Substitute Wife For The Blind CEO

Chapter 30

Chapter 30: Sorry I Failed You

Ruby’s breath hitched. His words struck a place inside her she didn’t know was exposed. He wasn’t wrong—he was falling in love. But not with Ivy.

With her. He just said it.

She swallowed hard, fighting the wave of guilt and longing that rolled through her chest.

"So tell me," Stefan said softly, turning toward her, "if this version of you is who I’ve been waiting for all along... would she ever be able to remain this way? Even after I get my sight back."

Ruby couldn’t breathe.

Stefan’s words lingered between them like smoke—thick, inescapable, and far too dangerous to inhale. Her lips parted, but no sound came out.

What could she say? That he was right? That the person he was falling for wasn’t Ivy at all—but her? Or that she wouldn’t leave when she would? Could she promise him now and stay?

Her heart thudded wildly in her chest, like it was trying to push the words out on its own.

Just as she opened her mouth to respond—a sharp knock broke through the tension.

The office door creaked open and Stefan’s secretary walked in, looking very tense.

"I’m so sorry to interrupt, sir," she said, clutching a tablet. "But we have a situation at the Westborough construction site. Another riot just broke out."

change in his posture—the shift from emotionally exposed man

moving to stand. "Call Oliver. Tell him to get the

secretary nodded

her heart still not recovered. The moment had passed—but it wasn’t gone. Not by

he turned slightly toward

wasn’t a question. It

had built up inside

pretending to be his wife, Ivy. The woman he was so convinced was

bad now, she told herself she was doing it for his

fists in her lap, trying to push the thoughts aside. Focus, she told herself. There’s a crisis, a real problem

calm demeanor didn’t mirror the storm inside her. "Baby, can you tell me more about what’s happening at

tone. "It’s a project leased to an investor for ten years. We’re only two years in, but the issues keep piling up. There are worker riots, safety violations, and now, we’ve got

who was driving them, turned back to give

the chaos, a worker was injured by the security team and

unacceptable. Why hasn’t the contract been terminated if the investor or Mr Sherlock

negotiated the deal. He’s been insistent that Mr Sherlock isn’t at fault and that the situation doesn’t warrant breaking

quickly. "Then we need to look for loopholes in the contract. We can’t just let this slide. If Mr Sherlock isn’t holding up his

by Ruby’s determination. "I guess you’re right. We’ll have to find a

the situation was even worse than they had expected. The workers

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