The Contracted Ever After (Cordelia and Ronan)

Chapter 78

In Jamie's office.

Ronan didn't say much and just quietly dropped a stack of documents.

Jamie was surprised. He picked up the documents and saw that they were detailed records showing

how Thomas, his father, had conspired with several other companies to frame Ronan's father many

years ago.

The more Jamie read, the more shocked he became.

"When do you think I'll submit these documents to the prosecutor's office?" Ronan asked while sitting

across from Jamie.

Jamie turned pale. According to the documents, his father could be sentenced to at least twenty years

in prison.

"Was it the moment Cordelia started working at my firm?" Jamie asked.

Everyone in Millstone knew that Ronan had set up the Audit Department, and Jamie had always

suspected that Ronan knew about Cordelia's career move. His visit to Jamie's office today only

confirmed Jamie's suspicions.

"Smart. You should know what to do; I don't need to say it." Ronan squinted at Jamie.

Jamie was fond of Cordelia, but between the twenty-year prison sentence his father might face and

Cordelia, he would rather temporarily give up on her.

"But aren't you and Cordelia in a marriage of convenience?" Jamie asked. Adrian had told him this, and

he believed it.

"A marriage of convenience?" Ronan lit a cigarette with a calm expression. "Do you think I'd agree to a

marriage of convenience? If it were a marriage of convenience, I wouldn't care about her at all."

Jamie thought Ronan had a point.

"I understand." Jamie felt down.

Regardless of whether it was a marriage of convenience or not, they were already legally married.

Now that Jamie was obedient, Ronan stood up to leave.

As he got to the door, he stopped, turned around, and warned him. "Stop hitting on my wife!"

Jamie was speechless for a long time. Since the two were now legally married, his behavior was

indeed considered "hitting on" Cordelia.

...

In the afternoon, Cordelia had a tough time.

Just as she returned from the café, she received an email from the HR department. "Thank you for

submitting your resume, but there is a significant gap between your qualifications and our expectations.

We hope you continue to strive."

"Significant gap."

Cordelia was instantly devastated.

It seemed that even the resume Ronan helped revise was of no use. These emails were personally

reviewed by Wyatt, so Ronan had no say in the matter.

Then she received a text from Jamie. “Cordelia, thank you for your trust in our firm and for submitting

your resume, but Brenda said that you declined. Since that's the case, we won't force you. Brenda will

be looking for a new assistant.”

Suddenly, she had lost both job opportunities.

Cordelia was feeling down. She wondered if her abilities really seemed so poor.

For the rest of the afternoon, she had no mood to work.

At five o'clock after work, she went to the parking lot.

Ronan hadn't arrived yet, so she stood there, stepping on one foot with the other, trying to calm herself

down.

This was the first time Cordelia felt so insecure.

Cordelia looked down at her feet as tears slowly streamed down her face. ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

Ronan walked towards her and quietly stood there, watching Cordelia's desolate figure.

This was the first time he had seen her in such an emotional state.

He was initially very angry because she was seeing two companies at the same time, but after seeing

her so helpless and pitiful, his anger subsided a lot.

Ronan opened the car door, and Cordelia came back to her senses. She quickly got into the passenger

seat from the other side and wiped the tears from her eyes.

In the car, she kept covering one side of her face with her hand while gazing out of the window.

As the car pulled out of the garage, Ronan asked, "What happened?"

"Do you think I'm terrible?" Cordelia asked as her voice slightly wavered with sadness. "I thought I was

great, but it turns out I can't do anything right."

Ronan couldn't help but laugh. "Why would you say that?"

"Today the HR department replied, saying my qualifications and their requirements are vastly different.

I..." Cordelia lowered her head. "Even with your recommendation, it's no use. Did I embarrass you?"

"Hmm." Ronan responded succinctly, neither saying "embarrassed" nor "not embarrassed."

However, it was clear that Cordelia didn't want to hear his response; she just wanted to vent her

feelings.

"I've always done well in school; I’ve always been able to study in the best private schools, but in my

sophomore year of high school, something happened at home. My dad passed away and my mom was

hospitalized, so I had to take care of her while going to school. So because of my family situation, I

didn't apply for grad school; I gave my school's direct admission quota to someone else. I've always felt

like it's not my fault, but today..." Cordelia twiddled her hands as she spoke, "Today, the HR department

sent me an email, saying that there is a significant gap between my qualifications and their

requirements… A significant gap..."

Ronan glanced at her just as a tear slid down Cordelia's face and landed on her lap, followed by

another. Her tears continuously flowed out.

Ronan suddenly felt that he might have gone a bit too far.

"Is that all?" He asked.

"Also..." Cordelia's eyes flickered. She didn't want Ronan to know that she also applied to

PrimeNumbers Accounting; after all, she had already been rejected. She thought it was better to have

less trouble, so she didn't want to bring it up. "It's not just that; there's another thing, but I don't care

much about it. Only the rejection from Lumos Enterprises' HR department really upset me."

"You don't care?" Ronan caught her words.

"Yes." Cordelia continued. "Do you think I embarrassed you?"

"What's done is done. What can ya do?" Ronan responded nonchalantly.