Filed to story: The CEO’s Wife Is a Secret Boss Novel (Allison & Jeremy) Free Online
Alyssa wasn’t a cowardly woman.
Just as Jeremy was about to pull her hand away, she gritted her teeth, bracing against the pain, and made her move.
She pressed her body against his firm chest, her quivering lips seeking his, locking them in a deep, desperate kiss.
Jeremy’s eyes widened. He stiffened up and fell into a daze, thanks to Alyssa’s sudden and passionate move.
He hadn’t forgotten her. He remembered that they used to be lovers. However, those heart-fluttering memories were dispensable and meaningless to him. He could no longer find the love that he had for her. Yet, he didn’t push her away.
Noticing that Jeremy wasn’t moving, Alyssa became more daring. She knelt on the bed and cupped that well- sculpted face of his in her hands. She couldn’t stop herself from kissing him, biting him, and reeling him in.
In truth, they had learned about intimacy from one another. Jeremy, especially, was a natural and fast learner. He was the one who discovered all her erogenous zones. Whenever they were intimate, he would advance according to her preferences, putting her in seventh heaven every time.
She, too, was familiar with his sensitive areas. Whenever she bit on his Adam’s apple and his scapula, it would send him into a frenzy.
Desperate to stir something in him, Alyssa threw caution aside. Shame no longer mattered.
Jeremy, however, was as firm as a mountain. The look in his eyes was blank, as if he were an emotionless statue. Alyssa’s heart raced with panic. She kissed his nose, and with trembling courage, her lips brushed his Adam’s apple.
That was when he pushed her away.
‘Alyssa,” Jeremy uttered her name.
Alyssa bit her lip, her eyes glistening with unshed tears, a delicate yet haunting sight.
“I know that we used to be lovers. Grandpa told me stories about us when it was just him and me.”
Jeremy lowered his eyes, avoiding Alyssa’s pitiful gaze. ‘But I’m sorry. Even though I used to be very much in love with you, I’m no longer able to love you now.”
The wrenching pain in Alyssa’s heart made it difficult for her to hold herself together. She faltered, but still managed to keep herself together.
That being said, her tears started falling uncontrollably once again, and they just wouldn’t stop.
She had said the same words to Jeremy in the past, but she didn’t realize how hurtful these words could be. They were way more cruel than saying, “I have never loved you.”
Losing something she once had was more painful than never having it at all.
“What I’m trying to say is, don’t waste your time on me anymore.”
Jeremy looked at Alyssa once again. For some reason, he felt a little afraid of looking at this delicate yet seemingly badly hurt face of hers, so his tone became rushed. “There’s nothing good about me. As for you, you come from a really good family. You’re talented, beautiful, and not lacking in pursuers.
“You should find someone who loves you. There’s no meaning in pining for something you’ve already lost.”
With that, he got up to leave.
Alyssa’s eyes had turned completely red. She grabbed onto him tightly to hold him back, so much so that her fingers were almost clawing at his muscles.
“In that case… In that case, let’s start afresh.”
Jeremy turned around in shock, only to be met with the determined and bright look in her eyes.
She was someone from a noble background, someone who was prideful, and someone who lacked nothing. He had thought that someone like her would naturally hate it when he treated her with such frigidity and heartlessness.
But he had forgotten that Alyssa was someone who never gave up or admitted defeat.
*Jeremy Walsh, nice to meet you. I’m Alyssa Taylor.”
She slid her hand from his forearm down to his hand, and gave him a firm handshake. She lifted her head slightly and held back the tears in her eyes. “It’s alright if you don’t love me. I will always, always love you very much.”
After saying that, she let go of his stiffened hand. Without any hesitation, she leapt off the bed. Forcing herself to withstand the pain in her hips, she left the hospital ward.
Jeremy remained at the same spot, dumbfounded. After a long while, he looked down at his palm, and curled his fingers inward slowly.
Alyssa didn’t return to her manor in Solana City over the next three days. Not only was Rosie working there, but that place also contained too many memories of her relationship with Jeremy.
Simply stepping into the place made her heart feel like it was being tom.
Alyssa didn’t dare to return to Heightsnew Villa either. She didn’t want Winston to worry or her family members to question her. Thus, she booked a room at KS World Hotel and just made do with that place for three nights.
