The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife novel Chapter 230

The Jenkins.

"Luke. Luke, come out. You haven't eaten in three days.” Charlotte knocked on the door with a pleading voice.

Since they came back from the court, Luke had locked himself inside his room. No matter how many times Charlotte rapped the door, not a sound came from the inside.

Gritting her teeth, Charlotte asked someone to break through the door.

When it was opened, dust and smoke flew. Luke was seated by the window with his face void of any expression. Even when the door was broken apart, it did not manage to twitch a single muscle on his face.

"Luke." Charlotte’s voice was shaky. "Come down, have something to eat first."

There was no response from Luke still.

There was a flash of sorrow in Charlotte’s eyes. "Luke, take care of things. Moya Jones has been uncontrollable in the company recently. She said that Jade said in the court that Dad was going to leave his assets to her son and now that Mom killed him, she shouldn't be inheriting his assets. She thinks that there needs to be a new allocation of the assets. She managed to get herself with the Jenkins and it

vaguely tells of Julian Shaw, so everyone in the office thinks that she's the right one. Besides, she has the Shaws behind her, so people are siding with her now. Luke, if you stay cooped up here, the woman's going to snag the company.”

Luke slightly furrowed his brows, but he did not react any more than that.

"Luke, the Ainsleys came too. They claimed that Mandy's mental state isn't stable and it’s bad for the baby. They hope that we can take her back."

Luke pressed his lips together as he kept his gaze on the window.

"Luke!" Charlotte's voice was growing desperate." Don’t be like this, please? I was stupid with what happened to Mom. It’s my fault. I caused it. Torment m e if you have to, but don't do it to yourself," Charlotte said with tears streaming down her face.

Luke turned around slowly, getting off from the window and wiping Charlotte’s tears. His voice sounded hoarse when he spoke, "Charlotte, you're wrong. It’s not you or Mandy. It's me. I'm the one who agreed to work with Julian for Susan and installed the wiretapping software on Mandy's phone. That’s how Julian Shaw got Jade's address and how everything else happened. I'm the one who caused everything, do you understand?"

For the three days, pain, guilt, regret, despair, and all sorts of emotions engulfed him, threatening his sanity.

Susan had only wanted to deem her innocence.

Mandy did not expect things to go so far.

Charlotte was only too nervous.

The cause of it all was because he had promised to help!

Luke gripped his fists. For Susan, he had put his mother through this... Tears escaped Luke’s eyes silently. 2

He knew that his mother was at fault and that she deserved the punishment but that was his mother. Everything she ever did was for him and Charlotte. How could he hate someone who did everything with their best interest in mind? 2

It was Charlotte's first time hearing Luke mention it. She was slightly surprised that her older brother had actually installed a wiretapping device on Mandy's phone. However, she recollected herself promptly." Luke, you can’t be blamed. You didn't know these things would happen afterward! Julian and Susan are t 0 be blamed. They’re the devious ones. Luke, you can't keep this up. If you don’t pick yourself up, Julian Shaw will take control over the Jenkins Corporation through that b*tch Moya Jones and we'll really have nothing then."

Julian Shaw... There was a flash of iciness in Luke’s eyes.

He had thought about a lot of things when he kept

himself locked these days. His rational mind told him that Susan actually did nothing wrong, but emotionally, he could not accept the fact that the woman he most loved had sent another woman he most loved into jail. 4

Whatever it was, however, he was unable to actually resent Susan! Even with all that happened, he still loved her. He could not help loving her.

This was Luke’s true despair.

His mother had already been sent to jail but he still loved Susan.