Chapter 39 Unexpected Defender
Vera's POV
I felt the sting of her palm across my face before I even registered what was happening. The slap echoed through the café, followed by a shocked silence as patrons turned to stare.
My cheek burned, and I stood there frozen in disbelief, feeling the heat rise to my face. In all my life, ...
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1. Chapter 1 My Husband Finally Returned to His First Love
2. Chapter 2 I Was Merely a Convenient Wife
3. Chapter 3 He Was Actually Defending Me Against His Mother
4. Chapter 4 Leaving Me Behind for Her Once More
5. Chapter 5 Midnight Obligation
6. Chapter 6 Let's Get Divorced
7. Chapter 7 The Forbidden Name
8. Chapter 8 Kick Me Out to Marry Her Instead
9. Chapter 9 Miss, Do You Need Help?
10. Chapter 10 Intoxicated Passion
11. Chapter 11 Pursue My Passion
12. Chapter 12 My New Boss Is My One-Night Stand
13. Chapter 13 Did He Recognize Me?
14. Chapter 14 Let's Get married
15. Chapter 15 A Contractual Marriage
16. Chapter 16 The CEO's Angels
17. Chapter 17 Make Her Leave on Her Own
18. Chapter 18 Don't You Miss That Night?
19. Chapter 19 Goodnight, My Vera
20. Chapter 20 Get Pushed Off the Elevator
21. Chapter 21 Standing Up for Her
22. Chapter 22 Wendy's Been Making a lot of Trips to His Office
23. Chapter 23 I'll Be Your Strength
24. Chapter 24 Bailing on Him
25. Chapter 25 Morning Wood
26. Chapter 26 Deliberate Humiliation
27. Chapter 27 Familiar Wounds
28. Chapter 28 I'm Not Going Back
29. Chapter 29 Possession
30. Chapter 30 Tell Me Who You Belong To?
31. Chapter 31 Wait Until She Belonged To Me Completely
32. Chapter 32 Office Drama
33. Chapter 33 Defending Her
34. Chapter 34 Schemes and Fury
35. Chapter 35 Nothing's More Important Than You
36. Chapter 36 Are You Threatening Me?
37. Chapter 37 Proving My Worth
38. Chapter 38 Trap
39. Chapter 39 Unexpected Defender
40. Chapter 40 Because of Me?
41. Chapter 41 Office Works Just Fine Too
42. Chapter 42 Give Him One More Chance
43. Chapter 43 Make Sure You Never Can again
44. Chapter 44 A Primal Sense of Conquest and Satisfaction
45. Chapter 45 Private Moments
46. Chapter 46 Rumors
47. Chapter 47 Love Need No Reason
48. Chapter 48 Get Caught
49. Chapter 49 We Should Try
50. Chapter 50 Don't Know Her
51. Chapter 51 Had That Been Just Another Lie?
52. Chapter 52 Benefit From His Wooing Strategy
53. Chapter 53 Are You Leaving Me?
54. Chapter 54 A Ten-Year Secret
55. Chapter 55 They Look Perfect Together
56. Chapter 56 The CEO's Possessiveness
57. Chapter 57 Enjoying Yourselves
58. Chapter 58 Childish Jealousy
59. Chapter 59 You've Been Cold with Me Because of This?
60. Chapter 60 It Won't Happen Again
61. Chapter 61 My Beloved Atlas
62. Chapter 62 Formally Announce He Is Married
63. Chapter 63 After This, We're Even
64. Chapter 64 She Asked for Me Specifically
65. Chapter 65 Proves How Irresistible You Are
66. Chapter 66 Show Off
67. Chapter 67 Cheap Love
68. Chapter 68 He's So Attentive
69. Chapter 69 Is He Here to See Raven?
70. Chapter 70 You Were Right to Leave Him
71. Chapter 71 No Spark Left to Rekindle
72. Chapter 72 Contract vs. Possession
73. Chapter 73 A Woman Called Him at Midnight
74. Chapter 74 A Seriously Suspicious Guy
75. Chapter 75 My Leg!
76. Chapter 76 Control Your Woman
77. Chapter 77 You Think I Deliberately Tried to Hurt Her?
78. Chapter 78 Stand Up for Me
79. Chapter 79 End This Relationship Early
80. Chapter 80 It's Not Too Late
81. Chapter 81 I'm Leaving
82. Chapter 82 Never Felt Like a Home to Me
83. Chapter 83 Don't Spoil Her Too Much
84. Chapter 84 Power Play at the Dinner Table
85. Chapter 85 I Believe Her
86. Chapter 86 Let's Just Stay the Night
87. Chapter 87 No Safe Harbor
88. Chapter 88 Are You Trying to Seduce Me?
89. Chapter 89 Intoxicated Decisions
90. Chapter 90 The Room Suddenly Caught Fire
91. Chapter 91 They've Officially Dropped Her
92. Chapter 92 Seeds of Doubt
