The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife novel Chapter 496

Ideas raced through Julian Shaw's mind. Then, he softened his voice. "Susie, don't you want to go back to see Jacob and Anna’s budding relationship?"

Uh...

She would actually like to see that.

Susan Shelby could not help being tempted.

However, she could not help looking at Julian suspiciously either. "This is the only reason, huh?”

She could feel that something was off about Julian.

They had still been talking about Willa Doyle a moment ago. He had changed the topic of conversation a little too quickly.

"Yes, of course," said Julian in a rather sincere manner.

Susan looked at him in all apparent seriousness. She could not tell what was off about him, so she could not help raising an eyebrow. "Okay, let's go back. You still have to clarify the situation regarding Willa to me first, though. Even if Willa was hoaxing me on purpose, why would she fall in love with you out of nowhere? Did you d o anything to her?"

"I don't know what is going on with her either, but I can absolutely vouch that I've never done anything to her." Julian was alarmed. His forehead was covered in sweat.

When managing official business affairs, Julian had always schemed and fenced remarkably well and assumed a calm and composed attitude. However, he was as nervous as a cat that had heard a mouse move in the wall now.

The misunderstanding with Willa had been resolved with great effort. Susan's heart softened ever so slightly as she looked at Julian's anxious face.

She had seen Julian's performance with her own eyes for the past few months.

Even though he had messily sent her gifts, even though his actions had been clumsy and awkward most of the time, Susan knew that Julian had already changed a lot for her.

She had seen the large pile of messy books that he carried with him, including 'How T o Get Along With Your Spouse’ and TOO Techniques To Date Women'. In the past, Julian would never have taken a glance at these nonsensical books. However, he had read these books for her.

Susan had watched as he'd swallowed his pride before her over and over again and begged for her forgiveness shamelessly. If the people from the company were to see him in such a state, they would certainly widen their eyes so much that their eyeballs would drop out of their eye sockets.

For the past few months, Julian had even seemed a little inferior before her.

These actions had made Susan's heart waver.

However, as soon as she'd remembered her principles on love and Willa's presence, she had been utterly incapable of getting over it and forgiving Julian.

Julian had not had a good time in the past few months, but neither had she.

Fortunately, the Locke Award had made her get fully engaged in the competition. She had used that hectic process to numb her hurting heart. Otherwise, she believed that she would have gone mad.

Now that she had learned that Willa had only been playing one-sided tricks, she wondered if she could stop tormenting Julian and torturing herself.

"Susie, don't you trust me?" Julian looked a t Susan anxiously.

He had never expected that Willa would do this behind his back. However, there was n o evidence in his hands that he could use t o prove that Willa was delusional. If Susie would not trust him, there was really nothing he could do for the time being.

Upon seeing Julian's tense, straight back, Susan pursed her lips and said after a long time, "I trust you.”

Julian's eyes lit up slowly.

He stood up and wrapped his arms around Susan. Then, he leaned close and whispered into her ear, “Susie, thank you."

Thank you for choosing to believe me.'

Susan hesitated for a moment before she returned Julian's hug gently.

When he sensed Susan’s response, Julian's eyes filled with joy and he could not help holding her even tighter.

They stood there and hugged each other in silence.

The room was very quiet, and their hearts were tranquil.

Susan lowered her gaze as she was struck b y mixed feelings.

In her determined effort to separate from Julian for the past few months, she had felt as if her soul had been split into two.