Chapter 173

Kris was dumbfounded, unable to keep up with Tony’s train of thought at all. A mix of emotions flooded her eyes and her face relaxed a little. “All right. Then—”

“But, I’m sorry, Miss Stark. I can’t let you be in charge of this project.”

What he just said diminished Kris’ ability to maintain her ladylike demeanor. Her face twisted horribly.

“Director Hart, I didn’t do anything to upset you. Aren’t you going a bit too far?”

“Upset me?” Tony’s eyes turned frosty in an instant. His gaze swept over her plainly before he walked out. “Miss Stark, perhaps you don’t know, but I cover my shortcomings.”

After that, his figure disappeared from the door of the private room.

Inside the room, there was a ‘crash’ as plates were hurled onto the ground.

Kris was trembling with anger.

She didn’t expect that the beautiful moment she anticipated would turn out to be like this.

Obviously, she almost had Tony in the palm of her hands. Who would suddenly intervene and disrupt her plans? Damn it! His lover, huh?

Thinking of how he said ‘I cover my shortcomings’ before he left, Kris pushed down her anger and thought of all the things she had done since the beginning that was related to Tony. She simply couldn’t remember who she had offended to let Tony humiliate her this way!

Tony Hart…

Kris silently muttered these two words.

To date, not a single man that Kris wanted had escaped her grasp!

Since his lover’s existence hadn’t been announced yet, she must not have an important position in Tony’s heart.

Kris figured that he was just fooling around. After he got bored with her, he would get rid of her.

Kris suddenly thought of what the waiter said to Tony.

“The lady said that she’ll wait for you, Mr. Tony.”

A cold gleam flashed across Kris’ eyes.

After leaving the private room, Tony stopped at the door, then leaned against the wall and opened the red velvet box that the waiter had just given him. To his surprise, there was a ring inside the box. What was even more surprising was the diamond on the ring.

He suddenly thought of the waiter’s words.

“The lady also said that she’s just returning this to its original owner.”

Tony squinted his eyes and carefully studied the diamond again.

The corners of his mouth froze, and a touch of warmth rose up inside him.

Was Myra telling him that back when she cried in his arms, she already felt something for him? So, after pulling off his diamond cufflinks, she didn’t return it to him, but had kept it for herself instead?

There was no doubt that when Myra was asleep in his arms last night, she muttered the name of the other man in her sleep. It truly made him feel uncomfortable.

But, when Kris slandered Myra just now, intentionally or otherwise, Tony knew deep down that he didn’t like it when people said such things about her.

Which was why he said those things so mercilessly to Kris earlier. It was also why he had done such a childish act today.

Tony gave the exquisite ring a firm squeeze, then consciously placed it back into the box before pushing open the door of the next private room.

Inside, a woman had her back facing him, and she was eating at a table full of food.

She has quite the appetite.

Tony’s eyes narrowed slightly as he walked straight over, pulled out the chair next to her, and sat down.

He was about to smoke a cigarette when a fair hand suddenly reached out from beside him to snatch the cigarette away and throw it aside.

Meeting his mischievous eyes, Myra’s gaze was extremely soft as she waved her hand at him. “Did you see the gift I gave you? Look; I have one too. I had a couple’s set custom-made. Next time, when I wear it, everyone will know that I belong to someone.”

Perhaps it was the words ‘couple’s set’ that relieved Tony’s sulking. Despite that, he was still scowling when he grunted faintly.

Myra, however, was not discouraged. She took the red velvet box from his hands and grabbed his left hand.

In the beginning, Tony’s hand was very stiff, but Myra simply looked at him with a pair of huge, bright eyes that were full of pleadings. In the end, he couldn’t bear to be ruthless and let her take his hand.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Myra took out the ring from the box before carefully putting it on the middle finger of Tony’s left hand.

His fingers were beautiful; they were all slender and with distinct joints. Myra slid the ring little by little onto his finger, but she was rather nervous.

Tony lowered his head and saw Myra’s long eyelashes. Her forehead was fair while her long curly hair draped softly over her shoulders; her face was scrunched up in concentration.

After Myra put on the ring, she promptly looked up.

Tony couldn’t shift his gaze in time, so the woman caught sight of the gentleness in his eyes at this moment.

She was surprised, and she felt as if something had crashed into her heart. She could take it no longer, so she hugged the man in front of her and said gloomily, “Tony… I had a dream about Sean last night.

You’re unhappy today because of that, right?”

Tony’s body became rigid immediately, and his face sank. He wanted to push Myra away, but she only held him even tighter.

“I don’t know if I said something wrong last night, but in the dream, you appeared and asked me if I still have feelings for Sean. You asked me why I still dreamed about him. In fact, I don’t know why I dreamed about him.” Myra spoke rapidly, fearing that the man in front of her would interrupt her. She continued in a low voice, “But, I told you that I don’t like Sean anymore. I really don’t.”

They had argued because of Sean for way too long and for too many times. If this problem wasn’t solved, it would always be like a fishbone that was lodged in both of their throats.

Myra’s grip tightened involuntarily. “I have no way of changing the past six years. If God will let me do it all over again, I’ll definitely wait for you to show up. But…” She took a deep breath and looked up. As she fixed her gaze on the man with mixed emotions in his eyes, she felt a little helpless. “I can’t change what happened in the past six years. If you’re still concerned about this issue, then I can leave you for a while. Maybe when the both of us calm down—”

When she said the last sentence, she slowly let go of her arms that were around Tony’s waist.

When Tony heard her say ‘I can leave you for a while’, his expression changed slightly, and his eyes turned as gloomy as the sky before a storm. Slightly narrowing his eyes, he stared at her. “You want to leave me?”

Myra shook her head roughly. “I didn’t say that I want to leave you. I just wanted to give both of us space to calm down. We’ll wait until—”

“Myra, you’re heartless!” Tony suddenly interrupted her before she said something that would anger him even more.

Myra’s body went stiff. Lifting her head, she met Tony’s rage-filled eyes. “Then, do you want me to leave? Tony, do you believe me? I don’t love Sean. Even though I dreamed about him, I’ve long since stopped loving him.”

Peering at her calm face, Tony realized that she had said those things just now to agitate him.

She had deliberately said such things knowing that he wouldn’t be willing to let her leave.

There was a huge wave in Tony’s eyes, and the dark clouds inside rolled over layer by layer. He reckoned if other women dared to act so recklessly with him, he would’ve made them suffer to no end.