Filed to story: The CEO’s Wife Is a Secret Boss Novel (Allison & Jeremy) Free Online
Remy clenched his teeth. In a low voice, he continued, “Was I too heavy-handed? After all, she’s just a helpless woman.”
Justin chuckled perfunctorily. ‘Remy, are you feeling bad for her?”
Remy’s pupils constricted. He answered immediately, “No. But I’m afraid that if I were to take action too tactlessly, there might come a time when I miscalculate a move and end up hurting her for real. Ultimately, Ms. Alyssa is also someone you care for, isn’t she?”
Justin fell silent on his end. All Remy could hear was the sound of wind blowing.
“I believe that you know what you’re doing, especially when it concerns her.”
Remy knitted his brows together tightly. An inexplicable feeling rose in his heart. Justin’s words were too cryptic.
“Do you know why I care about Alyssa?” Justin asked out of the blue.
Throughout all these years, Remy and Justin’s relationship was just like a relationship between an employer and an employee. Justin would show him concern and interact with him, but he would never share his feelings with him.
Justin’s heart was a deep, dark dungeon. No one could get close to him, and those who did would definitely be consumed.
“It’s because my younger brother, Jeremy, is deeply in love with her. At the same time, she’s also in love with him.” Justin laughed. His cackles were frigid and chilling.
“Her love awakened Jeremy’s ability to love. She’s the light that rescued Jeremy from his traumatic childhood and lit up his pessimistic life. Her older brothers became his friends, and her family became his family.
“The one and only reason is because he had Alyssa.”
Remy spaced out. At that moment, he saw many figures surrounding him, both men and women. Although it felt familiar to him, he couldn’t call out their names.
*Jeremy was lucky. He managed to get what others couldn’t even if they spent a lifetime trying.”
Justin continued laughing. However, his laughter grew cold gradually, its sound piercing through Remy’s eardrums like a sharp blade. “But what right did he have to get all these? Why can’t I be the one who has all these?
“Sir…”
“So, I want Alyssa to leave him for good. I want him to be alone.”
After Remy sent an unconscious Alyssa to the hospital, she was taken into the emergency room immediately. She was still slightly conscious before she went in there, albeit hazily.
She felt herself being lifted by the man in black leather shoes and carried all the way to the hospital entrance until she arrived at the emergency room.
The cold bearing around him felt so familiar to her.
However, she was suffering so much pain that she kept slipping in and out of consciousness. She didn’t have it in her to think about anything else.
While she was going through the nerve-racking emergency treatments, she had a dream. Or rather than a dream, it was more like her mind replayed everything that had happened from the time she was on Rose Island until now. Those bits and pieces of information that seemed unrelated strung together in her mind once again.
For some reason, she felt that Julien’s departure was just the beginning.
She certainly couldn’t allow anyone around her to be hurt. So, even if her consciousness was hanging by a thread, she wouldn’t allow her mind to stop thinking about it.
She ruminated on everything from Mosgravia’s RC Biotechnology Research Institute to the drug experiments, Jameson, to Remy, who looked exactly like Damien.
She also thought about Jameson, who died in prison from what seemed like drug abuse, and then about Jeremy, who was suffering from a brain injury caused by a drug and losing his ability to process emotions.
Even today, Jonah’s ex-subordinate showed up out of the blue and destroyed Jonah and Julien’s relationship. Then, she was intercepted while on the way to the airport to stop Julien from going overseas.
These events were somehow connected!
At this moment, her blurry vision saw some doctors and nurses bustling about. An anxious voice rang in her ears. *Alyssa Taylor. You have to pull yourself together! You need to be able to figure this out. You surely can!” She closed her eyes slowly. Her long and moistened eyelashes trembled slightly.
There was a thud. She felt her entire body go cold as if she was immersed in a bottomless, icy lake, sinking deeper and deeper into it.
Just as she was feeling like she was about to run out of oxygen and fall into the arms of the grim reaper, she heard a faint voice calling out to her.
“Alyssa? Ms. Alyssa? Lyse…”
Lyse…
Outsiders addressed her as Ms. Alyssa. Her relatives called her Lyse, but Jeremy was the only one who would call her Lyse in a tone like that.
