Filed to story: The CEO’s Wife Is a Secret Boss Novel (Allison & Jeremy) Free Online
At this moment, Jonah descended the stairs,
“He’s asleep.”
“He’s probably exhausted. Let him rest.” Alyssa sighed.
“I was too impatient. This might backfire. If Julien doesn’t agree to help, I can’t force him by threatening him.”
“Lyse, don’t worry.” Jonah sat beside her, gently encircling her shoulder with his arm.
“You have us. We’re here to help you with things you can’t accomplish on your own.”
“Exactly, Lyse,” Silas added in to comfort her.
“Why don’t you let us do something for you? We’re starting to feel irrelevant!”
Alyssa’s lips trembled. She was moved to the point of tears.
She would engrave any kindness deep into her heart-even those from her siblings. She would always appreciate them without assuming them as a given.
Axel’s eyes suddenly lit up as he started, “Oh, speaking of something interesting, Lyse, I ran into a woman who looked a lot like you in Mosgravia, and I mistook her for you. I couldn’t resist and gave her a pat on the back.
“She turned around and glared at me, and that’s when I realized it wasn’t you Damn, it was awkward. But she dared to glare at me. I’ve been alive for 30 years, and no woman apart from you has dared to give me such a look.”
“Tsk, nobody can glare at you. How awesome,” Silas teased while sipping his tea.
“Can you stop being so ridiculous? Our Lyse is a beauty. There’s no way you can find another woman whol looks like her. You’re just bragging.
“Silas, you’re giving up on your crotch again, huh?” Axel quirked an eyebrow at him.
“Axel, did the person you saw really look like me?” Alyssa asked with great curiosity.
“Very much so. My eyesight is usually good, I rarely mistook people. But that time, I even mistook her for you. You guys really look alike!”
Axel pondered while rubbing his chin. “Hmm… Could she be one of the illegitimate children our unreliable.
father had left abroad? I should’ve grabbed her and asked about her father.”
Alyssa and Silas were left speechless by Axel’s wild story.
“The world is vast. It’s not impossible for two people to look alike. Axel, you’re thinking too much,” Jonah said, shaking his head.
Suddenly, Alyssa’s heart skipped a beat.
She abruptly remembered Jeremy holding her and hysterically trying to explain to her on a chilly night in the snow-covered park.
He said I he was innocent. He said he went to that hotel because he was worried about her.
He claimed to have seen someone who looked exactly like her entering the hotel with a stranger. That was why he had recklessly chased after them.
That was how he got caught, resulting in the scandal of an alleged rendezvous at a hotel.
Alyssa’s pupils contracted, and her heartbeat accelerated.
Did he really see a woman who looked exactly like her?
But could such a coincidence happen in the world?
Even if it could, why did Zoe appear in that hotel, and why did Jeremy go to her room?
“Hey, sweetheart, what’s on your mind? Your eyes are wandering.”
Axel noticed Alyssa’s vacant gaze and reached out and waved before her eyes.
“Axel, I…”
Alyssa pondered the resemblance to the woman who bore a striking likeness to her, causing her to hesitate before uttering her thoughts.
“What’s wrong, Lyse? You’ve always been straightforward. Why are you hesitating now?” Axel asked in surprise.
“It’s nothing.”
That woman was no han counter. Besides, a she was far away in Mosgravia.
Even if she had a slight doubt in her heart, she couldn’t investigate it through that woman. She could only investigate through Zoe.
However, delving into these matters seemed futile.
Jeremy had explicitly stated in front of Newton that their relationship was a thing of the past. Any possibility of rekindling their connection was long gone.
Despite this explicit declaration, she still found herself hesitating and was at a loss.
Alyssa sneered quietly, curling her lips into a chilly smile. Then, she grabbed the chilled remnants of tea in her hand and downed it in one swift gulp.
In the depths of her heart, she pondered the irony of her situation. She was dwelling on a man who had left her stranded not once but twice. She should’ve been grateful that she managed to avoid falling into the same pitfalls again.
Jonah, who was seated next to Alyssa, observed the complexity of her feelings but chose to remain silent. He opted to cradle her chilly hand within his warm grasp.
“Jonah, have you told Mandy and Winston about Julien?” Alyssa asked in a soft voice.
Winston had taken Lyla abroad to a villa for a vacation to help her cope with her feelings. Mandy and Colene went along, but they stayed in separate villas. With the elders away, the Taylor family mansion now only housed the younger generation.
“I’ve already called Mandy,” Jonah said with a smile.
“Mandy said not to treat him like a guest, handle him however you see fit. As long as Lyse is happy, she can practically disregard the fact that he’s her nephew.”
Alyssa couldn’t help but laugh. She knew her stepmothers cared deeply for her.
*Hey, are you calling this cutting off ties with family or disowning relatives?” Silas couldn’t help but exclaim.
Axel’s hand slid into the depths of his black windbreaker. Retrieving a cigarette, he held it between his slightly raised lips, exuding an air of nonchalant defiance.
“Hmph, assisting others is almost like cutting off ties with family. But aiding that Jeremy guy? Now, that’s truly disowning your own kin.”
Once again, Axel’s audacious remarks rendered everyone momentarily speechless.
Alyssa’s eyelashes trembled, yet she maintained a stoic silence.
“Lyse, there’s something I’m not sure if I should say.
“Just don’t say it,” Alyssa interjected, already anticipating that Axel’s words wouldn’t be polite.
*Jeremy is now grappling with severe after-effects in his brain because of me. That incident had impacted his nervous system. I don’t know what the future holds for him. He might suffer intermittent fainting or even potential paralysis.” 1
Alyssa’s throat tightened.
Axel’s brows furrowed upon hearing Alyssa’s words.
“I don’t want anything to do with him anymore, but I also don’t want to owe him anything.”
Alyssa looked at Axel again, her eyes clear and cold yet strangely heart-wrenching.
“I don’t want to save him. I just want to redeem myself.”
The atmosphere in the living room grew heavier.
Out of the blue, Silas, the witty one, dropped a question. “Hey, Jonah, about that Julien… Is he really a man?”
Jonah replied, “Yes.”
Silas continued in curiosity, “How does it feel to hold him in your arms?”
Jonah remained silent, offering no response.
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There was no need for me to go. Lyse, you should have let Silas do it. He would here loved to?
