A Contract Marriage After a ONS novel Chapter 267

He didn't enter the elevator. He just stood by the door, as though he was waiting for her.

Stepping over to him, she pushed the documents into his arms, and without saying anything else, she turned and left.

The words had hung right onto his lips as they twitched, but before he could utter them, her slender figure had gone out of sight. She had even shut the door.

‘How dare this woman!' he thought.

His brows seem to be knitted tighter. He glared at the door as if he had wanted his gaze to pierce through the door and through her.

Ms. Moore waved to her, signaling for Summer to sit close to her, and she said gently, "Your mother-in-law doesn't really have a good temper as she was spoilt since young. So, don't take what she does or says to heart. You can just brush her off after. She's already in her late 40s. I don't think she's able to change how she is now, so you might have to just bear with her."

"No, I think she's fine," Summer replied.

Ms. Moore is Yvette's mother after all, and it wouldn't b e nice to badmouth someone's daughter right in front o

f their mother. No one would like to hear such complaints.

"And about Mark...” Ms. Moore paused then continued, "you'll notice that he isn't as cold as he seems to be after spending some time with him. He's actually a very affectionate person."

Without saying anything, Summer only nodded her head when she heard what Ms. Moore said.

She had agreed with some parts of it. 'Mark truly looked like a cold and heartless man,' she thought.

But, she believed that in some cases, the colder someone might appear to be, the more affectionate or dedicated they are as a lover.

‘However, this dedication and affection of his were only reserved for some people, someone like Baine...'