Secret Wife, Real Billionaire

Chapter 49

Chapter 49 Her end of the bargain

Ten minutes later.

Renee sat in the back of the Maybach, her hands placed demurely on her knees, resembling a child caught in a

misdeed.

“So, Mrs. King, was that your idea of a discussion?” Marcelo’s fingers drummed on the armrest.

Renee, rolling her eyes, muttered, “Didn’t you leave?”

“I returned to fetch my wife,” retorted Marcelo.

But Rence was skeptical.

She shot him a doubtful look, unconvinced by his pretext.

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In their sham marriage, trust was a luxury, and she suspected his true motive was to keep her away from Andrew.

“Well, I intended to have a constructive conversation with Catherine,” She explained, redirecting the conversation and justifying her actions. “However, she was uncooperative, so I had to resort to that.”

Marcelo knew Renee was a woman of strong will and that intrigued him a lot.

Catherine always ended up overpowered in Renee’s presence.

Yet now, Renee portrayed herself as having no other option, sounding almost wronged.

She was such a mischievous liar, eh!

After giving her explanation, Renee noticed Marcelo’s lack of response. She looked up, only to see him resting with closed eyes, evidently uninterested in further discussion. She exhaled in relief. Being caught in a conflict was certainly not ideal.

Especially because Renee had consistently cultivated an image of gentleness and decorum, her facade effectively disarmed those in her presence.

As they approached a junction, Renee announced, “I need to visit the hospital. If it’s out of your way, you can drop

ine off here.”

She was prepared to hail a taxi.

Luke, who was driving the car, instantly sensed the tension emanating from Marcelo in the back seat.

Marcelo seemed upset.

Yet, when Luke glanced over, his face was impassive, betraying none of the mounting pressure,

“Head to the hospital, “Marcelo instructed.

“Right away,” Luke acknowledged.

Renee stole a glance at Marcelo, puzzled.

His considerate attitude tonight was… strange.

offered her a ride

that he

the entrance of the hospital’s inpatient

Marcelo and hurried into the

The smoke framed Marcelo’s striking features, his deep eyes fixated on the hospital’s entrance, as though he could see Rence

shifted his focus to Luke. “How long

knowing Renee’s dedication

likely be there for

wager. “Place a bet with your

bonus was double his salary,

Marcelo,

of his slender index finger, tapped the

subtly revealed

reluctant guess, going against his

a faint smile,

Ten minutes?

seemed highly unlikely to

he held back his doubts,

Marcelo, a notion that Luke reluctantly considered

accurate.

glanced at his

the ten–minute mark, Renee, clad in her gradient purple dress, hurried out of the

resist praising, “Wow, Mr King, how did you

uninterested in conversing

was fixed on Renee, whose expression conveyed a mix of loss

like a stray animal, alone

thought, Renee didn’t notice Marcelo’s steady gaze until she was nearly

He didn’t leave.

was a silent affirmation; he had

Ten minutes earlier.

halted by

are you here?” Grace’s eyes held contempt as she surveyed Renee. “Such attire

Inappropriate?”

dress, replied, I was at an event. I’ve got a change

ever critical, sneered, “So, the party’s over, and now you’re here to play the doting

her

no model of devotion,

could respond, Grace drew her to the ward’s

family.It turns out that the Hudsons had been able to find other relatives of Naomi. Despite her allment, her

witnessed on

Blood relations matter,” Grace remarked, adjusting her hair. “You’re not her family, Renee, you don’t

Not her family?

sent a

staring at

she aware that Rocco refused to

aware that Rocco’s daughter had put her in

were you and her ‘family‘, when she was in

doesn’t matter.She worked for us not

Grace’s duplicity, Renee inhaled deeply, fighting

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