My Mysterious Husband

Most of the books owned by Kerry were about finance and economics. She picked a book up and flipped through it, and there was nothing in it. So she picked another book and did the same thing. Soon, she flipped through all the books on the bottom shelf. And at that time, John knocked on the door and walked in with a glass of hot water.

“Miss Chu, please drink some water.” John placed the glass on a table, and he glanced at the book Venus was holding, and found it was a book about geography. “Miss Chu, are you interested in geography?” He asked.

Venus froze. She soon realized John was looking at the book she was holding, and she recovered herself and said: “Oh, not very much. But Kerry’ s books are so specialized and boring. And this is the only one I can read.”

“Oh, I see. I’ll leave you to your reading. Call me if you need anything.”

“Thank you.”

John walked out of the room. He leaned against the door and listened, but he could only hear the sound of turning pages. “What is she looking for?” He thought.

Venus couldn’t reach the books on the top shelf, so she grabbed a chair and stood upon it. She focused entirely on those books, and she paid no attention to the bookshelf so she didn’t notice the little button on the shelf.

An hour later, Venus had searched among all the books. And she then opened all the drawers and looked behind all the paintings hanging on the wall. But she found nothing. She sat on a chair, feeling exhausted. “Where can it be?” She thought to herself.

She drank the water in a gulp and decided to look for it in other places.

“Wait a second. I haven’t searched Kerry’ s bedroom yet. The chance is slim but it’s worth a shot.” She thought. “Tomorrow is Saturday and Kerry will be home. So I must hurry.”

So Venus went to the second floor. She looked around and found there was no one nearby, and she moved slowly to Kerry’s bedroom. She pulled the door handle, opened the door, slid into his room, and shut the door behind her quickly.

Everything in Kerry’ s bedroom looked exactly the same as always. The curtain, the carpet, the armchair in the balcony. Nothing changed. The sheet on the bed was still the blue one. And two pillows were placed on the bed.

“Wait a second. Two pillows? He really believes that I will come back, doesn’t he.” Venus thought.

There was a cabinet and a wardrobe in the bedroom. In the cabinet there were some magazines Kerry loved to read before sleep. And in the wardrobe there were some of his fancy suits, and three black wallets, which were empty.

he hide the treasure map? Did he

but before she walked out, she noticed there is a safe behind the wardrobe. She got excited. She walked towards it and

into it, she found the safe was filled with cash. There were at least five hundred thousand in there. Venus couldn’t understand why

“He is obviously overconfident with the security of his villa. But I guess no

her suddenly. “Where are

She walked out of the room when his footsteps receded. She then stayed at the hallway for

looking for

the chopsticks. He said smilingly: “It’s time for lunch. I couldn’t find you anywhere, so I

head and said: “Eh, I was

see. Now have lunch.” John kept setting the table. A flicker of a smile

she woke up, she walked around the villa aimlessly in the hope of stumbling into the

day. “She is now playing with these ornaments. This morning she went to your study and your

the chair and called his secretary and said: “Secretary Liu, bring me the tourist brochure

there in a minute.”

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Kerry went back home. Venus was at that time throwing stones into the lake.

“The lake will be filled by your stones if you keep throwing.” Kerry walked towards her at a leisurely pace. The sun was setting. The sky behind him was dyed red. His eyes were smiling. He looked

Venus was amazed by his appearance. She said:

her and said: “You are so bored. Why don’t you grab a

“Your books are too boring.”

Saturday. Do you have any plans for this

“No. I am not familiar with this

to travel around this city? Last time I wanted to show you around but you had a fever. So tomorrow we can go.” Kerry said casually. He wanted to take her out for a walk, so that she could stop thinking about what happened yesterday.

Venus’s eyes were alight with excitement. She said: “Sure! Do I need to

should