Mr. Chairman’s Devious Wife by Brey Mitchylle

Chapter 16

Sofia groggily opened her eyes, her head throbbing from a night of little. sleep. Sleeping at 3 in the morning was not something she would recommend to anyone.

She held her head. Fortunately, it was the weekend, and she did not have to wake up early for work.

“Eh?” She blinked when she noticed she was gazing at someone’s back- shirtless–naked masculine back. Then the memories of last night flooded her brain.

No. She did not engage in anything sexual or cry in his arms again.

Exhaustion had simply led her to sleep, and somehow, he had chosen to share the bed. She shook off the panic as she gingerly untangled herself from his sleeping form, hoping not to disturb him.

Yet, as she made her escape, he stirred and turned to face her. Panic briefly flickered inside her, but it vanished as quickly as it came when she saw that his eyes remained closed.

Carefully slipping out of bed, Sofia thought she had succeeded in her quiet exit. Just as she was about to fully escape, he suddenly grabbed her wrist and effortlessly pulled her back into his arms. A gasp escaped her lips as she found herself back on the bed, her face pressed against his chest.

Almost immediately, his masculine, woody yet somehow sweet smell filled her nose. Her cheeks reddened, her heart racing against her chest:

“Morning…” his voice was a little too husky for someone who just woke up. Hold on… he was awake?

“It’s noon…” she said without knowing the exact time.

“Hmmm…” his arm tightened around her.

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She fought the urge to ask him why he chose to stay in her bed. She did not want to sound too conservative, too prudish. They were already married after all. However, she was not used to sleeping next to someone -not even to Daniel.

as she was about to tell him to let go, she felt his breathing turn calm once

way out of bed and grabbed her phone from

but realized it was dead. So, she quickly plugged it in and went to the kitchen to make something she could

on her own. It helped that her grandmother gifted her this flat not too far away from their ancestral house. After she graduated college, she immediately started living in this place full–time

interrupted her stupor. He was wearing her robe

“It was dead.”

“Probably from the calls…”

the pan and faced him. She ignored the fact that he already looked at home while eating an apple he had taken from

his phone toward her. She caught it and immediately started reading the

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Locke with

[Caroline Locke’s Lover]

Caroline Locke’s

Caroline Locke’s Dating

inside the bar, while some were photos of them walking towards Charlotte’s condo building. All of the photos were carefully taken by someone to avoid showing

at Alexander and could only utter one

way to the door. Last night, she locked it from the inside, so even if someone knew the password to her security, they would not be able

1. in.

Sofia asked when she opened the door. Charlotte was dressed in a large pink hoodie and large eyeglasses that

pushed Sofia and

would something happen?”

read the news?”

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“News?” Sofia feigned ignorance.

you just wake up?” Charlotte

phone’s dead. Were you trying to

me and Daniel last night and posted it just an hour ago. Luckily, they were smart enough to blur his face. My manager is already working with the

to act like she could not remember anything. “Did he drive