Top Ten August WPC Winner! Update Schedule: M-F It was supposed to be a simple contract marriage between the two of them. He could avoid being tied to a vicious woman who had been pursuing him since birth. She could gain external support to overcome her illegitimate status and become the heir apparent and CEO of the Valentine conglomerate. It was a relationship where they were supposed to use each other. But now- “Commander, your wife is having a private dinner with the CEO of a technology company. During the dinner, he held her hands and tried touching her waist.” “Directly leak their company secrets and sink their stocks.” An angry voice replied. “Commander, the Co-CEO of a startup company sent a room worth of roses to your wife’s office.” “It seems he no longer wants to live. Directly buy out the other shares and oust him from his position. Go and order enough roses to fill up every room in her office. Fly them in if you need to.” When he got home. “Wife, why are you angry? Should I rub your feet? Help you take a bath?” “Why are you interfering with me? Wasn’t this supposed to be a contract marriage?” his wife coyly asked him. The man suddenly picked her up and carried her up the stairs while giving her a devilish smile. “Yes, we are. I’m contracted to love, protect, and cherish you. Let me show you how much.”
Due to her childish actions and provocation, he and who knows who else had gotten injured. What if the bullet had caused or more serious injury? Or killed him? She would never be able to live it down.
As she knelt down, tears trickled down her face as she carelessly wiped them away while trying to restrain herself. She wasn't the one injured so there was no place for her to be crying.
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Please don't die. Please don't hate me. Hic. Hic."
Richard watched the girl in front of him break down into quiet sobs as she endlessly apologized. Her usually bright sparkling eyes were filled with tears and her face was flushed red. Her body was slumped, and she looked as if the world had collapsed around her. As she withheld her cries, her whole body shook uncontrollably.