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

Chapter 517 Facade

Willa’s heart trembled and she subconsciously bent her fingers.

"You didn't examine it?" The old man squinted his eyes.

"Yes. I examined it already," Willa replied hesitantly.

The old man stared at the huge diamond. “ What about inside the diamond?"

Willa suddenly became flustered as she replied, "Don't worry, master. Julian won’t figure us out. This ring is perfectly fine.”

She would have to disassemble the diamond if she wanted to examine the

inner part. It would be a waste to do that.

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," the old man said apathetically. "

We have to check through the diamond.

Willa's hands drew up into tight fists. After a long while, as if she remembered something, she hastily said, “In my opinion, master, this ring is different from other presents. If we destroy the diamond, the ring can't be worn anymore. Wouldn't it be even more suspicious if Julian asked and I couldn't take the ring out?"

The old man was stunned for a moment before nodding. "You have a point.”

Willa's eyes glowed up in joy as she continued, "Besides, so long as the virus in her body remains dormant, her condition should become better and better. I guess Julian is here to thank us."

"Thank us?" The old man looked at Willa with a half-smile tugging at the tips of his lips. "I guess he is here for you. He seems to like you a lot. Otherwise, he wouldn't give you a ring either.”

Willa’s cheeks flushed pink as she said," Please don't make fun of me, master."

"I'm not making fun of you. Anyway, it doesn't matter." The old man said, "It'll be good news to our organization if you can make Julian Shaw fall for you. This is an excellent opportunity and you should work hard on it. If you ever succeed, I’ll give you a reward."

Willa’s eyes lit up as she nodded profusely. "I'll do my best."

The hard lines on the old man’s face melted away when he chuckled deep.

Then, his gaze became gentle as he said," Watch out for yourself. Julian Shaw is not an easy opponent. He is callous and cruel. I guess you still remember what he did to you in the past, right?”

Willa's face turned ashen pale at the mention of her past. Nevertheless, she soon recollected herself and said, "Things are different now, master. In the past, I was nothing but an ordinary woman. Then, there was Susan who kept sowing discord between us, and most importantly Julian didn't like me at all. So it went without saying that he wouldn't go easy on me. However, I am not the same as I used to be. The fact that he came all the way here and gave me a ring means that he has already fallen for me. I've lost once, I’ll never lose again."

"Well, just keep that in mind and don't do anything overboard." The old man nodded.

"I'm sure I'll succeed," Willa said solemnly." Sooner or later, Julian Shaw will be mine."

In the room.

"I'm sure I’ll succeed." Willa's voice wafted out from Julian's phone at the same time, and he could not help but squint his eyes.

He had installed a bug in the diamond of the ring.

Truth be told, Julian was pretty certain that Willa had a thing for him. He was betting on whether or not she would destroy the diamond, and now, it seemed to him that he had hit the jackpot. Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Surges of disgust welled up from his heart whenever he thought about the feelings Willa had for him. Despite that, he felt it was still worth it to hold back the nauseating sensation and send the ring.

At the very least, he had successfully obtained quite some information by eavesdropping on their conversation.

Willa and her master belonged to a certain organization in which the objective remained unknown. However, it did not perturb Julian much since he was certain that he would figure it out soon through the bugging device.

What bothered him the most was the next thing. From the conversation, he knew that Willa had a feud with him in the past. He probably had done something to her, and apparently, the reason for him to do so was due to relationship issues.

The name of the woman who carried a torch for him and got targeted by him went without saying.

The light swayed against the darkness. A hint of coldness flashed across Julian's eyes as the woman's name spilled from his lips. "Isabelle Shelby."

Only Isabelle fit all the criteria. After connecting all the dots, Julian finally knew

Willa's true identity.

Apparently, Willa was the one behind the drug incident and Miss Lincoln's death.

Isabelle had the ability to get her hand on Miss Lincoln's compromising photos.

Since she was still alive and she had changed her identity into Willa, it was both natural and right that she would take revenge against her.

His mother's body had been permanently damaged by the drug. Unfortunately, it was Chesney who put the drug in, and Susan was pulled into the mess.

If the relationship between him and Susan was not stronger than what Willa had expected, her plan would have succeeded and his family would've been destroyed.

Julian soon figured out the entire incident regarding Miss Lincoln's suicide as well.

If it were Willa alone, she would not be able to kill Miss Lincoln since she was not at the kindergarten at that time. However, since she belonged to an organization, it went without saying that other people would be there to cooperate with her.

The entire incident was clear as a bright sky now. After Julian figured the entire thing out, the dark glint in his eyes deepened.

Isabelle's tactic was the same as before. Casting a bone between them and creating some nonsense misunderstandings were Isabelle’s specialty.

If everybody hadn't thought that Isabelle was dead, he would have listed the woman as one of his top suspects.

Be that as it may, even if he knew about Willa’s true identity, several mysteries still

remained unsolved.

For example, what was the organization that Willa and her master belonged to, and what was their objective?

When he mulled over everything, he was the one who pushed Isabelle over the edge, and later on, she was nearly burned to death by Joseph. Both of them were Isabelle's object of reprisal.

On his side, Isabelle directed all her wrath at Susan. Joseph nearly killed her, so he assumed that she would not help him cure his brothers willingly. Therefore, the so-called antidote must be the object she used to exact her revenge plan.

Julian had never wanted to fight this war alone. After he saved the recording on his phone, he went straight to Joseph and told him all his conjectures.

Joseph was bewildered after he listened to what Julian said.

After a long while, only then did he reply in a hazy trance, "Willa... Is Isabelle?"

"Only Isabelle fits the criteria," Julian said calmly. "I think that's enough to prove that there's something wrong with them."

"Hold on, hold on."

Rubbing his temples, Joseph paced back and forth in the room for a long time before gritting his teeth and said, "If Isabelle is still alive, it means that the man who I asked to stay behind lied to me. There is a chance that he is also a member of the organization."

"I think so too.” Julian nodded, but he made no further comments.

The man meant nothing to him, but it was a different case for Joseph. Joseph treated all his brothers wholeheartedly, so he certainly would not feel good betrayed by one of his trusted confidants.