Filed to story: The CEO’s Wife Is a Secret Boss Novel (Allison & Jeremy) Free Online
Carl had nowhere to run-Amber was his last shot at staying alive.
The woman he professed to love was now his hostage, a tragic twist of fate that seemed almost too absurd to bear.
*Axel… Leave me… Go!” Amber’s voice was resolute despite the tears brimming in her eyes.
‘Don’t you dare touch her. If you do, I will ensure you die a torturous death!” Axel’s eyes burned with fury and ice, radiating a palpable menace.
“Amber has registered her marriage with me. She is legally mine!”
The look in Carl’s eyes was feral. He was choking Amber so hard that her face had puffed red. He continued, “We were supposed to have our wedding ceremony, escape to a distant land, and live happily ever after. You ruined everything. You wanted to destroy Amber. All this is your fault!”
“Carl… Come back to your senses… Amber’s forehead was covered in cold sweat as she tried to catch her next breath. “Haven’t… Haven’t you realized? This is all… part of Jameson’s plan.
“He had you marry me and forced you to have this eye-catching wedding ceremony… It was only… so that… the armed forces will be attracted to you. As for him, he will escape Kontina in one piece.
“He wanted to use… both our deaths… to trade for his freedom. Did you think that you were his trusted subordinate and support? From the beginning until the end, you have just been a pawn he’s abandoning after he’s done with you!”
‘That’s enough! Did you think that I didn’t know these? I don’t need you to spell it out for me.”
At last, Carl lost control and went berserk. He bellowed, “What are you all standing there for? Kill him!”
These were Jameson’s subordinates. Logically speaking, they would heed Jameson’s instructions, not Carl’s.
However, with Axel’s appearance, they perceived the seriousness of the situation. They each whipped out their weapons and prepared to eliminate him.
Right at this moment, two menacing figures dashed in from outside.
It was Jeremy and Jonah!
They had donned black outfits and bulletproof vests. Their expressions were steely, their eyes sharp. They swiftly neutralized Jameson’s men, who were poised to attack Axel. Their shots were accurate and lethal.
Jeremy and Jonah’s competitive spirit was evident as they matched each other’s bravery, agility, and marksmanship.
They were like typical men. No matter the situation, they were full of vigor and eager to compete with not only their enemies but also with one another.
It was a pity that Alyssa and Julien weren’t around. If they were, who knew how much harder Jeremy and Jonah would be fighting?
Amid the chaos, Carl slipped out the church’s back door, still holding Amber as his hostage.
“Amber!” Axel threw caution to the wind and chased after them.
Police officers streamed in, surrounding the rest of Jameson’s men and subduing all of them.
“Axel went after them on his own!” Jeremy knitted his brows together tightly.
‘The police have completely surrounded the church. Carl can’t escape.” With a stern expression on his face, Jonah gripped tightly onto his gun. ‘I’m just not sure if Carl would be so nefarious as to kill Amber. Based on my experience, we should get the snipers ready.”
Jeremy tilted his chin up slightly. He narrowed his eyes and responded, “I’m ready anytime.”
Meanwhile, under the bright sun at the presidential office building, Miley donned boots and an apron. She picked fresh flowers from the garden and placed them in a basket to arrange later.
Alyssa stood outside, soaking up the warm sunlight to ease her troubled mind.
Suddenly, her phone started vibrating in her pocket. She took it out and looked at the screen. Her heart sank. It was an unfamiliar Kontinian number.
She had a bad feeling about this. It felt as if a cold-blooded snake were slithering up her leg.
Seeing that Miley wasn’t paying any attention to her, she turned around and answered the call.
“Hi, Lyse.”
A warm voice uttered her name in the same way it always did. Yet, it felt like an icy gust had enveloped her. She instinctively hugged herself tighter.
“I know you’re listening, Lyse,” Jameson chuckled softly. He was calm, and he didn’t sound rushed.
Alyssa’s jaw tightened, her eyes narrowing with icy resolve.
“I miss you very much, Lyse.” Jameson’s voice was slightly hoarse, his laughter soft and intimate, as if he were whispering in her ear. “I believe you’re thinking about me too.”
Alyssa’s eyes welled up, turning red. She felt as if her insides were being crushed into smithereens.