93. Chapter 93 Delete the Message
94. Chapter 94 Finalize the Engagement
95. Chapter 95 Ten Lash
96. Chapter 96 Counterfeit Crisis
97. Chapter 97 Fake Goods Controversy
98. Chapter 98 Revenge Plan
99. Chapter 99 She Didn't Care About Me At All
100. Chapter 100 Tides of Longing
101. Chapter 101 You've Been Warned
102. Chapter 102 They Must Have Drugged Our Drinks
103. Chapter 103 Night Terror
104. Chapter 104 Rescue in the Storm
105. Chapter 105 Should We... Go Back To Sleep?
106. Chapter 106 Can't Without Protection
107. Chapter 107 Pain and Pleasure
108. Chapter 108 Midnight Treatment
109. Chapter 109 Keep the Secret
110. Chapter 110 Who Paid You to Target Her
111. Chapter 111 There's No Smoke Without Fire
112. Chapter 112 You'll Find Out Soon Enough
113. Chapter 113 Fury and Calculation
114. Chapter 114 Miss Me So Badly?
115. Chapter 115 Want To Help Me?
116. Chapter 116 Beneath The Steam
117. Chapter 117 Something Strange
118. Chapter 118 GET OUT!
119. Chapter 119 Why Did You Bring Me Here?
120. Chapter 120 We're Done! It's Over!
121. Chapter 121 Playing Two Sides
122. Chapter 122 Attempted Their Old Scheme Again
123. Chapter 123 You Drugged Me?
124. Chapter 124 Trap and Counterattack
125. Chapter 125 Can't Live Like This Anymore
126. Chapter 126 Ended Up Ruining Themselves Instead
127. Chapter 127 Time For Bankruptcy
128. Chapter 128 Something Was Very Wrong
129. Chapter 129 Thoroughly Ignored
130. Chapter 130 How Pathetic!
131. Chapter 131 Tell Him To Meet Me Just Once
132. Chapter 132 She Is Actually The Other Woman
133. Chapter 133 Dangerous Bait
134. Chapter 134 Grown Accustomed To His Presence
135. Chapter 135 Rainy Night Pursuit
136. Chapter 136 Why Is It So Hard?
137. Chapter 137 Go Scorched Earth With Her
138. Chapter 138 The Fraud Exposed
139. Chapter 139 Do I Really Have No Chance Left?
140. Chapter 140 You And Your Family Are Finished
141. Chapter 141 Say You're Mine
142. Chapter 142 A Surprise
143. Chapter 143 The Competition Begins
144. Chapter 144 Politics And Favoritism
145. Chapter 145 Bring Her Down From Her Pedestal
146. Chapter 146 Let Her Play
147. Chapter 147 Blacklist Her Permanently
148. Chapter 148 Feeling Guilty
149. Chapter 149 Tearing Off Her Mask of Hypocrisy
150. Chapter 150 Sorry for Making You Wait So Long
151. Chapter 151 Give You Myself
152. Chapter 152 He Didn't Mind?
153. Chapter 153 She's Not Part of the Family
154. Chapter 154 Offer Susan Instead
155. Chapter 155 She'd Be Perfect for Idris
156. Chapter 156 It Couldn't Be
157. Chapter 157 Never, Ever Leave You
158. Chapter 158 Ruby's Return
159. Chapter 159 Could You... Give Him One More Chance?
160. Chapter 160 Revenge
161. Chapter 161 What He Meant to Me
162. Chapter 162 Have You No Shame?
163. Chapter 163 Found Her
164. Chapter 164 Having An Affair With A Married Man
165. Chapter 165 He's My Husband
166. Chapter 166 A Cast-Off
167. Chapter 167 Serves Them Right
168. Chapter 168 Gossip
169. Chapter 169 We Have A Tail
170. Chapter 170 Can't Live Without Her
171. Chapter 171 Counter Trap
172. Chapter 172 You're Truly Hopeless
173. Chapter 173 The Risk of Losing You
174. Chapter 174 Biological Father
175. Chapter 175 Not Mother's Biological Child
176. Chapter 176 Let's Go to New York
177. Chapter 177 Was He Jealous?
178. Chapter 178 Something Special
179. Chapter 179 Could Never Be Good Enough For You
180. Chapter 180 You Taste Sweet
181. Chapter 181 Honey, You're So Sexy
182. Chapter 182 Don't Tease Me
183. Chapter 183 Don't Bother Me
184. Chapter 184 Who Was She?
185. Chapter 185 Vanished Without a Trace
186. Chapter 186 A Moment of Tenderness
187. Chapter 187 Let's See What You've Got
188. Chapter 188 The Matriarch's Challenge
189. Chapter 189 The Woman I've Chosen To Spend My Life With
190. Chapter 190 Unravel My Control
191. Chapter 191 Disappeared
192. Chapter 192 Refused A Business Alliance.
193. Chapter 193 Knee And Apologize
