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A única coisa que Bruce queria fazer agora era conquistar Joanna . _ _
Ele era simplesmente um homem agressivo .
Uma vez que alguém fosse alvo dele , era quase impossível se livrar dele . _ _
A camisa de Joanna foi rasgada por Bruce .
E suas mãos tocavam o corpo dela de forma imprudente .
Joanna ficou muito assustada e humilhada , mas não se esqueceu de lutar como o diabo .
“ Me solta , não ! _ _ Hum … ”
eu , você entende ?
“ Você acha que eu não sei o que você está fazendo ? Ninguém joga duro para conseguir comigo , Bruce Everett sempre consegue tudo o que quer … ”
Como ele disse , o zíper da saia de Joanna estava rasgado …
Entretanto , não importava o quanto ela lutasse , presa na pia , ela estava impotente . _
O horror a engoliu inteira ..
This man had always been brutal to her, and she knew that Bruce would only stop when she was cracked and broken.
When Bruce was about to get what he longed for, the rapid and loud knocks on the door interrupted.
Bruce paused, and both of them fell into silence.
What a bummer!
They heard the door of the conference room pushed open, and there came the clatter of high heels.
It was Roxanne.
“Bruce? Bruce, are you there?”
At once, Bruce let go of Joanna.
“You stay here and don’t go anywhere!” Bruce ordered as he tidied up his clothes hastily.
Then, as if nothing had happened, he walked out of the bathroom.
“Roxy? What are you doing here?” Bruce resumed his elegant demeanor as if nothing had happened!
“I came to see you. I heard you were going to sign a contract with Joann. So I decided to stop by” she replied with a sweet smile.
“Where’s Joann? Isn’t she here?” Roxanne looked over into the bathroom as she asked.
Bruce frowned. “The contract is signed. Let’s go now,” he said, putting his arm around Roxanne’s shoulder.
That was when Joanna was done straightening her messy hair and stormed out of the bathroom.
She swore at him. “Bruce, you are so shameless!”
Who the hell was he to command her to stay there?
She did not care if Roxanne was here or not. In fact, this was better. She could show Roxanne the real nature of Bruce Everett anyway!
Joanna’s disheveled clothes and red eyes told their stories silently.
Roxanne turned ghostly white.
She knew what had happened back in the bathroom at once. What Roxanne dreaded the most happened at last.
Bruce had never fully forgotten Joanna, and she knew it.
“Bruce…” said Roxanne and tried to hide her fury, pretending that she had figured out nothing.
“Since the contract is signed, let’s go then!” Roxanne shook the man’s arm gently as she was saying.
She was not going to allow Bruce to spend too much time with Joanna.
“Where do you want to go?” Bruce asked.
“Didn’t we talk about going to have a try–on wedding dress last night?”
That was when Bruce remembered it. “Oh, sure, we’ll go in a minute.”
Last night, Roxanne and he had a talk, and she wailed like a baby, asking him if he had stopped loving
her.
They had been dating for six years. Even Bruce knew that he could not put off the wedding any longer.
So, without realizing what he was doing, Bruce proposed..
Joanna looked at the sweet, sweet couple, and her heart suddenly twitched with pain.
Catching the flash of heartbreak in her eyes, Bruce hugged Roxanne even more tightly.
“And after the wedding dress, let’s go check on the wedding ring,” said Bruce. “There was a batch of diamonds freshly coming into town recently. Let’s go and see if you like any of them.”
Roxanne was ecstatic.
“Really?”
Bruce looked at Roxanne lovingly. “I ordered a 24.87–carat pink diamond. You’re turning 24 this I would have given it to you as your birthday gift on August 7th, but it doesn’t matter now. This pink diamond is quite precious. It’s worth 100 million dollars.”
year.
Bruce was saying that on purpose because both he and Joanna knew that the 100 million dollars were supposed to be hers.
Since Joanna thought she was too noble to take his money, she should not blame him for spending it on the woman who took her husband away!
Bruce wanted to see Joanna go mad after hearing this.
“Bruce, you’re so sweet!” Roxanne was so happy that she stood on tiptoe and gave Bruce a big kiss on the cheek..
Sorrow crossed Joanna’s eyes as a sharp pain took place in her heart. It was not because of the money.
Joanna was turning 24 this year as well, and their birthdays were only ten days apart.
Yet, for all the 24 years, her father only remembered Roxanne’s birthday.
“Happy now?”
“Totally!”
Roxanne gave Bruce a cute smile before turning to Joanna. “I don’t know if it will bother you, Joann, but if you’re free tomorrow, come to my birthday party!”
“My schedule is full,” Joanna replied coldly.
A disappointed look appeared on Roxanne’s pretty face. “Joann, daddy was so angry yesterday. He almost had a heart attack. Daddy hasn’t been well. Why don’t you come home for dinner tonight and
pay him a visit?”
Inviting Joanna back to dinner was a sham. Roxanne’s real purpose was to make a formal claim to Joanna that she was the rightful Mrs. Everett!
“I can’t. I have children to take care of.”
“We’re a family, Joann. Let bygones be bygones, please…”
Joanna’s face sank. She was so sick of Roxanne’s hypocrisy.
“You’re in my office, and I’m going to work now! If you have nothing else to do, go home!” she snapped.
Bruce sneered and looked at Joanna wryly. “Did I hear you right? Who are you to tell me to go anywhere?”
“Suit yourself then! I’m going to work!”
“ Espere , Joana ! ” Roxanne gritou . _ “ Quero falar com você ! _ _ ”
Joana fez uma pausa . “ Sobre o quê ? ”
“ Bruce , você se importaria de me esperar no corredor ? _ ”
Bruce hesitou por três segundos e então assentiu . _ _ “ Claro . ”
Com isso , Bruce se virou e saiu do escritório . _
Assim que Bruce saiu , a atitude de Roxanne mudou instantaneamente . “ Joanna Haynes , estou avisando , fique longe de Bruce . _ Pare de flertar com ele . Se você der em cima dele de novo , vou te ensinar uma lição ! ”
Joanna zombou e disse : “ É isso que você vai me dizer ? _ _ ”
“ Bruce e eu vamos nos casar . _ Então nem pense nisso ! _ _ ”
Joanna disse friamente : “ Terminou ? _ Então dê o fora daqui . _ _ Eu vou trabalhar . _ ”
O olhar desdenhoso de Joanna finalmente irritou Roxanne . Os dentes cerraram e de repente ela se deu um tapa
duro na cara !
“ Ai ! O que você está fazendo , Joana ? ”