Substitute Wife, Destined Lover
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Chapter 14 Rachel or Autumn img
Chapter 15 Fire Her img
Chapter 16 Rachel's Warning to Autumn img
Chapter 17 Paula's Afternoon Tea img
Chapter 18 The Dinner img
Chapter 19 Who Will Be The New Planning Director img
Chapter 20 Drunk Mess img
Chapter 21 A Big Family Dinner img
Chapter 22 Stop Her From Talking img
Chapter 23 The Strange Cousin img
Chapter 24 Charles's Visit To His In-laws img
Chapter 25 Yvonne wanted Charles back img
Chapter 26 Boyfriend Or Male Prostitute img
Chapter 27 About Mrs. Taylor img
Chapter 28 The Breakup img
Chapter 29 Gary's Fury img
Chapter 30 Lend me One Million img
Chapter 31 Sleep Together img
Chapter 32 It's A Date! img
Chapter 33 The Third Wheel img
Chapter 34 Playing Goody-Goody After Receiving Gains img
Chapter 35 Give Me A Chance img
Chapter 36 Chris's Confrontation With Charles img
Chapter 37 Office Banter img
Chapter 38 Paula's Politics img
Chapter 39 Resignation img
Chapter 40 Paula's Blunder in Charles' Office img
Chapter 41 There Is Nothing That Can Be Done img
Chapter 42 Remind Mrs. Taylor img
Chapter 43 You Are Hopeless img
Chapter 44 The Truth img
Chapter 45 I Can Afford You img
Chapter 46 Autumn's Back in the Office img
Chapter 47 She Wouldn't Come Back img
Chapter 48 Chapter Get Framed img
Chapter 49 Fight in the Shop img
Chapter 50 Truth Wins img
Chapter 51 What A Coincidence! img
Chapter 52 Jealous Husband img
Chapter 53 The Romantic Kiss img
Chapter 54 Little Myers img
Chapter 55 Chase What You Want img
Chapter 56 The On-boarding Process img
Chapter 57 Gratitude img
Chapter 58 You Should Come With Us img
Chapter 59 A Storm At the Secretary Department img
Chapter 60 A Surprisingly Friendly Gesture from Linda img
Chapter 61 Charles's Intention img
Chapter 62 She Can't Go img
Chapter 63 West img
Chapter 64 The Endurance img
Chapter 65 An Obvious Lie img
Chapter 66 Sam Stood Up For Autumn img
Chapter 67 This Isn't Over Yet img
Chapter 68 Declaration of Relationship in Public img
Chapter 69 Charles Got Injured img
Chapter 70 Charles Is In The Hospital img
Chapter 71 Negotiations img
Chapter 72 One on One with Sam img
Chapter 73 Chris Is Heartbroken img
Chapter 74 Rachel Is Back img
Chapter 75 Charles Is Discharged img
Chapter 76 Gary's Advice img
Chapter 77 Having a Bath img
Chapter 78 She Had Him Spellbound img
Chapter 79 Hostile Nancy img
Chapter 80 Nancy's Apology img
Chapter 81 The Resignation img
Chapter 82 Coming Cross An Acquaintance During Recruitment img
Chapter 83 Dinner with Charles img
Chapter 84 Yvonne‘s Intention img
Chapter 85 Yvonne's Proposal img
Chapter 86 Autumn's Resignation img
Chapter 87 Back at the Ortiz Family House img
Chapter 88 A Video of Autumn's Grandma img
Chapter 89 Chapter Sam Found Out The Truth img
Chapter 90 His Regret img
Chapter 91 Dinner in Ortiz Family House img
Chapter 92 Being At Odds img
Chapter 93 Seeing Autumn Off at the Airport img
Chapter 94 Cindy img
Chapter 95 Cindy's Parents img
Chapter 96 Allergy img
Chapter 97 In The Hospital img
Chapter 98 Babysitting img
Chapter 99 An Awkward Dinner img
Chapter 100 Chapter The Hotel Fire img
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Chapter 8 Something Was Wrong

"Why are you standing still there?" He came to his senses when Autumn called him out. Then he changed into a more comfortable clothing and washed his hands. When he went out of the bathroom, Autumn had finished cooking. She had served a rich dinner on table already.

"Did you make all these dishes by yourself?"

"Yes." Autumn nodded. It was no big deal for her.

"I got to know from the maid that you like light taste in your food. Have a bite. If you don't like it, I'll make some adjustments later." Autumn handed him the tableware and watched him take a bite of pork. "How do you like it?"

"It's good." For Autumn, the biggest achievement of cooking was not to feed people, but to get praised for her food.

Autumn was happy to hear that. But she was still worried about her plan, so she rapidly gulped down some food. She didn't notice Charles' uncertain eyes.

