The Mind-Reading CEO's Emotionless Contract Wife

A sharp, splitting pain behind her eyes, as if a

and translucent against the silk canopy of a four-p

d, and the co

t noodles, but a vast, opulent space that smelled of money and gardenias. White marble floors, floor-to

ike a title, a designation for the bizarre reality she had woken up in. The headache pulsed again, a system warning against probing t

white towel slung low on his hips. Water droplets traced paths down his perfectly sculpted abs. He was exa

steel, landed on her. There

awake?" h

ed up a sheaf of papers and tossed them onto the bed. They scattered across the silk duvet, one of the sharp edges slicing

ds were clipped, devoid of emoti

ned the text, not with the horror of a spurned wife, but

of Asse

ony:

f Marital Contract:

ulling out a tailored suit. "Melody is the one I love. She deserves everything. Yo

sound, a low creak like stressed metal, echoed fr

glowed in the cor

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lid oak nightstand beside the bed scraped against the floor and toppled o

of fury. "What the hell is wrong with

eling unnaturally heavy. The plush carpet compressed under her f

gistered. Adrian took an instinctive step back, his

aching for her throat, his face twisting into a familiar sneer.

n't even t

lt... nothing. A faint pressure, like a mo

ise. Her fingers, which he once called delicate and per

s a raw, agonized sound. His face, once s

s like a vi

gasped, his voice tigh

on her neck, then back at his face, as if observing a curious

as a bag

ndow was a sickening crunch, followed by the explosive shatter of tempered glass.

her, his eyes wide with a terror she had never seen there before.

e didn't feel a thing. She walked over to him, her shadow falling over his prone b

nce is surprisingly low," she murmured, th

the chilling emptiness in her eyes. He scrambled bac

e air seemed to whistle as it cu

ull, wet thud o

s rolled back in his head. His left cheek swelled in

om door b

and a single cup was in his hands. His eyes widened in horror as he took in the scene: the shattered

trembling fingers, clatter

. She calmly wiped a smear of Adrian's blood

voice as cold and flat as a dial