Filed to story: The CEO’s Wife Is a Secret Boss Novel (Allison & Jeremy) Free Online
“I don’t need you to do that!”
Alyssa’s bloodshot eyes widened with anger. Her breathing had quickened and became unsteady.
“Why do you all have to be such busybodies? Do you think that what you did was for my own good?
You were all just oppressing Jeremy as a way to relieve your own guilt!”
Jonah and Silas felt like they had been stabbed right in the heart!
While Jonah was distracted, Alyssa seized the opportunity to escape his embrace. She then ran toward the entrance to Heightsnew Villa.
Alyssa flung her sandals aside as they were getting in her way. She’d rather run barefooted along the lengthy yet splendid corridor.
She still hadn’t seen the man she loved.
But her heart was already beating out of her burning hot chest. This mansion, which was more like a cage, didn’t matter to her anymore. Her sole focus was racing toward Jeremy.
Suddenly, Alyssa froze.
Not far away, Liam was watching her with his eyes ablaze. He was standing his ground, just like an ice mountain that could not be scaled.
Even though he was on his own, the air around him was fierce. He was unstoppable.
“Are you on your way to see him, Lyse?”
“Liam, get out of my way.” Alyssa was panting. Beads of sweat covered her fair and smooth-skinned face.
Liam furrowed his brows slightly and shook his head. “You have been the dumb one for three years. Is that still not enough? Wake up. He’s not worth your time.”
“If he’s not worth it… Then who is?”
Alyssa’s chest heaved up and down. Tears welled up in her eyes from her heartache. “When I was 11, he saved my life! When we faced off against the terrorists at the battlefield in Luminara, we fought together, and he protected me with his life!
“Last year, when I was trapped on Crater Mountain due to the landslide, and Kontina, Shelland Island…
He diverted the shooters’ attention so that Jonah could get away. He also took the bullets for me!
“Tell me, Liam… If he isn’t worth it, then who the hell is?”
“I understand. Lyse. When you were 11, Jeremy was the one who saved you. Because of that, you had always worshiped him. You’re seeing him through rose-tinted glasses.
“He’s an angel to you, and you have unmet desires. These caused you to be unable to accept anyone else. I can see where you are coming from.”
Liam closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths. When he opened his eyes again, the look in his eyes had become resolute.
He continued, “But, that year, he hadn’t saved you because of who you are. It also wasn’t because he loved you. It was only a coincidence and nothing more.”
“Liam! How… How could you say that?” Alyssa’s voice cracked. She was anxious and infuriated.
“After that, everything he did was only to redeem himself and to make it up to you. And during those three years, you have shed so much sweat and tears for him. You have repaid all of his kindness a long time ago.”
“There is no longer any need for you and Jeremy to remain entangled with one another. He is not your benefactor. The more you insist, the more hurt you will get. You are just self-sabotaging.”
“Liam, listen to yourself! How could you say something like that?”
Alyssa’s heart wrenched, and her eyes were bloodshot. “Back then, my miscarriage was an accident! I didn’t even know I was pregnant. So how could he have possibly known?
“It was my own choice to keep my miscarriage a secret. It had nothing to do with Jeremy! How many times do I have to repeat myself?”
That being said, Liam’s expression remained unchanged. He was still as frigid as before.
“You are still young, Lyse. There are plenty of other men out there who are better than Jeremy. They can give you whatever Jeremy had given you. Even if they can’t, we can.”
“He is the only one for me! I’m warning you again, Liam, don’t stand in my way. Don’t make me hate you!”
Alyssa was like an agitated lioness. She gritted her teeth and was about to force her way past Liam.
But her slender arms and legs were no match for her brother, who had military experience!
Liam’s eyes turned dim. His tall frame remained steadfast in front of her. He extended his arms to block her way. He then wrapped his arms around her waist.
She felt his grip tighten forcefully. Alyssa was then pulled into Liam’s embrace.
In the next moment, Alyssa was swept off her feet and up in the air. The world around her spun.
Liam had picked her up and put her over his shoulder with much ease. Without any change in his expression, he straightened his back and hooked his muscular arm around her thigh.
No matter how she tried to hit him or scream at him, he continued striding forward.
“Liam Whitaker! Put me down now! Do you want to die?” Alyssa screamed. She hammered her fists on his back, which, to Liam, simply felt like scratching an itch.
“Be good, Lyse,” Liam said as he briskly walked.
In a warm and low voice, he uttered, “I’m doing this for your own good.”
By the time Amber awoke, it was already in the afternoon.
Groggily, she crawled out of her blanket. She massaged her temples, which felt sore and swollen. Her stomach was still churning and hurting.
“Hmm… Where am I?”
Amber was stunned. All her drowsiness vanished instantly.
Surveying her surroundings, she discerned that she occupied a lavish presidential suite. If she wasn’t mistaken, it belonged to one of the hotels affiliated with the Walsh Group.
“Oh, shit! Axel!”
Amber turned the blanket over with shaky hands, then realized that the black dress that she had on her was still intact.
It appeared that Axel hadn’t done anything to her.
Her last memory of last night was like a frozen frame from a movie. It was paused at that moment when they shared that passionate kiss, which she couldn’t pull herself away from.
The pace of Amber’s breathing quickened. She put her hands on her chest, which was rising and falling rapidly. She was utterly perplexed.
At the same time, there was no sign of that extremely handsome man in this spacious room.
“Axel… What sort of man are you, really…”
Lost in her thoughts, she was startled by a knock at the door. She got out of bed slowly to open the door, all while resisting her gastric pains.
It was a hotel staff that was standing outside the door. He handed a box of medication with a smile on his face.
“Good day, miss. Mr. Whitaker asked me to bring you some gastric medication. He also asked me to pass a message.”
Amber accepted the medication and held it tight. “What is it?”
“Take it twice a day, two pills each time. And make sure you have proper meals.”
Upon delivering the message, the staff member nodded and left.
Amber was dumbfounded and couldn’t move. She replayed those words in her head. She gulped back her tears, and quietly, her eyes turned red.
When was the last time anyone had cared for her?
She could no longer remember when that was.
She was akin to Jameson’s trophy, relying on his presence by her side. With ample funds at her disposal and an abundance of clothing, her sole responsibility was to serve Jameson with her own appearance.
Yet, for Amber, all those garments served only to gratify Jameson’s visual desires and subsequently shed for the pleasure of other men.
Was there anyone who really cared or worried for her? Was there?
That said, there was no turning back for her. She no longer had any right to choose.
She and Axel were destined to be enemies. They were also fated to be people from two different worlds.