My Extraordinary Wife

Ashlyn shot a glance at Penelope, who was feeling smug that she had exposed her step-sister. With a frosty glint in her eyes, Ashlyn said nonchalantly, “I never knew that you were so eager for me to start work.”

Penelope let out a scornful snort, “It’s too bad, you can’t get a job.”

Ashlyn twisted her lips into an unfathomable smile and there was an icy look in her crescent eyes which also exuded an inexplicable sense of haughtiness. “Don’t worry about that, Mr. Haddock will come and beg me eventually.”

“Ashlyn, are you daydreaming? Did you just say Mr. Haddock was gonna beg?” Penelope burst out laughing as if that was the funniest joke she had ever heard.

Horace and Mary were both ashen-faced.

None of them uttered a word.

Ashlyn looked at that family with an ambiguous smirk on her face and turned her back towards them.

She had already told them. It was up to them to choose whether to believe her or not.

At the very moment when she turned around and was about to walk away, Ashlyn heard someone coughing violently.

She stopped in her tracks and cast a sharp glance towards the stairs. “Who’s coughing?”

laughed nervously, “It’s just the nanny who’s not

look of discomfort which crossed his face and said coldly, “If it’s really the

of a company no matter what, why would he lie to you?” Mary said with a forced

was the one

couple was hiding something from

“Since the nanny is not feeling well and Penelope is a nurse, why don’t we get Penelope to go upstairs and check on her? Penelope, let’s go together, I wanna see for myself how

a trivial matter,” Horace said quickly and continued, “Penelope had already

The corners of Ashlyn’s mouth curved upwards as she said that. “Can I

what Mary had instructed her previously. The nanny isn’t ill at all, the

could not let Ashlyn know

glance which Mary had cast towards her. They had some chemistry as mother and daughter and Penelope knew that Mary wanted her to reply. “Oh,

after all. Her cough sounded serious and there’s phlegm in her throat. Based on my preliminary assessment, it’s not an ordinary flu but should be pneumonia

walked past the other three Berrys and was about

out what exactly was it that these three

her, “What’s there for you to see? She’s just a sick nanny. What if

Ashlyn pushed Mary away and strode