Jepherson's eyes were cold and threatening as he approached Raeleigh. He lowered his head and whispered in her ear, "Raeleigh, do you believe that I will carry you in right now?"
Raeleigh glared at Jepherson. He continued, "I'll count to three. If you still refuse, then I'm going to carry you in."
Raeleigh gave him a nudge when she heard what he said. He immediately took her hand and started counting while staring at her. "One... Two... Three..."
Before Raeleigh could react, Jepherson had finished counting. He bent down to pick Raeleigh up.
Raeleigh struggled for a bit to get away. However, Jepherson did not let her go. He held her in his arms and entered the office building.
Raeleigh felt helpless and said, "I can walk on my own."
Jepherson paused for a moment. He placed Raeleigh down after a few moments and quickly reached out to hold her hand.
Raeleigh was stunned for a moment. She appeared displeased. She stared at her hand which had been gripped by Jepherson and tried to shrug his hand away, but Jepherson ignored her and led her towards the office building. Raeleigh tried to shove his firm grip with her other hand, but the more she tried, the tighter he held her. The skin on his hand was scratched as she tried to remove his grip.
Jepherson turned around and stared at Raeleigh sternly as he gritted his teeth. He then reached out to hold both of her hands before he continued walking towards his office with Raeleigh in tow.
"Jepherson, please let me go. We're not a couple anymore. Please let me go." Raeleigh continued to struggle behind him. In the end, he managed to drag her all the way into the office.
When they entered the office building, Raeleigh immediately stopped talking. Jepherson led the way as she followed him from behind.
Jepherson loosened his hold on her slightly, but Raeleigh still did not manage to wriggle out of his hand. The moment she was about to be freed from his hold, Jepherson tightened his hand on her again.
Soon, they arrived at Jepherson's office. Jepherson immediately locked the door after they entered his office. Raeleigh wanted to stand up, but he quickly turned around and placed his hands on her shoulders and pushed her to sit on the couch.
"I have something I need to attend to. Why don't you sit here for a while?" Jepherson walked over to his desk after he finished his sentence. Raeleigh sat on the couch.
Jepherson then sat down at his desk and began to go through the documents on his table. He would look up occasionally to check on her. After a while, he seemed to have suddenly lost interest and put down the documents in his hand. He asked Raeleigh with a thoughtful expression, "How's your grandmother doing?"
Raeleigh raised her head and looked at Jepherson for a moment before answering, "She is fine."
"Alright."
Then, he picked up another document and continued reading.
Raeleigh stood up. Jepherson raised his head to look at her and asked, "Where do you think you are going?"
Raeleigh sat down again. He lowered his head and said, "I would like to eat soon. What do you want to eat? You can put it in your order."
"I'm not hungry. I don't want to trouble you."
In her mind, exes could not remain friends after they broke up. It was only possible if the two people had never loved each other before.
She couldn't remain friends with him because she had once loved him.
"Did I say it was troublesome?" Jepherson's expression darkened. He kept his head lowered and placed the document aside. Then, he took out his phone to order some food.
After that, he continued to work. He was decisive and efficient when he worked.
She stared at him in a daze. It had been a long time since she last saw this side of him.
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