom. He turned to look at her and revealed that the bath was ready.
What? When did he become so considerate? Audrey was a little surprised.
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