Revenge is best served cold

I saw Jeremiah walking toward me before quietly speaking to the person sitting next to me. Soon, the person stood up, and Jeremiah took their seat.

Immediately, I lost all appetite. Jeremiah stared at my face and placed the emerald bangles he had just won in front of me, looking as though he was waiting for praise.

I looked at him in surprise. "What do you mean by this?"

"They're a gift for you," Jeremiah said with a smirk, clearly thinking his actions were charming.

I snorted and pushed the bangles back toward him. "I can't accept such a grand gift. If you're trying to use this as a way to get my studio to work with you, I advise you to stop wasting your efforts on me. Spending four million dollars just for a business deal is unnecessary."

He quickly replied, "Of course not. This is a gift for our reconciliation."

He looked at me eagerly, as if receiving the bangles would mean I was agreeing to reconcile with him.

I scoffed. "Don't you get it? It's over between us. I've already remarried. Do you really think I'd choose you again?"

Jeremiah wasn't backing down. "Just because you're remarried doesn't mean you can't divorce again. Since we were able to divorce, why can't you and Eric divorce too?"

I sighed and looked up at the ceiling. "Even without Eric, there's no chance for us."

After that, I turned my attention to Elsa, who was sitting at another table. She was chatting and laughing with others, but her eyes kept glancing over toward us. When she saw me looking, she quickly looked away and pretended as if nothing was happening.

I slowly spoke up. "Aren't you and Elsa a good match?"

Following my gaze, Jeremiah looked at Elsa. After a long pause, he returned his attention to me, his face now showing anger. "I've already told you, there's nothing going on between Elsa and me! Why are you still obsessing over this?"

Suddenly, his face brightened, and he looked at me with excitement. "I get it now! You're jealous!"

He kept talking to himself, completely oblivious to the look of disgust on my face. "As long as you agree to get back together with me, I'll make sure to kick Elsa out of Cornell Group. What do you say?"

I turned to him, pretending to be surprised. "And what about after we reconcile?" The next second, I scoffed. "The first thing you'll probably want after we get back together is for me to help you secure the partnership with my studio, right?"

Jeremiah's face stiffened, but he immediately denied it, saying, "No, that's not it. I want to get back together to make up for what I did. I've always only cared about you."

I curled my lips into a smile. "If it's just about making up for things, then whether we get back together or not doesn't matter, does it? You could just make it up to me as my ex-husband. That would show more sineerity, wouldn't it?"

With that, I reached out, trying to take the emerald bangles from his hand. Jeremiah instinctively pulled his hand back. Realizing what he was doing, he immediately stiffened, uncertainty flashing in his eyes. "I..."

I waved my hand, cutting off his explanation with an emotionless expression.

Standing up, I decided to leave the

table. With him sitting next to me couldn't eat anything. Just as I was about to step out of the banquet hall, Jeremiah chased after me.

Before I could say anything, he suddenly covered my mouth. The innate difference in physical strength between men and women made it impossible for me to break free.

The oxygen in my lungs was running low, and my vision was getting blurry. I could only sense that he was dragging me toward the elevator.

In my dazed state, I heard his harsh voice. "Since you won't cooperate the easy

way, don't blame me for taking the hard approach. Don't say I didn't warn you."noveldrama