Novel Reader
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Chapter 1 His Secret Wife
Shirley couldn’t help but notice the unmistakable k*ss marks on her sister Caroline’s fair skin, easily
visible through her delicate collar. Those marks were planted by Nathan—Shirley’s husband.
“Caroline, you’d better zip it about last night. You’re no longer my replacement. I’m Mrs. Faraday now!”
Shirley spoke with a mix of anger and jealousy in her eyes.
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“Caroline, sleep with my husband tonight, or your grandmother won’t see the light of day again!”
Outside the presidential suite at Wondercloud Hotel, Caroline Sullivan stood frozen in disbelief.
There was a reason why her youngest sister Shirley wanted her to sleep with Shirley’s husband,
Nathan Faraday.
Two years ago, Shirley was arranged to marry Nathan. That was family arrangement for mutual benifit
and she couldn’t deny. But Shirley looked down on Nathan because of his illegitimate status. So she
forced Caroline into being her replacement.
Back then, it seemed like a clever plan. Nathan was overseas, and they hadn’t met since obtaining
their marriage license. However, the situation took an unexpected turn when Nathan returned to town.
Shirley’s demands on Caroline escalated, pushing her to a point she never anticipated: sleep with her
brother-in-law in replacement for her sister.
Concerned about her captured grandmother, Caroline clenched her fists, reluctantly agreeing, “Fine.”
She stepped into the dimly-lit suite to find a man lying on the bed—tall, muscular, and extraordinarily
handsome.
“Is this the man I’ve been substituting for Shirley all these years?” Caroline wondered, taken aback by
his youthful charm. Shirley had painted him as this middle-aged, overweight dude, and here he was
charming like a Greek god.
Biting her red lips nervously, Caroline approached the bed.
Took a deep breath, she started to remove his belt. But when her fair and skinny fingers touched the
man’s narrow waist and felt the hot temperature, she couldn’t help but shrink away.
Just then, a large and well-defined hand reached over and grabbed her slender wrist, tugging it hard
and causing Caroline to fall onto the man’s b*dy.
The scent of alcohol wafted up her nose, and she could feel the man’s warm breath on her face. Then,
his voice sounded. “Who are you?”
The man’s voice was deep, and his tone was almost glacial.
Caroline lifted her eyes and instantly met his gaze.
He had opened his eyes and was staring at her with those deep, obsidian eyes of his.
Caroline felt her chest tighten, and after a brief moment of hesitation, she silenced him by pressing her
red lips against his. “Shh, don’t ask. I’m your wife.”
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The next morning, Wondercloud Hotel was completely sealed off, and there were a group of black-clad
b*dyguards standing outside the presidential suite.
Nathan had woken up and was leaning lazily against the headboard. His fair and slender fingers were
placed on his raised knee, while he looked around with his bloodshot and dispirited eyes. At that
moment, he was exuding an air of intimidating hostility.
When he returned to the country the night before, he had a business meeting to attend and got drunk.
Thus, his secretary sent him back to his room.
In his drunken stupor, he opened his eyes in a daze and realized that a woman was sitting on top of
him.
Waking up beneath a woman was an utter surprise to Nathan.
Countless women have tried to sleep with him in the past, but this was the first time a woman had
forced herself on him.
Moreover, when the deed was done, she quickly made her escape without leaving a single explanation.
“Very well. At least this lusty woman has some self-awareness. She knew I’d rip her to shreds if I
caught her,” Nathan thought.
The large and spacious bed was in a state of disarray. There was even a bloodstain on the pure white
sheets.
Nathan’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he looked at the bloodstain. “That’s unexpected. She’s quite wild for
a virgin,” he mused.
Just then, his secretary, Alfred Sommer, rushed in. “Mr. Faraday, I found out who was the woman last
night!”
“And who is she?”
“It’s Mrs. Faraday, it’s your wife!”
“My wife?” Nathan had completely forgotten about the fact that he was married, but he soon
remembered after the memory jog.
The Faraday family and the Sullivan family had a marriage agreement. Two years ago, the matriarch of
the Faraday family and Nathan’s grandmother, Hannah Faraday, made a decision on her own and
forced him to marry Shirley.
Back then, a car fetched the woman to Royal Garden, where Nathan resided. Due to the fact that it was
a secret marriage, only a selected few knew about the matter.
Nathan narrowed his deep eyes as he wondered, “So I slept with my secret wife of two years as soon
as I returned to the country?”
His lips twitched slightly and his tone was indifferent and icy, “Let’s go back to Royal Garden.”
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Meanwhile, Caroline had returned to Royal Garden. She looked at Shirley and stated, “I’ve finished the
task you asked me to do.”
Shirley noticed the hickeys on Caroline’s fair skin through the latter’s collar. Those hickeys were
planted by Shirley’s husband, and they were supposed to be hers.
But unfortunately, Shirley was not a virgin. Family marriage requires women to keep their innocence.
“Caroline, you’d better keep your mouth shut about what happened last night. Also, my husband,
Nathan, is the head of the Faraday family. Your days as my replacement are over. I’m Mrs. Faraday Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.
from now on!”