Mr. Chairman’s Devious Wife by Brey Mitchylle

Chapter 9

How could a human be capable of having so many expressions in a matter of seconds?

Sofia had never thought this was possible until she saw the woman’s face turn from pale to red. Sofia observed Charlotte’s changing expression. Her face contorted, and Sofia spotted various expressions from irritation to anger, then to fright, and finally into something that could only be called a calm expression.

“I thought you still had about three months before you had to submit the album to your publisher?” Sofia looked confused as she acted as if she did not notice those expressions just now.

“Do you have problems with your publishers?” The publishers were the ones helping Charlotte with licensing her music. “Did something happen? Were they rushing you? Was it your fans?”

Charlotte hadn’t started her career because of her talent in acting but because she could sing. Her voice, while not the best, was perfect for sad and lonely songs. With the support of LH Group, her first song. immediately rose the charts and ended in the top 10 mosy–listened songs. of the year. She even won some awards, and from there, she started releasing more songs.

However, what the masses did not know was the fact that Charlotte could not write songs. The first song that she released, called “Sunflower Love,” was written by Sofia when she was in high school. It was something that she wrote while bored. Charlotte found it, thought it was cute, and the rest is history.

Since the song became popular, Charlotte had asked her to write song. after song until she was able to write 12 songs and even release an album. No one knew that she wrote those songs. To them, Charlotte was a genius songwriter and singer. Sofia did not ask Charlotte to credit her name as

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well because they were sisters. Moreover, Sofia believed that she did not. need all that money and recognition. After all, she was the heir of LH Group.

Looking back, Sofia was extremely dumb to let Charlotte use all those songs and claim them as hers. “Oh, no–nothing like that. However, I only have a few weeks to submit the first draft of the songs. So I thought you would be ready by then.”

“Char–you know about the winter collection, right?” Sofia frowned. Seeing Charlotte nod, Sofia smiled. “I know you would understand me. You are my sister, after all.”

“Of course,” Charlotte said with a sad smile on her face. “I have been wanting to tell them that I am planning to rest this year and the next. I cannot exactly handle both singing and acting at the same time. So…perhaps I can just cancel the album and focus on acting.”

Sofia sneered inwardly. How could she not know that Charlotte was currently trying to manipulate her? “Well, since I have been very busy, why not find someone to write the songs for now? I am certain you can find some ghostwriter willing to work for money, right?”

no longer wanted to be taken advantage of. Gone were the days when she would do everything to cater to Charlotte’s moods. and

knock on Sofia’s door. Then, the glass door opened, and Daniel walked in with a large

his tall, well–built frame. His hair was neatly styled to the

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accentuating Daniel’s

enthusiastic, but how could she easily fool Daniel? “How come you

turning his gaze to Charlotte.

Charlotte got up. “I am about to leave

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Now that she thought about it, Charlotte would always

agreed without raising any fuss. After a few minutes, two men arrived with the food that

beef stroganoff, and some doughnuts from your favorite shop,” Daniel

that, you even bought some of Charlotte’s favorite Steak Frites, Escargot,

didn’t know Charlotte liked it too…” Daniel was quick to answer.

happen?” Daniel

Sofia calmly said. She was already starting to eat her sweet and sour chicken and decided to ignore the two who were stealing glances at each other. She already knew where this was going, and she was willing to bet

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that it was Sofia who wrote those songs were Sofia and Charlotte. However, it was Charlotte who told Daniel about it, saying that she felt guilty lying to her future ‘brother- in–law‘. Charlotte decided to come clean and told Daniel about the ghostwriting. Naturally, Daniel only said kind words and even appreciated

them,” Sofia shrugged. “I thought

already wrote some songs?” Charlotte could not help but ask Sofia. Almost immediately, Sofia saw that

few stanzas. They were nothing special. I chose not

in her eyes. Seeing

those songs? Maybe she

something unfinished?” Sofia frowned as if the mere thought of giving Charlotte an ugly piece