Flirting With My Ex-husband
Chapter 435

Tiffany had hidden herself in her room the moment she guessed that the one outside was Raymond. She didn't dare go out, for she knew that she would be toast if she showed her face to her brother. Though she would probably suffer the same fate even if she stayed inside, she decided to buy herself as much time as she could.

"Tiffany! Your brother has come!"

In the fond hope that Raymond would allow them to move back to the old residence, Jean turned around to look for Tiffany.

She called out to Tiffany several times, but there was no response. Feeling somewhat awkward, she looked at Raymond who was standing in the doorway. "Give me a second, Ray. I'll go inside and get her." With that Jean hurriedly into the house and went upstairs to the door of Tiffany's room. "Your brother came to see you. Why are you hiding in your room?"

"Mom, he's definitely here to have me repay him the money!"

It struck Jean that Tiffany was being paranoid. "What nonsense is this? When was your brother ever short of money? By the way, when did you borrow money from him?!"

"You don't remember, Mom? I told you a couple of days ago I took the bank card he gave Scarlett to cover living expenses and spent all the money on it!"

Jean's face was dark with rage. "You shameless spendthrift! Just open up! Your brother won't kill you, not when you have me by your side!"

Tiffany refused to open the door. Naturally, she knew that Raymond wouldn't kill her, but he had a lot of other ways to punish her.

Jean was infuriated by Tiffany's attitude. Having realized that she wouldn't open the door, Jean had no choice but to ask the butler to bring her the key to the room. "Are you stupid? You can't hide forever, you know?"

Tiffany, naturally, was aware that she couldn't hide forever, but there was nothing she could do about it. That was Raymond out there!

That was Raymond who had chucked them out of the house!

"Come out here! You hear me? Your brother has come. If you refuse to see him, you'll never be allowed to go back to the Shaw Residence!"

No matter how hard Jean tried to convince Tiffany, the latter still wouldn't come out.

Eventually Jean was resigned. She walked back to Raymond and said, "She has a stomachache. Why don't you come in and wait for a while? I haven't had a meal with you for quite some time!" Raymond slid Jean a sideways glance. "No need. Tell Tiffany she had her chance."

Having finished speaking, Raymond doubled back to his car and ducked inside. Showing no regard for Jean's attempts to have him stay, he pressed down on the gas pedal and drove off. A leopard cannot change its spots!

It was almost six o'clock when Scarlett ended the conference. Recalling Raymond's words, she pulled out her cellphone and sent him a text message.

Raymond soon texted her back. "I'm right downstairs."

Scarlett lifted her eyebrows, put away her cellphone and swiveled her head aside to glance at Katherine who was next to her." Secretary Lawrence, I'm afraid I'll have to leave you in charge of the project. I need to get going."

"It's my duty, Ms. Reed. Allow me to walk you out."

Scarlett nodded, heading for the door and listening to Katherine filling her in on the Woods family.

"Incidentally, Ms. Reed, barring accidents, there will be a shareholders' meeting in

Centel next Wednesday." "I see."

The next Wednesday was five days away.

Scarlett wondered what Ethen would think of her when he saw her.

As that thought crossed her mind, Scarlett gave an involuntary smile.

The elevator came to a halt and with that the door slowly slid open. Scarlett collected her thoughts and walked out.

In the doorway, Scarlett paused and said to Katherine, "Well, you still got work to do. You should go back."

"Okay, Ms. Reed."

Katherine didn't leave. Having noticed that Scarlett was heading for a black Benz parked by the roadside, she couldn't help but take a few steps forward.

She thought, 'Does Ms. Reed have a new boyfriend?

'That guy seems pretty hot from this angle. Eek? He looks a bit familiar.'

Katherine walked another few paces forward. At the sight of Raymond sitting in the driver's seat, her heart sank like a stone.

She felt that Scarlett, her idol, was perfect but for her lack of discernment in her choice of men.

Raymond was sitting in his car. Having perceived that the woman who had shown Scarlett out kept looking in his direction, he didn't drive off right away. Scarlett buckled up, lifted her head and saw Raymond staring ahead. She smiled," What are you looking at?"

With that Scarlett observed her adorable dedicated secretary looking in their direction.

Just for an instant Scarlett wanted to get out of the car to explain to Katherine.

But then the car started moving slowly.

Katherine felt very upset. Her face was rather cold when she was on her way. Several employees chanced upon her but hurried off immediately after greeting her. Scarlett withdrew her gaze and swiveled her head aside to look at Raymond. "Have you been waiting all this time?"

"No. I paid a visit to Tiffany."

Scarlett raised her eyebrows. "She had the guts to face you?"