The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife

Chapter 57 I Killed A Man

Just when Charlotte Jenkins was feeling embarrassed beyond comparison, the sound of someone knocking o n the door was heard.

She immediately stood up. "Let me get the door.”

The door was opened. Madam Jenkins and Mandy Ainsley helped support Luke Jenkins. They were all standing outside the door.

Charlotte shifted her gaze immediately to glance at Madam Jenkins in secret.

Madam Jenkins nodded in a barely noticeable manner. The corners of Charlotte's lips curled up into a smile.

'Susan, let’s see how you’re going to compete for Julian against me after today!'

Charlotte suppressed her emotions and shouted in excitement, "Luke, you're awake."

Luke nodded, his gaze aimed straight toward the area inside the room.

There was only Julian Shaw in the room. He could not see Susan's silhouette at all.

"Where's Susie?" Luke could not refrain from asking.

"You’re asking me?" Julian pulled a long face.

'Luke, are you here to show off to me? Susan spent all night taking care of him and now he's here to look for her?' 1

Madam Jenkins hastily said, "Julian, didn't Susie spend the entire night with you yesterday?"

"That's right. I took care of Luke throughout the night. I don't know what happened outside but both of you ought to be together, right?” Mandy soon said afterward.

Julian squinted his eyes to look at Madam Jenkins before he looked to Mandy.

The expressions on these people's faces revealed how anxious they were.

Julian could not help smirking and said nonchalantly, "Of course. Susie is my woman. If she's not with me, who else can she be with?"

Madam Jenkins and Mandy could not help but feel relieved by his answer.

The reason why they had the courage to utter such a lie was because they believed that Julian would surely work with them.

However, they still felt rather anxious in their hearts anyhow.

They finally felt at ease upon realizing that Julian did not refute their statement now.

Luke pursed his lips tightly with a trance-like gaze in his eyes.

So, the person from the night before...was Susie not there for real?

Luke clenched his teeth and said slowly, "So where is Susie? Where is she then?"

Julian took a glance at Madam Jenkins. "I would like t o know the answer to this question too.”

Susan was supposed to be accompanying Luke yet now that Luke was awake, Susan had gone missing instead! What the heck was going on!

Madam Jenkins had an astonished expression on her face. "No one knows huh? Here, I'm going to order the servants to look around. I will order them to come and inform me immediately if they find

Susan."

Madam Jenkins left to make arrangements swiftly.

Julian walked over to Madam Jenkins with squinted eyes. He said in a deep voice, "What kind of game are you trying to play here? Where the hell is Susie?”

Madam Jenkins looked over to Luke and noticed that he was not paying attention to them. She lowered her voice without noticing and said, "Master Shaw, I really have no idea. Luke had already come out of the woods two hours ago. At the time, the doctor sent her home t o rest first. I thought that she would surely come to find you. When I found that she was not with you earlier, I was very confused as well. However, don't you worry. The villa is only as big as it is. It’s still very easy for us to locate a person."

Julian gazed at Madam Jenkins calmly and saw that she had a composed look without the slightest ounce o f nervousness in her.

"That's for the best then." Julian said in a deep voice, "I f you were to do anything to Susie..."

"Susie is the savior of our Luke. How can I bring myself to do anything to her, hm?!" Madam Jenkins exclaimed.

Julian pulled a long face without saying anything. Yet for some unknown, he could feel an ominous presentiment creeping into his heart soon afterward.

"I shall look for Susie myself." Julian walked outside expressionlessly.

"I shall go too." Luke stood up as well.

"Wait..." Madam Jenkins was about to persuade him when a servant walked over to them.

"Madam, may I inquire if you're looking for Ms. Shelby?"

"Yes, have you seen her around?"

"Two hours ago. I noticed that Ms. Shelby looked extremely tired so I found her a guestroom for her to rest," said the servant respectfully.

"Oh? Then why haven’t you started leading us there yet!" said Madam Jenkins hastily.

The servant nodded and took on the task.

The group of people followed her.

Along the way, a curious gaze appeared in Charlotte's eyes without her notice.

'Mother said that she has a way to finish off Susan completely.'

'However, mother didn't go into specific details about the plan.'

"However, I don’t care whichever way she uses as long as she destroys Susan.’

Soon, they arrived at the door of that guestroom.

The guestroom door was locked. Madam Jenkins sent someone to fetch a key and soon unlocked the door.

The door creaked open.

The tightly-shut curtains were blown up by wind.

Light penetrated through the seams and illuminated a ghastly pale face.

Susan sat on the bed and turned her head to take a glance behind her in a daze.

"Oh!" Charlotte could not help shrieking aloud when she saw the situation inside the room clearly.

Other than Susan, there was one more person in the room.

The person laid quietly on the floor with fresh blood flowing from the nose and mouth. It appeared that the person was already deceased!

"Father!” Luke's pupils constricted abruptly.

That person was his father, Richard Jenkins.

"What’s all this about?" Madam Jenkins' voice shook uncontrollably. She charged in front of Richard and began wailing aloud sorrowfully. "Richard, Richard, what's going on with you? Wake up, wake up."

Charlotte and Luke soon walked over too. The room was filled with cries.

Julian could not help but feel astonished upon seeing the situation in the room.

However, he cared more about Susan compared to Richard!

Susan’s face was ghastly pale at this exact moment.

Julian made his way to her and held her hands." Susie."

Susan's eyes wandered dazedly, utterly incapable of focusing.

Julian called out to her loudly a few times before she reacted.

She turned her head to the side and looked at Julian. Her eyes reddened rapidly.

"Julian, I..." Susan's body shook uncontrollably. "I killed a man, I killed a man..."

Julian's pupils constricted abruptly. He wrapped his arms around Susan's body and said softly, "Susie, This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

calm down. It’s going to be alright, it's going to be alright."

Julian’s hug calmed down Susan ever so slightly. However, her body was still shaking unstoppably and her mouth was constantly repeating the words, "I killed a man, I killed a man..."

"Susan!" Charlotte charged straight toward Susan with reddened eyes. She raised her hand and was about to give Susan a slap.

Susan had an apathetic expression on her face. She did not even try to dodge the slap.

Julian narrowed his eyes and grabbed Charlotte's hand.

Charlotte glared at Julian with her reddened eyes. " Are you stopping me? She killed my father, and I’m still not allowed to hit her?"

"We have yet to figure out the situation. It's better for you not to jump to conclusions now!" Julian coldly exclaimed.

"Jump to conclusions?” Charlotte's voice sounded rather wild. "Only she and my father were in the room. On the other hand, she admitted it herself that she killed a man. The facts are all here so this is not a reckless conclusion!"

Susan took a glance at Richard's corpse. Her gaze was all gray and cloudy. She tugged at Julian's top and said with a shaky voice that did not sound like her at all, "Julian, I, I really killed the man..."