The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife novel Chapter 68

Charlotte was waiting in front of the door when Susan arrived. The moment she saw her, she quickly went u p. "You’re finally here, Susan.”

"How is Luke right now?" Susan asked, her voice thick with anxiety.

"Let’s go inside first," Charlotte said as she led Susan into the house.

When they were inside the house, Charlotte fetched her a glass of water when she saw the layer of sweat o n her forehead. "My brother is in his room. Here, have some water."

"Thank you," Susan took over the glass and finished the water in one gulp. Then, she said, "Let’s go see your brother now. I’m worried about him."

"Sure," Charlotte grinned before leading Susan to a room.

Susan walked into the room and saw Luke lying on the bed. Just when she walked closer to the bed, she heard a loud bang from behind. She turned her head, and to her horror, the door was closed.

What happened?

Susan tried opening the door but it was locked from the outside. Her heart somersaulted as a bad feeling rose from her stomach pit.

"Who's there?" At the same time, a voice rang out.

Susan turned her head around and caught the wave of panic flitting across Luke's face.

"Susie? What brings you here?" Luke asked, disbelief accenting his tone.

However, Susan was too startled to respond to his question. Although the exhaustion was apparent on Luke's face, he was far from being a person who had not consumed anything for three days.

Susan could not help herself and asked, “Didn't you go on a hunger strike?”

"Hunger strike?" Luke frowned, his face blank.

Susan froze for a moment before pressing on," Charlotte called me and told me that you’re going on a hunger strike because you cannot accept the fact that I killed your father. She asked me to come here to persuade you."

Luke was confused. He would never go on a hunger strike as he was not that weak of a person.

Seeing the blank look on Luke's face, Susan realized that something was amiss. Suddenly, she felt a bolt of heat shoot up within her body, and her face turned scarlet red.

"What happened, Susie?" Luke asked worriedly. He got down from his bed, and just when he was about to walk towards Susan, she stopped him in his tracks.

"Don't come close to me," she shouted.

Then, she turned around and attempted to open the door, but no matter how much she tried, the door would not budge.

Luke had already arrived behind her. He patted her shoulder and asked, "What's wrong, Susie?"

As if his hand was enchanted with magic, the moment his hand made contact with her skin, the spiraling heat within her doubled.

It was only now that she realized she was roofied. She did not take any medication, and all she took along the way was the glass of water that Charlotte offered t o her. When the realization hit her, despair began crawling into her thoughts. She had no idea what the Jenkins wanted from her this time. They hated her so much, so why on earth would they drug her and lock her up in the same room with Luke?

"Okay, that's it for today. Adjourned.”

As Julian paced out of the meeting room, he opened his phone. The moment his phone started up, a series of missed calls popped up.

He squinted his eyes. All the calls were from his house. Feeling something was not right, he quickly called back.

It was Mama Jean who accepted the call.

"Mister Julian, you told me to watch over Miss Susan and report to you if something happens," Mama Jean said vexedly, "One hour ago, Miss Susan left the house after she received a call.”

"Susie has left the house?” Julian’s pupils constricted," Do you know where she's going?"

"I don’t know. Miss Susan didn’t tell me,” Mama Jean replied.

"Okay. Don’t worry, I’ll handle this.”