'Is it possible for a lady to cook so well?' he wondered.

The phone rang suddenly. Charles cast a glance at it and frowned with anger.

'Rachel has been acting unreasonably recently', he thought.

He didn't answer it, but the phone kept ringing again and again.

As if to say: I would keep calling until you answer.

"Is that Rachel?" Autumn glanced at the phone unintentionally. She thought that Charles didn't answer so as not to piss her off. "Answer it. Maybe she is in an emergency."

She didn't fully express her thoughts, but Charles definitely understood what she really meant.

She didn't care much about the relationship between Rachel and him. But he was her husband.

He answered the phone in a fit of pique. Rachel said in a weak trembling voice, "Charles, help..."

He immediately frowned and asked anxiously, "What happened, Rachel? Where are you?"

Her weak voice frightened him. Autumn cast a glance at him and then lowered her head to continue eating.

Charles anxiously asked. "What on earth happened to you?"

"I..." Rachel managed to hold back her malaise and said, "I came to visit Director Natt. We were talking about business just now, but he suddenly began touching me inappropriately. I was afraid to offend him, so I made an excuse to go to the washroom. When I went back in the room to say goodbye and was about to leave, he forced me to drink a glass of wine. I had no choice but to comply and take a sip. Now..."

"Did he drug you?" Charles understood what must have happened.

"I... I have no idea, Charles. I feel a fire burning sensation in my loins..." It was certain that he had drugged her.

"Wait there. I'm coming to get you." He hung up the phone and quickly grabbed his car keys and rushed out. Charles even forgot to say goodbye to Autumn.

Gazing at the dishes on the table, she suddenly lost all her appetite.

"What are you thinking?" Autumn knocked at her head and said to herself. "She is the real girlfriend. You are just a fake wife. Why do you feel upset about this now?"

She comforted herself. Then she cleared the table and went back to work on the plan.

After being sure of Rachel's whereabouts, Charles hurriedly drove there. After all, this girl was his girlfriend. He would feel guilty if he ignored her.

He rushed to the box on the second floor. Through the glass on the door, he could see a vague image of Director Natt, who was forcefully touching Rachel. Though she tried hard to push him away, this slim girl just couldn't stop him. And the effect of drug left no energy in her now.

Watching Director Natt's hand move all the way up from her thigh, Charles was furious. He pushed the door open and stepped into the box with an angry face. It seemed that a thunderstorm was coming.

"Charles..." Seeing Charles at the door, Rachel secretly put on an evil smile.

Yes, she did it all on purpose.

She had known that there was something wrong with that glass of wine but she drank it anyway.

Now that Charles actually showed up, it was clear that he still loved her.

"Rachel..." He pulled her from Director Natt's grip and held her into his arms. Feeling the smell of Charles, Rachel put on an even bigger smile.

"Who are you? Don't you see Director Natt is here?" Director Natt's assistant pushed him away. Charles, with a cold angry look on his face, grabbed his hand and twisted it with a clack. The assistant screamed out of pain.

"You idiot, do you even know who he is? You better let go of my hand right away. Otherwise, you'll regret it for the rest of your life." He screamed and threatened Charles.

"Will I? Let's check it out." Charles sneered. "Director Natt, we haven't met each other for a long time. I had no idea that you want to quit the entertainment industry, huh?"

"Mr... Mr. Taylor..." The light in the box was dim, and Charles was standing in front of him, blocking the light, so he didn't recognise him till now. Now he knew the man in front of him was Charles, he was so frightened that he began stammering, totally different from his behaviour a minute ago.

He stood up, with sweat gushing from his forehead. It never occurred to him that Rachel was in any way associated with Charles Taylor, the man who was very powerful in Ylanbu.

If he dared to offend Charles, then his career would come to an end.

Thinking of that, he was terrified. He hastily gave himself a hard slap. "Mr. Taylor, I am an idiot. I had no idea that Rachel is yours. Please forgive me. I am so sorry for that."

"Her antidote!" Charles didn't bother to say more words to him.

"What... Antidote?" Director Natt went blank for a while before he understood what Charles wanted. He was even more frightened now. "There is no antidote to it."

Charles looked down on Rachel in his arms. The drug must have taken its effect on her. She was groaning and even unbuttoned her dress.

"Mr... Mr. Taylor." Director Natt took a brave step forward and said to Charles, "The drug is showing its effect. In my opinion, why don't you take Rachel home and..."

Charles cast a severe glance at him and he dared not finish his words.

"Who are you, young man? How dare you respond to Director Natt like that?" Though his hand was almost broken, the assistant refused to show his white feather to Charles.

"Shut up!" Director Natt hurriedly stopped him. He wished he could twist his stupid assistant's head down right now.

            
            

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