The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife

Chapter 421 Actions Speak Louder Than Words

"Go away, don’t mind me." Susan's voice was muffled but contained a hint of a sob.

Julian panicked at once. "Susie, are you crying?"

There was a pause before Susan said, "No!”

Her nasal whine was even more evident now.

Julian pulled the covers back immediately.

"Didn’t I ask you to go away?" Susan looked at him through wet, glossy eyes.

Without a second word, Julian pressed his lips against her tears.

"What are you doing?" Susan tried to shove him, but Julian hugged her tighter.

"Susie, what's wrong?" he asked in a deep voice. 1

How long had it been since he had seen Susan cry? Even when she had given birth to Chessie, she had not shed a single tear. Now, however, she was crying.

Each drop of her tears landed, scorching Julian's heart. He could not help the rising panic within him.

Since he had taken over Lanyard at the age of 18, he had never panicked despite all the burdens and predicaments weighing down on his shoulders. While challenging himself and triumphing in the business world, he had never panicked with each risky step he had taken. Although he had funded StarTech from scratch, he had been calm and collected despite all the challenges they had faced.

Nevertheless, Susan's tears were all it took to tear down his mask of composure.

Susan clenched her jaw, tears coursing down her face endlessly. She felt rather useless. In the past, she would have thrown a divorce agreement at him, packed up, and left. Regardless of whether his affair was real or not, she could pretend to be unaffected.

In the past few years, she had probably had it too easy and Julian had spoiled her too much. When she had suddenly realized that Julian might have another woman, her first reaction had been to hide and wail.

"Susie? Tell me what's wrong!" Julian wiped her tears frantically.

Taking in how fretful Julian was, Susan felt a pinch in her heart. She genuinely did not believe that Julian would cheat on her. Perhaps he and Willa were really only friends? The fact that they had stayed in the same hotel was probably just a coincidence?

No matter what it was, she wanted an explanation even if she had to die. If Julian had cheated on her, she would leave instantly no matter how much she loved this man.

Susan kept her eyes trained on Julian. "Julian, I have a question for you. Where were you last night?"

Julian's heart stuttered. Why was Susan suddenly asking this? What had she discovered?

"Are you trying to think of a lie to tell me?” Susan could not explain what she was feeling.

"Susie, I'm sorry." Julian pressed his lips together. "I came back to Ningcheng City yesterday."

"And you were with Willa last night, weren’t you?" Susan looked at Julian through her teary eyes. "Julian, I know everything. We promised that we'd never lie to each other. Why'd you lie to me?"

"Susie, you know?" Julian suddenly felt himself going cold.

Susie knew about the Errol Virus?

He had worked so hard for so long, yet he had not managed to keep it a secret from her? The virus was a menace. How could she take this blow?

"Yes, I know!" Susan felt like she had been pushed off a cliff while looking at Julian's reaction.

Julian was scared, but what was he scared of? Scared that she had found out about his affair? Or was he scared that she would pester him like a begrudging housewife? Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

Hah! She would never do that.

Whatever this was, she was a proud woman. If Julian had fallen in love with someone else, she would leave with Chessie!

"Susie... I- I didn't want to lie to you." Julian’s voice was trembling. "I was scared that you wouldn't be able to take it."

"Scared that I wouldn't be able to take it?" Susan’s voice turned shrill. "Since you've done something like that, why pretend to be worried I won’t be able to withstand it? Julian Shaw, you know that I’m never one to plague someone. If you like someone else, tell m e directly and I’ll give up easily.”

Julian's nervous expression slowly became confused.

When he ultimately saw that Susan was breaking down, he could not help interrupting her. "Susie, wait! What do you mean I like someone else? Give up on what?”

"You’ve already brought her home, yet you’re still asking me this?” Susan wanted to choke Julian to death.

She had said that she would give up so they could be together, yet he had to press on and force her to speak about her pain?

"You mean Willa Doyle?" Julian's first reflex was to breathe out in relief.

Ah, Susie was being jealous. She did not know about her condition.

Willa Doyle...

Whenever Susan heard this name being uttered by Julian's lips, she got agitated. She turned away, ignoring him.

"Susie!" Julian was amused. "What are you being jealous of? Other than you, I have no one else in my heart!"

"You're still denying it even now! You lied to me about going on a business trip and spent the night with her. Did you think I wouldn’t know about it?" Susan glowered.

Although he had no idea how Susan had found out, Julian's first response was still to explain the situation. "Susie, it's not what you're thinking! Willa and I are really just friends. She wanted to ask me to help with something. That's why I spent some time with her alone. I was extremely tired, so I stayed the night in the hotel to prevent you from getting worried. Willa's room was a presidential suite. We stayed in different rooms! I guarantee that nothing happened between us."

"Liar!" Julian’s simple explanation was enough for Susan's gaze to turn misty again. After all, she had not believed that Julian was a cheater right from the start.

"Susie, I can vow. If I like someone other than you, may I die a horrible death," Julian said seriously.

Too late to stop him, Susan felt nervous. "Julian, don’t make vows like this!"

"It's okay. There’s no chance of it coming true anyway." Julian rustled her hair.

"Who knows," Susan replied quietly. "What are you..."

Julian raised his brow and stood up to remove his clothes.

"What are you doing?" Susan looked at him in astonishment.

"If you don't believe me, I think... I can only prove it with my actions."

What actions? This question flashed in Susan’s mind before she was robbed of the time to think about anything else.

The entire night, she was showered and soaked in so much pleasure and pain that she started going crazy from it.

"How’s that? Enough of me? Are you relieved now?" A playful smirk hung at the corner of Julian's lips before he pushed himself on top of her again.

Again? Susan panicked before she was once again brought to a state of bliss by this man.