OMG!!! My Crippled Husband is a Hot, Powerful CEO
Pressured to get married or lose her father's financial support to pay for her mother's medical bills, Joanna Baker, the illegitimate daughter of the Baker family, is devastated when her boyfriend chooses another woman over her on their wedding day. Joanna, feeling distraught, witnesses a man in a wheelchair proposing to his girlfriend at a restaurant. The girlfriend's rejection and subsequent insult for his disability left everyone stunned. Feeling a shared sense of betrayal, she approaches the man with a vengeful proposition. “Excuse me, sir. Your girlfriend dumped you, and my boyfriend chose another woman over me. Let's get married for six months and get revenge on them." What will Joanna do when she finds out the man she proposed marriage to was none other than Alexander King, the heir of the wealthiest family in NYC? He was also the cold CEO of King Multinational, with a hidden identity, Salvatore Black, whose name caused even presidents shiver? Has she just signed a deal with the devil?
Chapter 21 – If you can make a toad fly
Alex was just about to do something crazy when Grandpa Aristotle rose to his feet. He shared so much with Alex, and without a doubt, he knew what would happen if he didn't take charge of the situation.
"Enough, Logan. I think this meeting is over. Everybody should go home and rest."
He was shivering from anger but tried his best to remain calm. Knowing the depth of Alex's anger, he was not ready to bury another relative and was also not willing to revisit the past.
Those were times he struggled so hard to put aside, and since the information had gotten out in the midst of guests, there was only one way to ensure that the secret stays safe.
"If word about what transpired in this room, including Alex's identity, goes out, I will find the person and personally put a bullet to his or her head."
The atmosphere was even more uncomfortable, and the fear Logan instilled in the air by revealing what Alex did thickened.