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.

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 night with Daniel, and he would only drop by her office with

just those various gifts from all over the world. She made a mental note to immediately start a renovation next week. She could

the moment she walked inside LH DESIGN, located on the top

smiled when Miss. Amores handed her a cup of coffee. “And breakfast,” she eyed the sandwich in Miss

nodded. “Miss Charlotte is in your office. She has been here

“you.”

Miss Amores not to disturb her unless someone died. She had been working under Sofia for years and knew

strategic planning after lunch and a briefing at three in the afternoon. I have all the things

The bland black and white office greeted her. However, despite liking it, her mood

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Charlotte immediately pouted. “How dare you

herself from acting awkward but knew it was useless. Her facial expression said

wrong, Charlotte blinked her large beautiful eyes. Today, Charlotte was wearing an all–white frilly dress that already made her look like an angel. Coupled with her pitiful eyes, the

nothing was wrong.

her and sat on her chair. She accepted the papers that Miss Amores handed her and started reading their details. It was not her intention to ignore Charlotte,

was she doing pretending to be good only to

something happen?”

the annual meeting is coming, and the winter collection needs to be finalized. I have yet to have a good night’s sleep for a few days now,” Sofia faked a smile as she started signing

that bad?”

company. She

at Charlotte’s angelic face. How could someone look so kind and beautiful on the outside yet have that rotting heart on the inside? Sofía smiled. “This is

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its CEO and creative director at

right… I

Sofia focused on the documents in her hand. “Hmmm… you

last night and I immediately tried

distraction while making her designs. “Oh. Sorry…” she once again stared at Charlotte. “Did you come here for something? I- Miss Amores, did you forget to tell me about any appointment

Charlotte did not set an