Filed to story: The CEO’s Wife Is a Secret Boss Novel (Allison & Jeremy) Free Online
“Sorry, buddy. Take a rest for now. This thing won’t harm you much,” Landon said as he triumphantly raised the stun baton in his hand.
“All of you Taylors have off-the-chart combat abilities. I have no choice but to resort to dirty tricks. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to penetrate your defenses.”
“Damn it! You’re despicable!”
Axel glared at him. His eyes alone seemed capable of tearing Landon apart.
“Regrettably, I’m resorting to despicable tricks for the sake of my only best friend.”
Landon sighed while displaying a resigned shrug.
Jeremy sprinted to the entrance of Alyssa’s ward, but Tatiana blocked him.
“I want to see your sister,” Jeremy voiced his request as he looked at the girl with a pale face.
Sweat streamed down his weary face.
Tatiana bit her lip and remained silent.
“Please,” he begged. Jeremy’s voice was filled with desperation as he hoarsely pleaded, “Let me see her.”
He couldn’t use force against a girl, so he had no choice but to plead.
After a deep stare, Tatiana sighed and made way for him.
“Thank you,” he replied.
Jeremy was about to open the door when Tatiana said, “You should’ve done better before.”
He froze for a moment. His chest began to heave violently.
The moment Jeremy entered the ward, Alyssa’s beautiful face instantly turned into an icy expression.
The sense of estrangement and resistance from Alyssa pierced through Jeremy’s very soul.
Jameson cast a disdainful glance at Jeremy as his lips remained pursed. The two exuded a hostility that created the impression of archenemies encountering each other.
Jeremy was taken aback. As their eyes met, a tense atmosphere hung between them.
“Jeremy, I don’t want to see you. Please leave,” Alyssa gave a firm command with tears in her eyes.
“I need to talk to you,” Jeremy’s throat strained to articulate the words. His voice was raspy and indistinct.
“Get out!” Alyssa suddenly sat up. She yelled at him and pounded the bed with her fists.
“Lyse! Your body hasn’t fully recovered! Don’t get agitated! Stay calm!”
Jameson rushed to hold her quivering shoulders. His eyes were full of concern for her.
Alyssa’s hysterical demeanor seemed poised to tear Jeremy’s soul apart.
He took a rigid step toward her. His movements were laden as if filled with lead, and his vision was blurry.
“I came here to apologize to you. I wanted to apologize for what I’ve done to you two years ago. I was wrong. I’ve hurt your feelings. Lyse, I’m truly sorry.”
Jameson furrowed his brow in deep thought when he heard Jeremy’s disjointed statement.
They had yet to divorce then.
He couldn’t help but wonder what had happened between them that Jeremy needed to apologize for.
In the next moment, Jameson felt Alyssa’s body trembling more intensely. Her bloodshot eyes fixed on Jeremy with a penetrating and anguished stare.
She suddenly grabbed the cup from the bedside table and forcefully hurled the cup at Jeremy.
With Jeremy’s agile reflexes, he could have dodged it.
But he didn’t.
He stood there stiffly, letting the ceramic cup smash into his forehead before it fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
His forehead immediately swelled up,
But Jeremy couldn’t feel the pain, His mind was blank.
“Who wants to hear your apology? Who cares about your apologies?”
He gazed blankly at Alyssa, his heart aching as he observed her eyes filled with tears.
“We have ended things between us a long time ago. Stop humiliating me!”
Alyssa found herself pondering the reasons behind Jeremy’s choice to approach her now to address the past.
She had never sought his apologies, yet he remained oblivious to her true desires.
Alyssa felt a deep sense of disappointment and shame that permeated her, causing her to quiver with anger.
While she typically wasn’t one to easily shed tears, her tears streamed down involuntarily now. It was as if her tear ducts had suddenly given way.
Jameson had never seen Alyssa lose control of her emotions like this.
Jeremy had almost destroyed the girl who used to be lively, confident, and proud.
“Lyse, don’t cry. Please don’t cry…
Ignoring the presence of others, Jameson opened his arms and gently enveloped the emotionally distraught Alyssa in an embrace.
Alyssa’s whole body went limp. Her thoughts were hazy, and she leaned her forehead on Jameson’s shoulder.
Before long, her tears had soaked his shoulder.
Jameson’s heart raced, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.
At this moment, he experienced an unprecedented sense of satisfaction and happiness. He had never felt so content before.
The scene before Jeremy dealt a devastating blow to his heart.
As a freezing chill coursed through his body, he took a few steps back.
“Jeremy, aren’t you leaving yet?”
Jameson patted Alyssa as he mocked Jeremy, “If you genuinely regret what happened to Lyse, you should heed her wishes and vanish from her life entirely.”
He continued, “Your sole purpose seems to be repeatedly opening Lyse’s emotional wounds. She has managed to break free from her struggles. Why do you persist in reminding her of the time, loved you so desperately, and miserably?”
Jeremy didn’t know how he had walked out of the ward.
His bruised forehead turned crimson, accentuating the paleness of his face..
He lacked the courage to seek out Landon now. He just wanted to find a secluded place and hide for a while.
Jeremy entered the stairwell with heavy and sluggish steps.
His towering figure gradually stooped while leaning against the wall. His entire body seemed on the verge of collapsing.
Suddenly, the door in the stairwell swung open.
A beam of light illuminated Jeremy’s sweat-covered face. He took a sharp breath, quickly regaining his composure, and hid the disarray surrounding him.
“Why haven’t you left? Your audacity knows no bounds.”
Jameson confronted him with a cold, proud, and mocking stare.
“You’re not willing to let go even till now? You should have witnessed what just happened. I’m the one Lyse needs.”
He continued, “Yet, I should express my gratitude to you. Without your heartless actions, Lyse might not have been able to give you up and accept me.”