Filed to story: The CEO’s Wife Is a Secret Boss Novel (Allison & Jeremy) Free Online
“Once this drug is injected, it will remain in your body for 48 hours. If you do the math, you will pass away painlessly in your sleep. This is much more gracious than if you were to be sentenced to death or if you were to die when your condition flares up.”
A few minutes later, Jameson knelt limply on the floor. Ashen-faced, he received the painless yet lethal injection.
After putting the syringe away, Sheryl put her hands in her lab pockets. She walked toward the closed metal door without taking another glance at the useless man on the floor.
All of a sudden, Jameson shouted a different name. “Liana Gardner!”
Sheryl stopped in her tracks immediately. Though, she didn’t tum back. In a low and grim voice, she said, “Who’s that? I’m afraid you’ve got the wrong person.”
“Being by Mr. Justin’s side like an inhumane killing machine just like this, and committing all sorts of evil deeds… Will you be able to get what you’re after?”
Jameson hunched forward as he let out a mocking laugh. “Even if you change your appearance a hundred times, or even if you start over a thousand-no, ten thousand times… Jeremy will only have eyes for Alyssa. He will not even take a glance at you, let alone… fall in love with you!”
“Is that so? I don’t think so.”
Sheryl laughed too. A gleam flashed across her eyes, as though they were a pair of sharpened blades. ‘Plus, how would you know that I haven’t gotten what I was after? What I want is to stay by Mr. Justin’s side. I, Sheryl Gillis, will only march ahead. I will never look back.”
After leaving the detention center, Sheryl drove back to her own manor immediately. She had an enjoyable bath and sprayed some perfume on to get rid of all the bad luck on her.
She dried her hair, then put on a red-colored silk nightgown, Just as she opened the door, she jumped in fright!
“Ms. Cillis.”
Remy stood upright at the door, looking at her emotionlessly. “Please come downstairs. Mr.
Justin is waiting for you.”
Sheryl bit her lip. “Okay, let me get myself together and change into something else-
“No need for that. To Mr. Justin, it makes no difference what you wear, or if you wear anything at all.”
Right after saying that, he turned around to leave. “Hurry up. Mr. Justin doesn’t like to wait.”
Forcing herself to suppress the annoyance in her heart, Sheryl followed behind Remy accordingly.
Downstairs, Justin was sitting casually on the couch. With his well-proportioned hands, he held onto a purple porcelain teapot as he poured the first extraction of tea away.
Why did you trouble yourself to come here, Mr. Justin? I wanted to take a shower and change before I went to report back to you.”
Sheryl treaded lightly before Justin. She stared deeply at that gentle, elegant, and timeless face of his. “I know that you like to be clean. Since I’ve just been at such a filthy place, I didn’t dare to see you before I cleaned myself up.”
With a slight smile on his face, Justin replied, “I just happened to pass by, so I decided to pay you a visit.”
“Everything has been settled. Jameson will die of a heart attack in 48 hours. With his severe health conditions to top that, even if he’s subjected to an autopsy, they won’t be able to find any problems with his death.” The look in Sheryl’s eyes darkened.
Justin nodded slightly. Thanks, Sheryl.
“I found that Ms. Alyssa went to see Jameson before I did. Who knows if Ms. Alyssa started suspecting you so soon because Jameson let something slip.”
Sheryl sniggered coldly, “Fortunately, you were sharp, and you got rid of this threat.”
“Jameson wouldn’t say anything. It’s not that he doesn’t want to, but it’s because he’s terrified of me. He wouldn’t dare to.”
Justin picked up his tea cup. He put the rim of the cup right under his nose, sniffing the scent of the tea lightly. “He has never understood me, but I am able to see right through him. This is the root of his fear.”
Sheryl didn’t understand Justin either. Even so, she was ecstatic. “No matter what, even though the experiments have failed, your threat in Solana City no longer exists. You can finally relax now.”
“No, I can’t. Not yet. Justin took a sip of his tea. His gaze was as deep as treacherous undercurrents. ‘According to my calculations, Jeremy should be waking up soon.
