The Ceo’s Convict Wife by Jennifer Mike

Chapter 185

His words almost choked Lillian. “Playing both sides? What nonsensel The problem is, I haven’t even really been with either side!” she thought.

However, in front of Callum, she thought for a while and tried to explain in a pleasing manner. “Well… you see, it’s because my mom pressured me into this. She insisted I go on this blind date, or she’d cut ties with me. I actually wanted to tell the guy that I already have a boyfriend, but he interrupted me.”

To be fair, that wasn’t entirely a lie.

“Did your mother force you to go on a blind date?” He raised an eyebrow.

“Yes, yes!” She smiled awkwardly. In fact, her mother was being overly abusive in the matter forcing her to go on blind dates.

“So, you mean you haven’t told your family that you have a boyfriend?” he asked. A dangerous glint passed through his eyes.

Lillian suddenly felt a pang of guilt, thinking, “Tell my parents? How can I explain? Just the revelation of Callum’s identity would likely terrify my parents, especially… considering Callum and I aren’t really an official couple, just going through the

motions.”

“I didn’t tell them because… I thought it might shock them. I mean, our relationship was so sudden, and I didn’t want to worry them. I was planning to find the right moment to tell them.” Lillian quickly came up with an excuse, though she had no intention of actually telling them.

“Do you really plan to tell them?” Callum asked. His dark eyes

narrowed.

“I promise.” She quickly said. Her face showed the sincerity of someone who’d swear by the heavens.

nodded. “If you ever go on

thought about her current situation, she could only laugh. “There will be no next time.”

pretending to be his girlfriend, shouldn’t he, as my boyfriend, at least pretend to

in love with him first? In those movies and TV shows, when men plotted revenge, they always started by acting incredibly gentle and pretended to hold the woman in the palm of their

tenderly. Instead, she constantly felt like her life was

he turned

park, her stomach decided to growl

you hungry?” Callum asked.

glanced at his expression, which seemed calm enough. “How about we grab something to eat around here? There are

at her. Right now, her eyes sparkled with excitement whenever food was mentioned,

and insisted he take her

a

that area was delicious, but it didn’t stop Lillian from leading him to a restaurant she enjoyed.

can’t find anywhere else.” After they entered the restaurant, Lillian took the menu

the menu, she began talking excitedly about the food. However, halfway through her explanation, she noticed Callum gazing

talked too much,”

Keep talking; I’m listening,” Callum said indifferently.

way, why did you come here today?”

blind date. Yet, now, she took

he looked at her and said, “If I hadn’t shown up, were you planning to have dinner with that

but her answer carried a hint of guilt. After all, she did

thought back to the offensive words uttered by the blind date