Alyssa inhaled sharply. Her reddened eyes shot open.
However, that pale, charming, and elegant face before her eyes made her heart sink back into the icy sea; it wasn’t the person she was missing.
It was Justin.
‘This is great, Ms. Alyssa. You’re finally awake.”
Justin sat in his wheelchair and waited by her bed. Through his deep, dark eyes, he studied her drawn and pale face that was stained with blood. Concern was written all over his face.
“How do you feel? Does it hurt anywhere? I’ve called the best surgeon in all of Solana City to get here as soon as possible. You don’t have to worry. I won’t let anything happen to you.”
Tears swirled slightly in Alyssa’s eyes, making her look weak, pure, and pitiful. She asked, “What… did you just… call me?”
Justin looked straight into her alluring eyes. In a warm voice, he answered, “Lyse. Can I call you Lyse?” Alyssa didn’t answer, but she furrowed her brows slightly. Clearly, she was really against it.
Justin sensed her resistance. He chuckled casually. “I’m sorry, I remember that only Jeremy calls you Lyse in this way. It was his way of showing his affection toward you. I overstepped. But please trust me when I say that it was a slip of the tongue.’
Alyssa felt a sharp pain in her heart. Her eyes turned red.
Affection… Was there still any affection left between her and Jeremy?
Justin continued explaining to her patiently, “It was the doctor who told me that when a patient is unconscious, it would be best if there’s someone next to her, calling her name. Doing so for a while might help in waking the patient up.”
“I won’t call you that next time if you don’t like me doing so. But I was really just worried about you and hoping that you would be able to regain consciousness as soon as possible.”
Alyssa smiled coldly at him. She was broad-minded and had never been bothered by these trivial matters.
*Justin, what brings you here?” Alyssa’s entire body hurt. She tried to get up but failed to do so.
“Don’t move.” Justin held her down. In a low voice, he urged, “The doctor said that you were very lucky. Even though you didn’t have any broken bones, you have quite a number of external injuries. Plus, you might have suffered some level of concussion.
*These are not to be overlooked. You have to stay in the hospital to recuperate and be under observation for a while.”
With a sharp gaze, Alyssa insisted, “You haven’t answered my question.”
Justin pressed his lips together slightly. He answered calmly, “My private physician, Ms. Gillis, lives in a villa nearby. When I came to visit her, I suddenly felt unwell, so she sent me to the hospital for treatment. I happened to see you being brought into the emergency room.
He happened to see her? Alyssa’s heart sank. She might have believed it if someone else said that. However, Justin’s words couldn’t be trusted.
“How long have I been unconscious for?”
“Not too long. Just one day and one night.”
Justin leaned forward, closing the distance between him and her. In a tender tone of voice, he added, “I don’t have your family members’ phone number, but I informed Grandpa.
“He, in turn, informed Mr. Winston about your traffic accident. Don’t be afraid. Your family members are already making their way here.”
A look of astonishment came across Alyssa’s face. She struggled to get up, but was held down by him once again.
She exclaimed, “I’m fine… I can already be discharged!”
*I know that you’re afraid of having your family worry about you, especially your father.”
With a concerned look on his face and an infinitely deep gaze, Justin continued, “But Ms. Alyssa, at the end of the day, you are a woman. Your family will be so worried about you going around out there all on your own.
“Don’t worry, I only contacted Grandpa to have him inform Mr. Winston now that we know you’re not seriously hurt.”
*Justin, these are my personal matters. You’re crossing the line!” Alyssa gritted out. It was obvious that she was getting emotional.
She forced her trembling body to roll out of the bed with all her might. Unexpectedly, she couldn’t exert any energy with her legs at all. She lost control and tumbled to the ground.
“Watch out!” Justin’s deep, raspy voice, laced with concern and urgency, echoed in Alyssa’s ear.
In the next second, she found herself falling right into Justin’s arms. Concealed under his suit were his well- sculpted muscles. Swiftly, he held onto her tightly with his muscular arms.
A faint smell of drugs, along with a subtle yet strange fragrance, wafted into her nose.
It was familiar… So familiar…