194. Chapter 194 Watch Your Tone!
195. Chapter 195 My Husband
196. Chapter 196 Someone's Been Tailing
197. Chapter 197 When Silence Falls
198. Chapter 198 Blood-Stained Hands
199. Chapter 199 Don't Let Him Die Too Fast
200. Chapter 200 Humiliation
201. Chapter 201 Touch Her And See What Happens
202. Chapter 202 I've Spoiled You Too Much!
203. Chapter 203 You're Killing Me
204. Chapter 204 I'll Settle This Score
205. Chapter 205 I'd Let Her Have You
206. Chapter 206 Blood Ties
207. Chapter 207 An Eye For An Eye
208. Chapter 208 My Wife Is My Bottom Line
209. Chapter 209 Don't Cry And Beg For Mercy Later
210. Chapter 210 The Best Husband Ever
211. Chapter 211 Someone From Nowhere
212. Chapter 212 Kneel And Apologize
213. Chapter 213 The Trap in the Gallery
214. Chapter 214 Over My Dead Body
215. Chapter 215 DNA Results
216. Chapter 216 A Night to Remember
217. Chapter 217 The Performance Trap
218. Chapter 218 The Birthday Trap
219. Chapter 219 The Real Culprit
220. Chapter 220 Give You A Chance
221. Chapter 221 You're the Only Love of My Life
222. Chapter 222 Resort to Anything to Achieve Their Goals
223. Chapter 223 A Conspiracy of Massive, Breathtaking Proportions
224. Chapter 224 Practicing Hand Speed
225. Chapter 225 Practice Makes Perfect
226. Chapter 226 Threatening
227. Chapter 227 Try Shooting
228. Chapter 228 A Girl I Picked Up
229. Chapter 229 You're Absolutely Gorgeous
230. Chapter 230 She Can Stay?
231. Chapter 231 The DNA Test Result
232. Chapter 232 Once More
233. Chapter 233 Hope You Won't Regret
234. Chapter 234 Biological Father
235. Chapter 235 Scandal Exposed
236. Chapter 236 His Slap
237. Chapter 237 No Regrets
238. Chapter 238 It's My Fault
239. Chapter 239 Acknowledged Her Position
240. Chapter 240 Signs of Exhaustion
241. Chapter 241 Ungrateful
242. Chapter 242 Real Identity
243. Chapter 243 Identity Revealed
244. Chapter 244 Suddenly Fainted
245. Chapter 245 Poisoned
246. Chapter 246 Her Awake
247. Chapter 247 The Seeds of Betrayal
248. Chapter 248 A Huge Clue
249. Chapter 249 Shameless Noon
250. Chapter 250 You're Impossible
251. Chapter 251 Hospital Lockdown
252. Chapter 252 The Boardroom Coup
253. Chapter 253 Fight A Losing Battle
254. Chapter 254 Go After Her
255. Chapter 255 Begging For Mercy
256. Chapter 256 Smoke Them Out
257. Chapter 257 The Bait
258. Chapter 258 The Deathbed Confession
259. Chapter 259 Do Whatever You Want
260. Chapter 260 Learn To Get Along
261. Chapter 261 Stay In My Parents' Room
262. Chapter 262 The Calculated Trap
263. Chapter 263 The Portrait Trap
264. Chapter 264 I Should Leave
265. Chapter 265 She's Fallen Ill And Been Hospitalized
266. Chapter 266 Call Her Mrs. Blackwell From Now On
267. Chapter 267 Come To Apologize
268. Chapter 268 host a gala For Me
269. Chapter 269 Trip Her Up
270. Chapter 270 How Could She Be This Shameless?
271. Chapter 271 Make A Bet
272. Chapter 272 Take Her On As A Student
273. Chapter 273 V.G. Is Here
274. Chapter 274 Because I Am Master V.G
275. Chapter 275 Stake My Reputation On It
276. Chapter 276 The Twist
277. Chapter 277 Be Careful In The Future
278. Chapter 278 Protect Her
279. Chapter 279 Finally Done Pretending?
280. Chapter 280 Company-Wide Meeting
281. Chapter 281 Termination Letters
282. Chapter 282 Set An Example
283. Chapter 283 Try To Sabotage Me
284. Chapter 284 Let Me Take Care Of You
285. Chapter 285 The Bond Of Blood
286. Chapter 286 Destroyed Her Family
287. Chapter 287 She Won't Be Here Much Longer
288. Chapter 288 The Annual Review Day
289. Chapter 289 Slapping Her Face
290. Chapter 290 Being Kept By Some Old Dude
291. Chpater 291 Embezzlement
292. Chapter 292 Handle Her Myself
293. Chapter 293 The Cat-And-Mouse Game
294. Chapter 294 I Will Never Forgive You!
295. Chapter 295 Destroy Her Thoroughly
296. Chapter 296 It's Not Your Fault
297. Chapter 297 Will You Marry Me?
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