Tyler’s fingertips brushed against the undone buttons of Rachel’s shirt. His touch barely grazed her skin, yet even that felt like a jolt of electricity numbing through her entire body.

The contact she expected never came. Rachel glanced down and saw that Tyler was buttoning her shirt up, one button at a time. She looked at him in confusion. When she finally opened her mouth, her lips were trembling slightly. “What are you doing?” she asked.

Tyler shot her a sideways glance. His usual nonchalant expression was completely gone, replaced by a chilling, piercing coldness. “What do you think you’re doing?” he countered.

Rachel’s mind went blank. “I just thought that if you didn’t mind that I’m married, you—”

“Oh, so you do remember that you’re married.” His tone was scathing.

Rachel frowned. Her thoughts were a mess. What did he want from her? She was completely thrown off. Rachel decided to speak her mind.

“I thought about it. You don’t need money, and you don’t need power. The only thing I can give you is this.”

Tyler slid his hands into his trouser pockets and leaned down close to her face. His voice sounded nonchalant, but somehow it still gave her the tingles. “So what, you think I’m desperate for a woman?”

Rachel suddenly realized how wrong her words sounded. “No, I didn’t mean it like that.”

It was true. A man like Tyler could hardly be desperate for female attention. Honestly, even if she threw herself at him, he probably wouldn’t even bat an eye.

Tyler frowned. He gave off a cold aura. Rachel felt a crushing pressure bearing down on her.

“Rachel, if your mother found out what her precious daughter is doing right now, I wonder whether she’d roll over in her grave…”

Rachel’s pupils contracted, and her face instantly drained of all color. Tyler always knew how to strike where it hurt the most, and he never missed. His words didn’t just sting; they gutted her.

At that moment, Rachel’s spinning mind snapped back into clarity. “I’m sorry, Mr. Hunt. I was too impulsive. I shouldn’t have done that.”

What she’d done wasn’t just offensive to Tyler; it was humiliating for herself.

Seeing her return to her senses, Tyler’s sharpness finally softened. The hostility in his gaze melted away, and he went back to his usual careless self.

“Knowing you’re wrong and correcting it, that’s good,” he said casually. Then, after a pause, his tone turned serious again. “But let me make this clear. What happened today, I can let slide. But I don’t ever want to see you pull something like that with any other man, including William.”

He emphasized the last part word by word.

Rachel didn’t fully understand why Tyler was making that kind of demand, but since she still needed his help, she bit her tongue. He was the boss now.

“Alright,” she answered.

Tyler finally looked satisfied. “If you don’t mind, go make me a cup of coffee. The machine’s in the kitchen.”

Chapter 247

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The sudden shift in topic caught Rachel off guard, but he hadn’t flat-out rejected her request. Did that mean there was still room to turn things around?

It was only a cup of coffee. Honestly, if that’s all it took, she’d be happy to brew coffee for him all afternoon.

Chapter 248