Mr. Chairman’s Devious Wife by Brey Mitchylle

Chapter 8

“I am on my way to the office,” Sofia said as she started her car. “I can’t talk

now.”

“Oh, then I am going to bring some lunch later. How does that sound?” Daniel asked. Sofia sneered inwardly. In the past, she would have had no problems with this. Now, she realized that Daniel would only volunteer to bring something during office hours when Charlotte was there.

Was Sofia actually this dumb?

No. She had been busy with everything else. She simply had no time to think about small things. “Of course,” Sofia hid the anger in her voice.

“Alright, love you. I’ll see you later.”

“Right,” Sofia ended the call and held the steering wheel, her grip tight. She did not even realize how that call affected her until she saw her white

knuckles.

It took her a few minutes to completely calm herself down to drive to LH

DESIGN.

Located in Springfield, Illinois, LH DESIGN is only one of the subsidiary

companies of LH GROUP.

Just two months ago, the CEO of LH DESIGN suffered a major health problem and is still in the hospital to this very day. Because of this, the board decided to have an Interim CEO, someone who would provide leadership during LH DESIGN’s critical time.

And Sofia was chosen to lead the company.

This was not a random choice or something born out of the fact that she was the heir of LH Group. This was because she was currently the Creative. Director of the company and had so much experience in both

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management and the production aspect of LH DESIGN itself.

decision was made, not one of the board members of LH Group refused. Since then, Sofia’s schedule has been very hectic. Since she became the Interim CEO, she had not had any date

wall in her flat with just those various gifts from all over the world. She made a mental note

was greeted by Miss Amores the moment she walked inside LH DESIGN, located on the top floor of the

handed her a cup of coffee. “And breakfast,” she

Miss Amores nodded. “Miss Charlotte is in your office. She has been here for about an hour… she

“you.”

Sofia nodded. Yesterday, she instructed Miss Amores not to disturb her unless someone died. She had been working under Sofia for

I have all the things that you need to sign. Shall I give it to you

she walked inside her office. The bland black and white office greeted her. However, despite liking it, her mood was ruined when she saw the smiling

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immediately pouted. “How

Sofia tried to stop herself from acting awkward but knew it was useless. Her facial expression said

was wearing an all–white frilly dress that already made her look like

nothing was wrong.

the papers that Miss Amores handed her and started reading their details. It was not her intention to ignore Charlotte, but a part of her

the woman why she betrayed her. What the hell was she doing pretending to be

did something

finalized. I have yet to have a good night’s sleep for a few days now,” Sofia faked a smile as

it that

a Lockhart, she has no right in the company. She also chose not to involve herself with LH Group when

and stared at Charlotte’s angelic face. How could someone look so kind and beautiful on the outside yet have that rotting heart

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CEO and creative director at

I forgot about

in her hand. “Hmmm… you just got

arrived last night and I immediately

some designs,” Sofia lied without batting an eyelid. Everyone knew that she would sometimes turn her phone off just to avoid distraction while making her designs. “Oh. Sorry…” she once again stared at Charlotte. “Did you come here for something?

Charlotte did not set an