After a while, she replied in a shaky voice, “You’re actually right, Jameson. I have been thinking about you every second of the day. I’m thinking about how you’re going to die.”
Jameson laughed. “You’re so adorable, Lyse.”
Jameson’s voice overflowed with affection. If they weren’t on the phone, he’d wish he could let everything go and give her a kiss. “Even if you despise the person I am, I am still deeply in love with you. So deeply in love that can’t escape it.”
“Would a sinister and cold-blooded person like you even know what love is?”
Alyssa’s glare was sharp, a feeling of disgust surging within her. She enunciated, “Don’t you taint such a holy feeling. You don’t even deserve to mention anything about love!”
“I know how to love, Lyse. I will never feel like I’ve made any mistakes, even till I die.’ Jameson’s croaky voice contained the pain that he had been holding back. “My love for you is the purest and most sincere of all in this world. From beginning till the end, you are the only one I love and the only one I want.”
Alyssa closed her eyes tightly and took a deep breath. She almost threw up.
“Since the beginning, you weren’t the one Jeremy loved. He loved another woman. You sacrificed three years of your youth to marry him. You gave him all you had and cared attentively for him, but he had always cared for another woman. He gave her all his affection and even chased you, his so-called ‘wife,’ away.
“You returned to the Taylors with your heart all battered and bruised. You put your talents to good use time and time again and restore your identity as Alyssa Taylor. For him, he only developed feelings for you after he witnessed these.
“What would’ve happened if you were still that obedient, quiet, and timid woman that stayed by his side? Would he have set his eyes on you? Would he have fallen in love with you? Not at all.
“How is this different from being fickle-minded, just desiring something he had lost?”
Alyssa’s lashes fluttered. She forced herself to remain calm. Yet, these ill-intentioned words felt like a sharp blade, cutting at her heart slowly but deeply.
“As for me, I’ve known you since I was ten. I have never loved any other woman from then till now. I have only loved you and you alone, Lyse.”
Jameson’s husky and passionate voice reached Alyssa’s ear. She could almost hear his hysteria over being unable to get what he wanted. “For your sake, I can be a madman and take the fall. I can destroy the entire world for you.
“My life has been filled with darkness. You are the only one who came into my heart, the only one who’s alive, and the one I’ve always longed for.
*Jeremy’s love is shallow, casual, and belated… How is that cheap love of his comparable to mine? How is he qualified to love you?”
*Jameson, at this point, are you still trying to use such a lowly tactic to sow discord between Jeremy and me? Just save it.”
A bright smile crossed Alyssa’s face, and a fervent feeling of love dispersed all haziness around her. “Indeed, Jeremy has had feelings for someone else, and he’s hurt me before. Even so, I still want to love him and be with him.
“You, on the other hand, do all you can to take advantage of others and spew nonsense endlessly. You’re like a rat from the sewers to me.”
Eventually, she completely disregarded his fervent heart. She mocked cruelly, “Jameson, don’t you think you’re living such a pathetic life?”
Jameson fell into a suffocating silence. After a moment, he spoke gently, ‘Since this is the case, let me see you one last time, Lyse. Will you?”
Through gritted teeth, Alyssa replied, “In your dreams.”
“Who are you on the phone with, Lyse?”
With a basket full of fresh flowers in her arms, Miley stood in the garden, looking toward Alyssa from behind. “Did something happen?’
“Everything is fine, Miley!” Alyssa replied, beaming.
A second later, her phone vibrated. She received a text.
“Don’t be in a rush to answer me, Lyse. Look at what I just sent you before you decide,” Jameson uttered in an alluring voice.
Alyssa bit on her lip and opened the text, only to see a high-resolution photograph.
The photo was taken from a bottom-up angle. The person in the photo was giving a speech on stage in front of the public. It was Jeremy, her brother-in-law!
*Jameson, what in the world are you trying to do?”
All the blood drained from Alyssa’s face, making her bloodshot eyes seem even redder. “I’m warning you. Do not do anything to my family members. Otherwise, I will kill you with my own hands!”
“Sure. I will be able to rest in peace if I could die by my beloved woman’s hands.”
Jameson chuckled fearlessly. In a chilling and sinister voice, he added, “But, before you get rid of me personally, I will have Mr. President wait for me in hell.
