Ronald ignited a cigarette, taking a drag, "Satisfied? Hardly!"


    He knew all too well that little tigress''s temper.


    If Sirena had been giving her a hard time these past two years, getting a simple "I forgive you" out of her now wouldn''t be a walk in the park for Jeremy.


    ...


    On the other end, Jeremy''s face turned a shade of livid with exasperation as Ronald abruptly hung up on him.


    "All you know is stuffing your face."


    Sirena was gingerly eating her breakfast, trying her best not to make a sound throughout the ordeal. Yet, she still couldn''t escape the fallout! Jeremy, in a fit of rage, flipped the table right then and there.


    Everything happened so suddenly that Sirena couldn''t even dodge in time. Her unfinished bowl of oatmeal ended up sttering all over her skirt. "What''re you doing, Jeremy? Just because your deal fell through, you''re taking it out on me?"


    She thought it was downright vile of him to bully her when their parents were not around. Mentioning the deal only fueled Jeremy''s rage further. "Now, you''re going to apologize to Ste this instant!"


    Sirena couldn''t believe her ears as she heard this. She gazed at Jeremy in disbelief, "What did you say? Apologize to whom?"


    She thought she had misheard.


    Apologize to Ste? The daughter of the Larkin family who nobody took seriously? The very Ste who was nothing but a ditz? How did she deserve her apology? "Are you crazy, Jeremy?"


    "If you can''t get an apology out of her today, I''ll show you what crazy really is."


    Sirena''s lips twitched, almost certain now that Jeremy wasn''t joking. He was serious about making her apologize to Ste.


    "I won''t do it."


    Without a second thought, Sirena firmly spat out the words.


    "Oh, you won''t, huh? Fine! Then pack your bags and get the hell out," Jeremy retorted.


    "What did you say? You''re..."


    He was kicking her out over Ste? Sirena couldn''t believe it.


    Jeremy asked, "Do you have any idea how many people are after that thing right now? Even Yorick is watching."


    Forget Yorick, there were others too. Stirring trouble at this moment, was she airing to jeopardize his entire coboration with that man over this?


    Sirena stuttered, "Is...is it really that serious? What''s his deal with Ste, anyway?"


    Sirena was losing her mind. What in the world was going on?


    "How the hell should I know? Just get Ste''s forgiveness, or this isn''t over," Jeremy snapped.


    Sirena was speechless.


    An apology was one thing, but securing Ste''s forgiveness? How could she possibly achieve that?


    She and Ste had always been at odds, their encounters nothing short of confrontational.


    Asking for her apology was already a tough pill to swallow, let alone seeking Ste''s forgiveness. Sirena was on the verge of a breakdown.


    ...


    Meanwhile, Ste had just arrived at the studio.


    Stepping into the conference room, she answered a call, "Hello?"


    "It''s me. Where are you?" Sirena''s voice came through from the other end,ced with suppressed anger.


    That single "me" made Ste keenly aware of the fury in her tone.


    Ste raised an eyebrow, "What''s up?"


    "I need to see you."


    "For what?"


    Sirena seeking her out was rarely a good sign. Ste expected this time to be no different, but then she


    heard Sirena spit out, "Apologizing!"


    "What did you say?" Ste was convinced she had misheard, "You''re


    asking me to apologize? Are you out of your mind? Have you eve


    looked


    at your lousy self in the mirrortely, and now you want me to apologize toyou?"


    ton


    She assumed Sirena wanted her to apologize for something that happened the night before, and she wasn''t having any of it.