Desires Die Hard

The moment Anya snuck outside, she ran into Jake.

He was in the meeting room earlier but went out to answer the phone. Once he finished, he wanted to go back to the meeting room to find Anya.

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Jake said gently, “I saw Mr. Welton coming over. Shall we go say hi to him?”

Anya refused to go. She hurriedly pretended to look unwell as she said, “Mr. Hanson, my bad. I don’t feel good. Do you mind if I go back first?”

“Huh? Are you sick?” Jake was completely unsuspecting of her pretense. Instead, he was genuinely concerned and worried she was ill.

“Maybe I have l

yet to fully recover,” said Anya as she covered her belly. She looked so unwell that Jake dropped the idea of greeting Evan. Instead, he said gently. “In that case, let me give you a ride back to the office.”

He could go over and say hi to Mr. Welton on his own. “Let me go talk to Mr. Welton first.”

Anya nodded as Jake went into the conference room. She watched as Jake went in and was afraid that Evan might come out with Jake to see her if Jake told him she was unwell, so she quietly took the lift to the ground floor.

Anya heaved a sigh of relief and quietly waited for Jake at the hotel lobby.

Meanwhile, Jake went to see Evan reverently in the conference room on the top floor of the hotel.

After Jake went over to Evan in the room, he lowered his head respectfully and said to Evan, “Mr. Welton, I think now that the air is cleared, no one will be able to tarnish the reputation of JK Couture and Welton Group.”

Evan glanced at him and merely acknowledged him taciturnly.

Jake continued, “Mr. Welton, Anya and I will head back to JK Couture first.”

The moment he brought up Anya, Evan finally took interest in the conversation. “Ms. Mars is buying lunch. I’m sure Ms. MacMillan told you about it.”

Jake was stunned and a little lost. “I–I didn’t know about lunch.” No one told him anything about lunch with Lola.

Evan acknowledged him thoughtfully. “Didn’t Ms. MacMillan tell you about it?”

“Ms. MacMillan isn’t feeling well and wants to go back to the company,” replied Jake candidly.

Evan finally figured out what Anya was trying to do. She must be trying to avoid him. Why had it yet to dawn on her that she

could not hide from him forever?

Evan composed himself as he said, “Where is Ms. MacMillan?”

4

“She is waiting for me outside,” said Jake.

Evan nodded. “Ms. MacMillan was a victim of the incident. Since she is unable to join us for lunch, let’s rain check this.” Evan told the assistant to pass a message to Lola about doing lunch some other time.

Jake, “Mr H

He went on to say to Jake, “Mr. Hanson, in that case, let’s go back to Welton Group together.”

Jake did not dare to have any objection and quickly agreed.

They left the meeting room one after another and took the lift to the lobby. After arriving on the ground floor, Evans spotted Anya standing there as expected.

His eyes turned dark slightly.

Jake caught sight of Anya too and said, “Mr. Welton, Ms. MacMillan is over there.”

The moment Jake finished his sentence, Anya heard his voice and thought he was done talking to Evan. She turned and instantly saw Evan standing in front of Jake and instantly frowned.

Wasn’t Evan having lunch with Lola?

What was Evan doing here?

“Ms. MacMillan, I hear you are not feeling well.” Anya watched as Evan strode over unhurriedly and halted in front of her. His voice sounded mild and normal as he spoke some distance away from her. It was impossible for anyone to tell there was anything unusual going on between Evan and Anya.

“I–I’m just a little unwell. It’s no big deal,” said Anya after she composed herself and looked at him. She really didn’t want to get dragged to the hospital for a checkup.