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

Chapter 176 Framed

Julian did not say anything in the end, and Susan forced down the question back to her stomach pit.

After half an hour, Isabelle came in.

Susan felt ridiculous. She had no idea why both of them had to go to this extent to keep their relationship a secret.

She had told Julian before that he should tell her if he fell in love with someone else, and she would leave him without any hesitation.

However, he chose to lie to her. He told her to stay away from Isabelle, yet he approached Isabelle himself, betraying her trust again and again.

Initially, she thought she would certainly have a fall out with Julian, but when things came to a head, she shrunk back.

She was afraid that the answer that came out of Julian's lips might not be the answer she wanted. If that really happened, what should she do by then?

Considering her personality, she should turn around and walk away. She would never look back anymore a s her pride and her tenet would not allow her to do so.

However, if that person was Julian, Susan found that she did not have the confidence to break off their relations.

Her heart hurt as if someone was stabbing her with a knife when she thought about leaving the man.

A bitter feeling rose from her heart. It had just been a few months and she was deeply in love with Julian.

Initially, she thought the feeling was mutual. But reality had given her a slap in her face.

"Susie," Isabelle came up to Susan, her face full of affection as she asked, "Are you not feeling well? You look pale. Come, let me give you a massage. I'm quite good at it. Even Madam Shaw praised my skill."

As she was talking, she stretched her arm forward.

"Don’t worry, Isa. I'm fine," Susan pushed her away.

"It's okay, Susie. It won't take too long," Isabelle pressed on.

"I said leave me alone!" Susan's voice raised a full octave when the scene of Isabelle hugging Julian came into her mind. In a fit of anger, she pushed Isabelle away once more.

She did not push her too hard, but Isabelle wobbled a little and fell onto the desk. Her head hit the corner of the desk and she shouted out in pain.

Everything happened so fast that Susan was stunned. Before she could come around to her senses, a stern voice erupted behind her.

"What are you doing, Susan?!"

Susan turned around and saw Madam Shaw was

walking down the stairs. She made a few quick steps t o them and helped Isabelle up from the floor.

Rubbing her forehead, Isabelle said weakly, "It's not Susie’s fault, Madam Shaw. It's me who lost my balance and fell down."

"Why do you still have to stick up to her, Isa? I saw it with my own eyes. She's the one who pushed you down," Madam Shaw said as she glared at Susan. "I've always known that you’ve always been

a bad woman, Susan. You’ve finally revealed your true self now! Ask yourself, Isa is your cousin. Has she ever done anything bad to you? Why do you have to push her down? She could've died if she fell on her head!" Property © 2024 N0(v)elDrama.Org.

Madam Shaw's gaze was so intense it seemed as if she was going to swallow Susan.

Susan bit her lower lip and said stiffly, 'I'm sorry."

She could not be sure how hard she pushed Isabelle just now. Perhaps she really had gotten the best of her anger and pushed her too hard.

Madam Shaw was even more furious. "Is this how you apologize to people, Susan?”

Susan set her jaw tight and refused to say anything more.

One apology was all she could manage to say.

"Mom, Susie didn't push her that hard just now," Julian chimed in, his brows frowned.

"You...” Madam Shaw turned her head and stared

angrily at Julian, "Julian, right is right and wrong is wrong. This time, it's Susan's fault. You have to stop siding with her."

"It's okay, Madam Shaw. Don't be mad at Susie and Mr. Shaw. I'm fine, really. Look," Isabelle hastily said. As she propped herself up from the floor, she continued," Madam Shaw, let me give you a massage first.”

However, before she could finish her words, her knees suddenly went limp and she limped down again.

"Quick, come and help!" Madam Shaw was startled. As she held Isabelle up, she hollered out to a few servants standing nearby.

The few servants quickly went over and helped Isabelle stand up.

Isabelle let out a bitter smile and said, "I'm sorry, Madam Shaw."

"Stop apologizing, Isa. You're not the one who needs to apologize," Madam Shaw said coldly as she stared at Julian, "Isa is injured because of Susan. You don't have anything to say?"

Julian frowned. He had practiced martial arts before, s o he knew from the angle just now and the way Susan swung her arm that there was no way Isabelle would fall so hard.

With that thought in mind, Julian looked at Isabelle, his eyes skeptical.

It seemed to him that this woman's actions always contradicted her words.

"Why are you still standing there, Julian? Hurry up and send Isa to the hospital!” Madam Shaw instructed.

Julian observed Isabelle for a moment and said, "Her injuries don't look serious, so I don't see the need to go to the hospital..."

"Yeah, Mr. Shaw is right. I'm fine, Madam Shaw," Isabelle said weakly.

"Julian!" Madam Shaw snapped, "You’re not a doctor, s o how do you know if her injuries are serious or not? What if it’s an internal injury? Are you going to bear the consequences or will Susan?"

Just when Julian was about to say something, Susan interrupted. Her tone was calm and there was no expression on her face, "Julian, listen to Mom and send her to the hospital."

"Susie..." Julian looked at Susan in surprise.

"Just send her to the hospital," Susan turned her head sideways as she refused to meet Julian’s eyes.

She did not know why Julian had to act so cold to Isabelle in public while he accepted her hug without any hesitation.

She reckoned that it must be very tough for them to put on a show like this in front of everyone. As such, she decided to create an opportunity for them to stay with each other.

"Stop zoning out. Come over and get Isa," Madam

Shaw ordered exasperatedly.

Before Julian could come to his senses, Madam Shaw had pushed Isabelle over.

A shy expression crossed Isabelle's face.

Julian avoided her and Isabelle fell to the floor.

Lying on the floor, Isabelle was stunned.

She could not believe that Julian would step aside and allow her to fall to the floor before his mother and everyone else.

The saddest thing was that she calculated her angle just now so although she fell down, she did not sustain any injuries at all. However, this time, she did not expect the fall and she fell hard on the floor. She could even feel the pain in the back of her head.

"Julian! What the hell are you doing?!” Madam Shaw did not expect Julian to step aside. She threw an indignant gaze at her son and snarled, “Hurry and help Isa up!”

However, Julian was not interested in Isabelle who was lying on the floor. He walked up to Susan and grabbed her hand.

Susan pulled her hand out.

Julian looked at her, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Susan just pressed her lips into a frown and kept silent.

Suddenly, a thought flashed across Jullian’s mind.

Judging from her erratic behavior, he was certain that she must have seen something just now.

Without thinking any further, he scooped Susan into his arms and marched outside.