The CEO's Contractual Wife
Chapter 89
Chapter 89
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“Nick once convinced Ethan that our neighbor’s cat could talk,” I said, laughing at the memory. “Ethan spent weeks trying to get that poor cat to say something.”
“Did he eventually figure it out?”
“Only after Nick recorded himself making cat noises and played it when Ethan wasn’t looking.” I smiled at the memory. “Ethan chased him around the block with a water gun.”
Alexander’s smile was relaxed, a stark contrast to his usual controlled expression at the office. “You clearly love your family.”
“I do,” I admitted. “They drive me crazy, but they’re everything to me.”
“That’s why you agreed to this arrangement,” he said quietly. “For them.”
I met his gaze. “Yes,”
He nodded, understanding in his eyes. “Family is complicated.”
Speaking of complicated,” I said, seizing the opportunity, “your cousin Victoria seemed less than thrilled at our wedding.”
Alexander’s expression darkened. “Victoria has always wanted what isn’t hers. She thinks she deserves to run Carter Enterprises.”
And you don’t think she does?”
Victoria is brilliant,” he acknowledged. “But she puts profit above everything else, including people. She would gut the company of its soul to increase the bottom line.”
And you wouldn’t?”
His eyes met mine. “I believe in balance. Profit matters, but so do the people who make it possible.”
the pilot’s voice announcing our descent. Alexander fastened his seatbelt and gazed out
to Paradise
surrounded by turquoise waters. Even in the darkness, illuminated only by the moon and the plane’s lights,
a sleek Range Rover waited. Alexander loaded our bags while I stepped
said, opening the passenger
winding road through dense tropical foliage, the headlights cutting through the darkness. After about ten minutes, the trees gave way to reveal a stunning modern
structure with its
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automatically illuminated our path. Alexander parked in front of the main entrance,
themselves scarce,” he explained as he unlocked the door. “They’ll maintain the property, prepare
than the exterior. A soaring entryway opened to a great room with panoramic ocean
grandfather has good taste,” I remarked, running my hand along a
designed most of it,” Alexander corrected. “She has a passion for
“It’s beautiful,” I admitted.
up our bags. “I’ll
my stomach as
floor–to–ceiling windows, promising stunning ocean views by day. A sitting area with plush chairs occupied one corner, while a workspace with a sleek desk filled another. Double
is…” I trailed off,
Alexander asked, setting our
make do with the private paradise
to another door. “I had the staff unpack
a whirlwind of emotions and events, from
I’ll take a shower,” I said, needing a moment alone to
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