Chapter 81
Cassandra felt numb, long accustomed to the fact that the man she loved was in love with someone else. She had known that for a fact since long ago, but for some inexplicable reason, her numb heart still ached faintly.
Not receiving a response from her, Michael asked with concern, “Cassie, why must you do this to yourself? What does Orlando mean by doing that?”
Cassandra lifted her gaze to look at Michael before handing him the phone. “Let’s focus on work for now. I have been off for so many days, delaying a lot of progress. I’m going to the site with Amelia later. You keep an eye on things here.”
She steered the conversation away, neither responding to Michael’s question nor showing any intention to continue.
Michael frowned, clearly upset. “Cassie, did you even hear what I said?”
“Michael, I know you care about me, but we’re in the office now. Let’s not talk about other things, okay?” She smiled as if telling Michael that she was fine.
In fact, she no longer felt suffocated as she used to, considering she knew he didn’t love her before they got married. Everything that happened afterward gradually made her subconsciously adapt to it.
She was confident she would put that behind her.
Michael stopped saying anything. Even though he was worried, he didn’t want Cassandra to feel repulsed.
Cassandra immersed herself in work. She organized the design drawings and headed to the site with Amelia.
The atmosphere was tense in the CEO’s office on the top floor of Quinn Group. Orlando’s expression was extremely grim, and his eyes were filled with chill.
At that moment, Taylor knocked on the door and entered. “Mr. Quinn, it’s been clarified. Those social media accounts that have been spreading rumors all come from a small company registered last year. I have handed it over to the lawyers. Also, Ms. Spencer’s manager called. She wanted to explain the situation to you.”
“No need to respond. Remove the trending topics. Notify everyone that anything related to me should not be on the trending topics in the future,” Orlando said.
“Okay, I understand.” Taylor nodded and glanced at Orlando from the corner of his eye, noticing how gloomy he looked.
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Taylor was about to leave when he heard Orlando’s low voice asking, “What about her? Any news?”
Taylor thought, ‘Her?‘
Taylor was glad that he knew Orlando well, grasping his meaning immediately. Hence, he instantly responded, “Mrs. Quinn and her assistant had left for the construction site…”
“She didn’t call you or take any action?” Orlando asked.
“No,” Taylor responded softly.
Orlando’s frown deepened, his face becoming even darker. He waved his hand, dismissing Taylor.
Standing by the floor–to–ceiling window, he looked down at the city before him, feeling an inexplicable sensation brush past his heart, leaving an indelible trace.
He picked up his phone and dialed a series of numbers. After several rings, the call connected.
“It’s me,” he said.
“Yes, I know. What’s the matter?” asked Cassandra.
Orlando frowned and hesitated for half a second before saying in a low voice, “I’m not dating Rebecca. The trending topic is fabricated.”
“Okay.” Cassandra’s reply was indifferent.
His frown intensified. “Cassandra, don’t you have anything to say to me?”
“No. After all, what happened between you and Rebecca has nothing to do with us, right?” Rebecca answered.
She succeeded in returning his words to him verbatim.
He pursed his thin lips and asked, “Are you angry?”
“No,” Cassandra uttered.
“Cassandra, I did lie to you last night. I didn’t mean anything else. I just didn’t want you to misunderstand me. Rebecca had dinner with a sponsor, but the sponsor was impolite, and her manager couldn’t handle it. Hence, she called me, hoping that I could help. I didn’t do anything inappropriate with her,” he clarified.
“Okay, I understand.” Cassandra’s response remained impassive.
Her response agitated Orlando. “Cassandra, what’s with you? Are you okay with everything I do as long as we divorce in the end?”
Cassandra seemed at a loss for what to say. “Orlando, what do you want me to do? Do you want me to throw a temper
tantrum and demand a reasonable explanation from you? If I did that, you’d tell me to be obedient. Now that I’m obedient enough, you still find fault with my attitude. So, what do you want me to do?”
Orlando sneered, “You’ve found so many reasons just to tell me that you simply don’t care, right? Do you not care even if I had a relationship with Rebecca?”
Orlando seemed mad and didn’t wait for Cassandra’s response before adding coldly, “Cassandra, you are truly something. Looks like I didn’t have to explain anything to you.”
With that, he abruptly ended the call.
Cassandra sighed, looking at her phone.
She didn’t understand why Orlando called to tell her all that.
‘I’ve done everything he wanted me to. Why is he still dissatisfied? Is he unhappy at whatever I do because he doesn’t love me?” she wondered.
Letting out a sigh, she felt lost and uneasy.
However, Cassandra didn’t have time to think about it. Amelia trotted over and said, “Ms. Jackson, Mr. Wright requested to see you.”
She followed Amelia to meet Zachary, focusing completely on work after that.
Rebecca received the news immediately after the trending topic was removed.
However, for Rebecca, that was not bad news at all. Sophia’s phone had been ringing off the hook since early morning.
Many companies that were previously hesitant to collaborate with her reached out to her with endorsement and
sponsorship opportunities. Within just a couple of hours, she signed several contracts.
In addition, with her new song about to be released, many companies sought to collaborate endorsements with her. That undoubtedly turned the tide for Rebecca, slapping the faces of those who enjoyed seeing her downfall.
However, despite the good news, Sophia asked worriedly, “Will Mr. Quinn directly make a statement clarifying that he is not in a relationship with you?”
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That might impact her endorsement opportunities.
“I don’t know,” Rebecca responded casually. Orlando removing the trending topics was a way of indirectly telling everyone that they were not dating, but he didn’t clarify that there was no relationship between them. She continued, “Book a meal for me at Silver Tide Restaurant. I plan to go to Quinn Group later to deliver lunch to Landy.”
“What if someone caught you doing that?” asked Sophia.
“I’m just delivering lunch. What can I do if others want to take pictures of me?” Rebecca said.
Sophia didn’t say anything more and proceeded to make arrangements according to Rebecca’s instructions.
At half–past eleven, Rebecca arrived punctually at Quinn Group. The receptionist recognized her and allowed her access right away considering her arrival at such a time.
She took the elevator to the floor where Orlando’s office was located. When she came out, Taylor saw her at a glance and hurriedly walked forward. “Ms. Spencer, why are you here?”
“I’m here to deliver lunch to Landy. Is he done with work? Is he in the office?” Rebecca asked several questions continuously.
Taylor hesitated for a moment and said, “Yes, but…”
“I’ll go to him myself then. You can continue with your work.” She then walked past Taylor toward the office.
Rebecca knocked on the door, and from inside, a low voice said, “Come in.”
She pushed the door and entered to see Orlando sitting at the desk, working with his head lowered,
She put the food on the coffee table and walked to the desk. “Landy, take a break and have lurch.”
Hearing a woman’s voice, Orlando looked up.
He asked, “Rebecca? Why are you here?”
“Landy, I came to bring you lunch. I’m sorry for causing you trouble last night. So, I wanted to apologize for bringing you lunch. You won’t hold a grudge against me, will you?” She looked at Orlando with anticipation.
However, Orlando didn’t answer. He merely stared at Rebecca calmly, his gaze indifferent, and said faintly, “Rebecca, I may not have exposed what happened last night, but that doesn’t mean I know nothing about it. I don’t want this to happen again. Therefore, I want you to leave Quinn Group immediately with what you brought. Do you understand?”
