Obsessive CEO’s Sinful Wife by Lil’ Bamboo

Chapter 523

“Zeke,” said Jenny, “it’s getting too stuffy in here. Come with me to the back garden. I need some fresh air.”

“Okay.” Zeke turned to his fiancee beside him with a conflicted look in his eyes.

“Why didn’t you want me to speak back then?” he asked her in a voice so soft that only the two of them could hear it. “Did you expect this to happen?”

“Yeah,” Jenny replied with a faint smile. “Since someone is so eager to jump in front of the bullet, there’s no point for us to stop her. Besides, now, another family apart from ours has offended Jackson Valor. In fact, she seems to have offended him much worse than we did.”

Zeke stared at the smile on his fiancee’s lips, and feelings of loss and gloominess arose in his heart. He felt as if he had truly lost something that he would never be able to get back. And now, all he could do was to be tied up forever with this woman in front of him–all for the benefit of their two families!

Not far away from them, there was another man who had been watching the commotion with a cold gaze.

Lucas Gomez looked on with his key gaze at the three women pointing fingers at each other, pushing the blame onto one another. Then, he raised his head and emptied the red wine in his glass in one gulp.

urge to step up

was then that he realized what a pointless and meaningless thing he was about to do. Serenity already had Jackson to protect her. There was simply no need for him to worry about her

for those who were mocking her and laughing at her, naturally, Jackson would also be settling his scores with them

had he not already made up his mind not to get into a fight with Jackson just for that woman? Lucas lowered his eyes, and a smile cropped up on his lips–a

beside him, softly

further away from her. Or to be more precise, she realized that in truth, she

flat voice. “This party is too

out of the function hall toward

cried in shock before hastily following behind

now carried Serenity out of the function hall, so she told him, “You can

you sure?” he asked, looking down at

too much attention when Jackson carried