Contract Marriage: Abusive Love with Mr.CEO-Chapter 769 - 398: Extra: Turns Out Marie’s Body Had Recovered Long Ago (1/2)
Christine Quinn heard the sound of an SMS received on Skyler Jones’s phone, and she frowned, glancing around.
On the carpet by the bed, she saw Skyler Jones’s phone.
Christine Quinn quickly picked it up, puzzled, "Could it be that he accidentally left his phone behind?"
While pondering, Christine Quinn inadvertently saw the SMS content displayed on the screen――
Mr. Jones, can you make it tonight? Iverson has been looking for you for two days; he says the problems with the TSOL project are very serious. If you don’t come back to resolve them, the TSOL project might halt.
Christine Quinn was stunned for a second after seeing the SMS. What, the TSOL project has such serious issues?
Christine Quinn suddenly remembered a scene from last night at the amusement park... he looked grave when he answered the phone.
It seems that he really has been troubled by the TSOL project these past two days!
Wait, his secretary on the SMS said that Iverson had been looking for him for two days, meaning the TSOL project had problems even before he returned to Y City!!
So, when he called Marie saying he was busy recently, it was true...
But despite the TSOL project’s great issues, he still rushed back to celebrate Marie’s birthday.
A strange sense of emotion surged in Christine Quinn’s heart. Snapping back to reality, Christine Quinn ran out with the phone.
Luckily, when Christine Quinn ran downstairs, Skyler Jones was just getting into the car to leave.
"Wait..."
Christine Quinn called out, and the driver starting the engine immediately halted his actions.
Christine Quinn panted as she approached the car, looking at Skyler Jones inside, she breathlessly spoke, "Phone... your phone..." 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
After the heart condition worsened, even jogging felt difficult, breathing felt obstructed.
Marie saw Christine Quinn’s breathless state and puzzledly asked, "Mommy, didn’t you say you weren’t feeling well?"
Being asked like this by Marie, Christine Quinn was suddenly taken aback. "Uh... I’m fine now."
Marie "Oh"ed calmly.
Skyler Jones took the phone and nodded to Christine Quinn, "I’m leaving."
Christine Quinn nodded along, "Yeah, safe journey."
"Bye, Daddy," Marie waved goodbye to her father.
The driver pressed the accelerator, and the car gradually drove away.
Christine Quinn watched the car disappear into the distance and sighed deeply.
"Mommy, you also can’t bear to see Daddy go, right?" Marie tilted her head and said.
Christine Quinn didn’t answer, her gaze directed at the direction Skyler Jones left, a strange bitterness welling up in her heart.
"Mommy, Mommy..."
Marie called several times, and only then did Christine Quinn snap back to herself.
"What are you thinking, Mommy?" Marie asked.
Christine Quinn shook her head and held Marie’s hand, "Let’s go home!"
Skyler Jones leaned back against the seat, closing his eyes to restore energy.
The sound of leaves rustling under the tires was audible in his ears...
His mind was inexplicably chaotic, and a soft pleading voice echoed by his ear――can you go back tomorrow?
As soon as the car drove out of the residential area, he suddenly ordered the driver, "Old Albert, stop the car."
The driver quickly braked and parked the car under the shade, "Mr. Jones, is there something wrong?"
Skyler Jones replied, "Turn around and go back; I forgot to take a document."
"Okay."
The driver reversed the car, quickly heading back to the villa.
In less than a few minutes, the car was parked in front of the villa’s main gate.
Skyler Jones was about to get out of the car. Just as he opened the door, he inadvertently saw on the balcony outside the second-floor room of the villa, Christine Quinn was standing there talking on the phone.
The light in Skyler Jones’s eyes seemed to go out instantly, and his hand froze on the car door handle.
Christine Quinn seemed to be in good spirits, chatting and laughing with the person on the other end of the phone.
Skyler Jones’s dark eyes gradually became somber, and in the end, endless darkness replaced the brightness in his eyes.
Finally, he closed the car door and said blandly, "Drive."
"Huh? Mr. Jones, didn’t you say you forgot a document?"
Skyler Jones shook his head, "Forget it, it’s just an insignificant document."
"Okay." The driver dared not delay further and started the car.
Through the rearview mirror, the driver glanced at Skyler Jones, noticing his face was much more unsightly than before, feeling that Skyler Jones’s mood seemed to be not good, the driver immediately asked, "Mr. Jones, do you want to listen to some music?"
Skyler Jones rested his head against the seatback, closed his eyes, and replied, "Whatever."
The driver immediately pressed the button to play music.
But at this second, instead of melodious music, a choked female voice resounded inside the cabin――
"Oversky, because I know you can’t hear what I’m saying now, I dare to tell you these words..."
Christine Quinn wouldn’t have known that Skyler Jones’s private car was installed with a recording device, which was there to record conversations when Skyler Jones discussed business cooperation with others in the car, to avoid disputes afterward. Of course, the device is only turned on when needed.
That day when Christine Quinn was driving for Skyler Jones, due to not being familiar with the car, she might have accidentally touched the recording device; thus, all her words to him were recorded into the car’s USB. When the driver opened the USB, the recording automatically started playing...
"Alright, Becca, it’s quite late on your side; I won’t chat with you any longer, you pregnant lady should go to sleep early... alright, bye-bye."
After ending the call, Christine Quinn still had a smile on her face.
She stretched, ready to go downstairs, but as she turned around, she inadvertently saw Skyler Jones’s car driving into the villa.
Christine Quinn was startled for a second, and from hundreds of meters away, she saw Skyler Jones getting out of the car.
Wasn’t he going back to New York?
Christine Quinn went to the first floor and met Skyler Jones, who had just entered the villa.
Before Christine Quinn could ask why he returned, Skyler Jones coldly said, "Come to the study with me."
With Skyler Jones’s expressionless and stern face, Christine Quinn was completely puzzled.
Once Christine Quinn stepped into the study, she saw Skyler Jones having taken off his suit jacket and loosened his tie, sitting behind the desk waiting for her.
Christine Quinn felt somewhat scared and nervously asked, "Why... why did you come back?"
Skyler Jones glanced at her, then inserted the USB in his hand into the computer on the desk, and the next moment――