She had lost Jeremy’s love. Her heart was despondent, and she felt like a lost boat drifting out at sea.
She no longer had a home.
Jonah, Cyrus, and Sean found her at the hotel on the fourth day.
With the curtains closed, Alyssa curled her small frame up under the covers and slept the day away. She didn’t hear the knocks on her door at all.
The three men were terrified to the point that they immediately called the supervisor over to open the door with the master key.
There was complete silence in the suite. Even though it was in the middle of the day, there was not a single ray of light to be seen.
A few pieces of clothing were strewn across the couch, and two sides of a pair of heels lay on opposite ends of the room.
When they saw the mountain of mac and cheese cups on the tea table and the table littered with beer bottles, all three lost it.
*Lyse is just ruining herself!”
Cyrus’ heart was so pained that it was difficult to breathe. It felt like his insides were a convoluted mess that was being churned about with a sharp blade. He bellowed, “He’s just a freaking man. What’s special about him? If he no longer loves her, so be it! Why does she have to torment herself like this?
“If I had known that this would be the case, both of them should’ve just cut ties completely when they first split up. They shouldn’t have gotten involved with one another again! Jeremy is the bane of her existence. He should just be single for the rest of his fucking life. Whoever gets involved with him will suffer from bad luck!”
Sean was a subordinate. It wouldn’t be appropriate for him to utter such extreme words before Jonah and Cyrus. That being said, he expressed the misery in his heart through the look on his face.
As redness filled his eyes, he walked to the side of the couch and silently folded Alyssa’s clothes. He picked up her heels one by one and placed them neatly by the entrance.
Having met the love of his life and becoming a father-to-be, Sean was even more attentive when caring toward others than he used to be. After all, when Alyssa had just gotten divorced, he spent much of his time looking after her daily living.
He finally broke down as he cleaned up the mac and cheese cups and beer bottles. With his head lowered, he gritted his teeth and started crying. His broad shoulders trembled.
Alyssa was the nicest woman in the world.
What kind of evil deed did she ever do in her previous life to deserve such repeated misfortunes in this life that left her all bruised and battered?
The look in Jonah’s eyes was dim. He did not say a word. The suit he was wearing over his tall and strong body concealed the slight quiver that he was experiencing from refraining himself forcefully.
Even when Alyssa got divorced and was chased out of Seaview Manor looking all miserable, she had never given up on herself like this.
This time, it was as if her soul and energy had been sucked out of her. The radiance she used to have had now vanished as she fell into the ice cold ravine.
With a frigid look on his face, Jonah strode over and pushed open the door to the bedroom.
It was pitch dark inside. Only a tiny head was vaguely visible while the blanket was rolled into a ball.
Feeling the rage that was about to blow up from within Jonah, Sean hurried forward to stop him. “Mr. Jonah, give Ms. Alyssa some time to rest… She’s been absolutely exhausted.”
“Is she resting right now? She’s torturing and abusing herself!”
Jonah shoved Sean aside. With a frigid air, he stormed toward the bed. “If she’s unable to withstand a small blow like this, how will I have the confidence to hand KS Group to her and allow her to take over the Taylor family?
‘She is the hope of the entire Taylor family. If she’s just going to come apart and spend her days like this, she is only going to disappoint Dad.”
He couldn’t bear to do anything at first, but after standing by the bed for a moment, he clenched his teeth and flung Alyssa’s blanket aside.
On the bed, Alyssa’s dark hair was covering her pale face entirely. Her pajamas were scruffy, and she was curled up like a stray cat.
“Alyssa Taylor, what in the world are you trying to do?”
Alyssa squinted through bleary eyes. After staring at Jonah briefly, she squirmed a little before closing her eyes again.
“Either you forget Jeremy or step up and make him fall for you all over again.”
Jonah’s gaze was fiery, like twin flames dancing in his eyes. “Look at yourself right now. You’re just wasting your life away right here!”
“You’re really noisy…” Alyssa mumbled, burying her head into the pillow. Her dark hair fanned out across the white sheets, making her seem all the more fragile. “Go away… Let me sleep.’
As her older brother, Jonah felt a mix of frustration and helplessness. His heart ached to see her like this.
