Filed to story: The CEO’s Wife Is a Secret Boss Novel (Allison & Jeremy) Free Online
Nevertheless, she knew that if she were to lose heart, be dispirited, or give up, they would not have any hope at all. She needed him to live on.
More than that, she wanted them to be in love like they were before. She wanted to grow old together with him.
Alyssa had always been a greedy person.
She didn’t dare to allow herself to become idle. She called Cyrus. “Cyrus, have you and your people completed the autopsy for Jameson?”
“We have. He had a heart attack, but according to the forensic pathologist, this type of heart attack didn’t happen because of his own health reasons. Instead, it was triggered by some medication that was injected into him.”
The suspicion in Alyssa’s heart grew. She lowered her voice. “When we were on Rose Island, Jameson had taken quite a number of random medications to keep himself alert. Even so, nothing bad actually happened to him.
“After over half a month of being in the detention center, he hadn’t been consuming medications or receiving injections. Yet, he actually dropped dead? Doesn’t it sound strange to you?”
Cyrus had his doubts too. “No matter how much we speculate, we don’t have any solid evidence.”
*Other than myself, has he met with anyone else the past two days?”
“Everyone in the Schmidt family is gone. Who else is there who would visit him?”
“In that case, start by looking into those who came into contact with him. Not even the janitor should be spared!”
Alyssa calmed her breathing down. A sharp gleam returned to her swollen eyes. “Cyrus, have you forgotten? Previously, someone got rid of David soon after he was locked up in the detention center. His death was way more horrendous than this. It was clearly murder!
“Whoever did this was even more ingenious and secretive. It might even be possible that they had given him an injection while he was sleeping. So, the criminals who shared the same cell as him and those who came into contact with him in the past few days have to be investigated in detail. Everything from their identity, their background, to their bank transactions!”
“I get you. That was what I was planning to do too.”
All of a sudden, Cyrus fell into a momentary silence. Then, in a soft voice, he asked, “Lyse, how are you holding up?”
“I’m good. I’m great.”
Holding back her tears, Alyssa forced a smile on her face. “Jeremy has woken up. As long as he’s alive and well, all is good with me.”
‘Don’t lie to me. We’ve all found out about the problem with Jeremy’s brain.”
Cyrus took a deep breath. In an earnest tone, he continued, “Lyse, you might not like me saying this, but if Jeremy doesn’t fully recover from his brain condition, I wouldn’t suggest you two to force yourselves to remain together.
“His current self is even worse than he was three years ago. Three years ago, he didn’t know what love was. Right now, he doesn’t know how to love at all.
“You’re both not legally married yet, so you don’t have to be a grass widow. As the saying goes, letting go is hard, but being free is beautiful. Isn’t it also a rather good thing if you can both live your own lives well in the future?”
Was it a rather good thing?
Could it be a rather good thing?
Jeremy lost the ability to love while Alyssa’s heart had been completely emptied.
“It won’t always be like this, Cyrus. Jul said that it’s possible for Jeremy to recover his ability to feel.”
Alyssa was as stubborn as a mule. “Don’t worry, I will not take my own life. Since he’s forgotten how to love, I will teach him, little by little, what love is.”
Cyrus was well aware that he wouldn’t be able to convince Alyssa.
She was a headstrong woman. She could afford to engage in countless trials and errors. All they needed to do was to be her firm support. The rest were not within their control.
It was all up to her choice.
With her arms crossed in front of her chest, Alyssa lay on her side on the hard bench at the hospital corridor. She fell asleep without realizing it.
She had nightmares consecutively. She dreamt of Jeremy marching forward without turning back. From behind him, she chased after him frantically in the dark, shouting at him continuously to make him tum around.
All of a sudden, Jeremy disappeared.
At the same time, the road beneath her feet vanished suddenly. It turned into a terrifyingly deep chasm.
*Jump. Your dear Jeremy is right in there. Just jump. Would you have the guts to? You don’t.”
Following that was a maniacal laughter directed at her.
Tears filled her eyes, and her blood ran cold. In the end, she steeled herself and shouted, “I’ll jump!”
Her cries from her dreams echoed in the empty corridor. She rolled off the bench and landed with a loud thud.
The pain woke her up.
Alyssa was drenched in cold sweat. She moaned softly as the pain made it difficult for her to even straighten her back.
With all her might, she rolled over. The moment she opened her bleary eyes, her pupils constricted.
Jeremy, in his hospital gown, was standing tall right next to her, staring down at her with an expressionless look on his face.
Looking into each other’s eyes, Alyssa’s bloodshot eyes gradually filled with tears of agitation and sorrow.
Jeremy came out to see her. Did he know she had been watching him the whole time?
Did that mean that deep within him, he still had feelings for her and that she was someone special to him?
Alyssa’s lips parted slightly. The tip of her nose was red. As she lay on her back and looked at Jeremy, she mumbled in a miserable and coquettish voice, ‘Jeremy… Jeremy…”
The look in Jeremy’s eyes darkened. He glanced at her silently for a while before asking in a hoarse voice, “What are you still doing here?”
A huge drop of tear rolled from the comer of Alyssa’s eye, reflecting how weak and fragile she was.
She wanted to say something, but all that escaped her were sobs. She couldn’t bring herself to say anything.
Staring into her tear-filled eyes, Jeremy frowned. “You woke me up because you kept talking.”
“I… I’m sorry…” she apologized to him while she sobbed.
She used to be so noble and prideful. Before Jeremy, she used to be an unrestrained drama queen. Yet, at this moment, she was being so heartbreakingly cautious toward him.
‘Forget it.”
Jeremy could tell that she couldn’t get up because of the fall. However, he couldn’t leave her lying here either. He might not have emotions anymore, but he was still humane even if he had forgotten how kind he used to be and how deeply in love he used to be with Alyssa.
Thus, he lowered himself and picked a disheveled Alyssa up from the floor in a princess carry.
“Don’t!” Taking into consideration the fact that he was still recovering from the gunshot wound on his left shoulder, Alyssa bore in mind that he shouldn’t be exerting himself like this.
“Would you prefer lying down here the entire night?”
The pain started throbbing in Jeremy’s left arm, but he didn’t care. He turned around and carried Alyssa into his ward. “As much as you might want to continue lying there, I want to sleep. I’ve never seen any woman being as noisy as you when she sleeps.”
He had a cold and straightforward character in the first place. This characteristic of his had become accentuated now that his emotional processing system had broken down.
Jeremy’s words during their marriage had often been harsh. He had a way of leaving Alyssa burdened with unspoken frustration, her emotions simmering beneath the surface. Yet, she could only hold it all in, afraid of provoking his anger.
With that said, she was no longer Allison Burton.
As such, Alyssa gathered her courage and wrapped her arms around Jeremy’s neck. As she blinked, she said to him in a soft and flirtatious voice, ‘It seems like you’ve watched many women while they slept, Mr. Walsh.”
“I haven’t.’
Jeremy furrowed his brows. Without looking at her, he added, “But I’m sure that other women wouldn’t be as noisy as you are.”
She ended up being criticized.
Alyssa pouted miserably. At the same time, with tears in her eyes, she lifted the corners of her lips silently. Jeremy wanted to put her down on the couch at first. However, the couch was too hard. She had just hurt her back from the fall, so it would be very uncomfortable for her to lay there.
In the end, he lowered her onto the hospital bed.
“Let go,” Jeremy uttered coldly.
With her hands still wrapped tightly around his neck, he could only sit by the bed with his back hunched forward. This made his tall body look especially constrained.
After suppressing all those surging emotions for days, Alyssa finally broke down at this very moment.
