Chapter 1217

Aaron bolted upright from his seat. "What?! What happened?" Xante was about to tell him Corinne had gotten into Jeremy's car when she noticed how red and swollen Aaron's face was. "What happened to your face?" Aaron touched his burning cheek. "What else? I was slapped by a girl," he said self-deprecatingly. "Serves you right," said Xante with disgust. Aaron shrugged. "Well, aren't you going to tell me what happened?" "The boss ran into Jeremy downstairs, and he asked her to get into his car. I don't know where they're going now, and she's not picking up my phone." "Why would Jeremy be downstairs?" asked Aaron quizzically. "He must've come to pick Annie up, and the boss just happened to be there. He told her to get in so they could end things properly." Aaron's cheek tingled with more pain at the mention of Annie's name as she was the one who slapped him. She gave it her all in that slap, so much so that it caused the corner of Aaron's mouth to bleed. Of course, he wiped away th