Substitutee Marriage: Fallingg For My Ugly Wifee

“What befell you after you left me?” he demanded.

Mavis’ eyes flickered, hesitation evident in her face. She didn’t want to remember the horrendous events that had transpired. She shook her head and replied, “Nothing happened. I went straight home after I left you.”

He knew she was lying! In the past twenty minutes, he’d had someone look into Mavis’ whereabouts. She had indeed been taken away after leaving.

“Mavis, I’m tempted to kill you.” Suddenly, Harlan was holding a black gun, the barrel aimed squarely at Mavis’ forehead.

As the icy metal touched her temple, her hand involuntarily loosened its grip, and the fruit basket she’d been carrying plummeted to the ground.

“Harlan, why would you do this to me?”

“Don’t act so innocent. You know precisely what you’ve done. Derek’s life hangs in the balance. You must answer for this,” Harlan’s voice quivered with rage.

asked, “Is

you left my villa, Bruce’s people abducted you. They forced you to reveal Marcus ‘injury, and you complied. They used that information to

words were heavy, spoken through gritted teeth. Mavis could feel the threat in the

never thought the man she cared for would summon her to a

mistaken. She hadn’t disclosed anything about Marcus‘

him drove her to endure injury

threats and abuse rather than yield

L A ‘s L I B R A R

me. Yes, I admit I lied earlier. I didn’t go directly home. I was abducted and taken to a run-down house. They tried to force me to speak of Mr. Thomas’ injury, threatening me, even… But you must believe

she couldn’t bring herself to say was

sought to convince Harlan of her innocence. His eyes shifted to Marcus, who

Though Derek was merely a subordinate,