“He has Ms. Alyssa and a bunch of reliable friends helping him out by his side. He might actually be able to get through this hurdle.
Sheryl leaned in toward Justin. In a low voice, she whispered, “So, you’re saying…
“I heard that Ms. Alyssa has a ‘sister-in-law who’s quite capable. I heard that he’s a neurologist?
Sheryl was taken aback. “You’re referring to… the Lovelace family’s youngest son, Julien Lovelace?’
Justin lowered his eyes and drank his tea. In a cold voice, he said, “This person cannot stay in Ms. Alyssa’s team. He cannot remain by Jeremy’s side.”
Remy perked up instantly. ‘Shall I get to work?”
“Murder is not the only way to make someone leave.” Justin played with his tea cup with the tip of his finger. With a smirk on his face, he explained, “We can achieve the same results by breaking his heart.”
After Javier brought Jeremy back to Solana City, he secretly sent him to a high-end private hospital to continue his treatment. He also ordered that other than their family, no one, especially the Taylors, be allowed to visit.
Each day, Alyssa waited outside the hospital’s main entrance. She waited from dawn until dusk and then until dawn again.
After a heavy rain, the weather got colder.
Looking at the hospital’s brightly lit windows, she couldn’t tell which window belonged to the room where Jeremy was peacefully asleep.
Clouds of her breath could be seen as she exhaled onto her reddened hands. Her face and ears had also turned completely red from the cold.
“Ms. Alyssa, go wait in the car. You’ve been standing outside for a really long time, Sean urged as he handed her a cup of hot coffee. His heartache could be seen through his eyes.
“In the past, Jeremy often stood outside my door and waited for me, just like this. He did it so many times.”
Alyssa’s eyes welled up. A slight smile came across her face. “This time, let it be my turn to wait for him.”
Sean lowered his head. He didn’t know how to console her. It was as if anything he said would be useless in expressing what he wanted to say.
He knew that Alyssa really wanted to do something for Jeremy. Yet, because she couldn’t get close to him, she could only wait helplessly and anxiously like this as she prayed.
It felt like she was reliving the suffering Jeremy endured while pursuing her.
Did they really have to go through this?
This was too cruel.
At this moment, Sean’s phone rang. He pulled it out and answered it.
A moment later, his shoulders jerked in shock. Staring at Alyssa, he exclaimed, “Oh no! Ms. Alyssa, Jameson had a heart attack and died while he was in the detention center! Rigor mortis already set in by the time his body was discovered by a prison guard.”
“What… did you just say?” Alyssa’s pupils constricted suddenly.
A heart attack?
He threw up blood every day while they were on Rose Island. Even so, he was still able to survive. It has only been a few days since he was transferred to be detained in Solana City, but he ended up dying in the detention center.
Did this make sense? Was this possible?
Nevertheless, Alyssa didn’t have time to think much about it before they received another call. It was from Newton.
“Grandpa Newton!” she answered immediately, exhaling a misty cloud of anxiousness as she spoke.
“Alyssal Jeremy… Jeremy.. He’s awake!”
Upon hearing that Jeremy had regained consciousness, Alyssa burst out in tears of agitation. She lowered her small frame bit by bit, eventually curling herself into a ball as she trembled in the cold wind.
“Ms. Alyssa…” Tears filled Sean’s eyes. His heart broke as he watched Alyssa.
Ever since Jeremy fell unconscious, the days felt like years to Alyssa. Even so, the days passed by like a blur.
She was clearly still alive, but that bright-eyed side of her that was as beautiful as a rose could no longer be found.
She was burdened by too much pressure. She blamed herself constantly, letting the self- reproach eat at her continuously.
She was conscious but was gradually falling into insanity.
Why are you crying, my dear? Jeremy is awake. You should be jumping for joy!
Newton comforted her over the phone. At the same time, he couldn’t help but worry about her. “It’s so cold today. Are you outside, my dear?”
“Grandpa Newton…. I am… I’m outside the hospital.
All the crying made Alyssa choke on her words. Her warm tears trickled in between her fingers.
