Falling for My Contractual Wife

Chapter

365

Brian gazed at the laptop screen, his expression growing increasingly serious.

Louise, with high spirits, was explaining the various features to him, not yet noticing the change in Brian's demeanor.

It was only after she had finished the presentation that she looked at him. "What do you think?

"Brian, what's the matter?"

Brian spoke in a heavy tone. "Did you do this?"

Louise sensed something was amiss and hesitated for a moment before replying, "I worked on it with a few colleagues from the department."

"Who?" he asked.

Louise couldn't immediately tell if he was probing or simply asking, and she felt an unexplained nervousness.

She adjusted her expression and said in a joking manner, "What's wrong? Are you planning to reward us? Then I'll have to fight for some good benefits for my colleagues." Brian stared at her face for a long while, making Louise feel a bit uneasy.

reward us? How about we all go out for dinner and karaoke tonight?" she

"Alright, whatever you

let out a sigh of relief, her palms

as if he knew

Mr. Francis has invited our department to dinner.

colleagues all cheered, and one of them asked, "Mrs. Francis, why has

expression was a bit odd as she glanced

our department because of Louise. We are all benefiting from Mrs. Francis's grace."

to dinner

After a while, when the excitement had died down, she spoke to Louise, "Mrs. Francis, I won't be joining you. As you know, I need to go home to take care of my child after work." Louise curled her lips into a semblance of regret. "Is that so? That's a real

to come in the

her own absence was

observing her for a few days, Louise found that Grace was indeed behaving more compliantly, not daring to talk back when made difficult, and it seemed she was no longer harboring any illusions

afternoon, after work, Grace was

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everyone had arrived at the restaurant that Brian noticed someone was missing. "Where's