Chapter 151: Not Fired
Jake looked at her without even the slightest tint of fear that he got caught by her. But that is to be expected considering that he is a psychopath. He cannot assess risk properly as his brain is wired differently.
He was calm and resumed brewing coffee.
"After getting fired by my grandmother, you sank your claws on Uncle Lenny? Did he know about your past when he hired you?" She asked.
Jake did not answer her. And Rory got uneasy that she is getting ignored. But he was calm and aloof. The quality that she found to be attractive now made her blood boil. She found Liam’s annoying habit of speaking without thinking twice before this aloofness. At least, she would know what Liam is thinking and whether he is angry or not. But this guy...
Who knows what he is thinking? He probably is killing her in his mind a hundred times over.
She placed the glass on the counter and turned to leave. She tried to open the sliding door, but it was stuck. She winced as a warmth spread on her back. Jack, standing close to her, went for the knob of the door.
"I thought you would be smarter than this, Miss Roberts..." Jake whispered in her ear. "I guess, I was wrong. Liam too... No wonder you two fell for each other."
His tone was so patronizing, that Rory gritted her teeth. He addressed her as Mrs. Roberts earlier acknowledging her as Liam’s wife. But when he talks about her intelligence, he is invoking her maiden name, and thus insinuates that she is the dumb granddaughter of the great and smart Agnes Roberts.
She turned and folded her hands over her chest to create a distance between them. Jake took a step back.
"I am surprised that you remembered me from then. But I... The day I first met you, well, to be honest, the day I first saw you in person was when you visited Fitzwilliam in his office..." he smirked.
Rory shrugged. It hurt a bit hearing that. She spent a good month thinking about him and watching him, but he didn’t even spare a glance at her.
Ah, how could he not? He must be lying!