All Chapters of My Wife Wants Me To Room With Her Assistant’s Pet: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

9 Chapters

Chapter 1

“Wow, you’ve really gotten bold, haven’t you, Charlie? Who exactly are you trying to scare by canceling those tickets?“I bought everything that you’re wearing. Even your clueless parents’ hospital bills are covered by me.“Breaking up with me? Please. You don’t even have the right.”Jack, the golden retriever in Nathaniel’s arms, seemed to sense the tension in the air and barked furiously at me.“Charlie, don’t be rash. This is all my fault.”Nathaniel hugged Jack and swayed slightly. His face turned pale instantly, looking as if he might faint at any moment.“I have claustrophobia. If I’m alone in a room, I’ll have a panic attack. Rena was just looking out for me. If it bothers you that much, I’ll leave right now. I won’t get in your way.”He then turned to walk out of the hotel unsteadily.“Nat!”Serena grabbed him and shot me a vicious glare. Then, she slapped me across the face.“Look what you’ve done to him! If he has a panic attack because of you, I swear your whole fa

Chapter 2

I was the vice president of Saunders Group and also Serena’s nominal fiance. I spent the past few years publicly posing as her assistant to protect her image. In reality, I had been the one managing all of the company’s core operations.When I returned to the office, it happened to be the Monday weekly meeting.As I entered the conference room, I saw Serena and Nathaniel already seated at the head of the table.They had come back early from Palmera. Nathaniel wore a flashy pink suit and twirled a pen in his hand with a smug expression.When he saw me enter, he let out an exaggerated exclamation.“Well, well, well. Look who finally showed up, Mr. Southard himself. What’s with the shabby look? Did you lose your luggage on the way back?“Rena told me you stripped down in Palmera. What, did you swim the whole way and forget to beg for a new shirt?”A wave of low snickers rippled through the conference room.Serena leaned back in her chair and casually examined her freshly done

Chapter 3

On my first day working for the Logistics Department, I was already being targeted.Back when I was the vice president, the head of logistics, Winston Clay, would bow and scrape before me like an eager little lapdog. However, after seeing me down on my luck, he put on a completely different attitude.“Charlie, get all that old junk furniture from the warehouse and haul it downstairs. Remember, no elevator. That’s for executives. Bottom-feeders like you take the stairs.”There were dozens of desks and chairs to move from the twentieth floor to the first floor that I had to move via the stairwell.Without saying anything, I took off my jacket and started hauling them.Halfway through, Nathaniel showed up with Serena.A whole crowd of people trailed behind, clustering around them.Nathaniel was holding Jack on a leash.When he saw me drenched in sweat, he covered his nose with an exaggerated gesture.“Whoa, what is that stench? It’s foul.”“Rena, look at Charlie go. He’s looking

Chapter 4

My mind went completely blank. All I heard was ringing in my ears.“Who cut off the payments?” I asked through gritted teeth.A nurse’s voice came through the phone. “It was Ms. Saunders who called. She said that she was pulling the funding and told us to discharge the patient immediately.”I snapped my head and glared at Serena. She looked back at me with a smug expression while twirling her phone in her hand.“You hear that? That’s what happens when you step out of line. “Here’s the deal, Charlie. Apologize to Jack and Nat loudly three times. Only then will I feel generous enough to let your father stay in the hospital another two days.”“Serena, that’s a human life! How can you be this heartless?”I screamed at her with veins bulging in my neck and my eyes bloodshot from rage.She smoothed her hair and said with a nonchalant tone, “Heartless? You brought this to yourself. “The money is mine. I’ll spend it on whoever I want. I can throw cash at Jack, and I can just as ea

Chapter 5

“Got it. I’m on my way up.”I hung up the phone, scooped up my father in my arms, and rushed toward the elevator.Half an hour later, the helicopter lifted off with a deafening roar.Through the porthole, I stared down at the dwindling city below with a cold gaze.After settling my father into the best private hospital in Metropolis, I received a text message from Serena.She had sent me a photo. In it, she and Nathaniel were sitting in a fine-dining restaurant, clinking their wine glasses.Below the photo, she wrote, [Cheers to ditching a broke loser. Dinner never tasted so good.][Charles, since you’ve got so much pride, let’s make this permanent. The wedding is off. You have three days to pay me back two million dollars that you owe me? Or I’m taking you to court for fraud.]Two million dollars?That was the loan I had taken out in my own name to cover the company’s supplier payments.The money had later gone into the company account.How dare she claim it was a loan to

Chapter 6

Serena, on the other end of the line, had clearly not expected me to hang up like that.She was probably furious enough to throw her phone.I did not waste any time either.I had Patrick, my assistant, contact the top legal team in the industry.Serena wanted to sue me for fraud? Then I would sue her for embezzlement of company assets, malicious defamation, and intentional infliction of harm.I touched the USB drive in my hand. It contained all the evidence of her and Nathaniel embezzling company funds and falsifying financial records over the past few years.I had kept all of it to myself in the past to protect her.At this moment, these documents would be their ticket to prison.The very next day, I made a very public debut as the president of Sterling Capital, the largest investment firm in Metropolis.The announcement rocked the business world. Sterling Capital was known for being notoriously secretive and immensely powerful.Anyone who could secure that position defi

Chapter 7

The collapse of the Saunders Group happened even faster than I had anticipated.In less than a week, its cash flow chain had completely snapped. Banks demanded loan repayments. Suppliers filed lawsuits. Employees went on strike.After Serena woke up, she was forced to sell off her properties and luxury cars to pay off the debts.Unfortunately, that was like trying to fill a bottomless pit with a teacup.Meanwhile, I, as the president of Sterling Capital, was sitting in the most upscale private dining room in Verdant City, hosting a banquet for various business magnates.During the meal, someone brought up the Saunders Group. “That Serena woman really brought this on herself. She had a good fiance like Mr. Southard, but she threw him away for some pretty-boy toy. “I heard Nathaniel used to be a gigolo at nightclubs. Even his diploma was bought online. “Saunders Group is finished. Those two are being hunted down like rats in the street.”The crowd let out a mix of sighs and

Chapter 8

Even after Serena and Nathaniel got kicked out, they would not let it go.They went around like madmen, spreading lies about me left and right. They said that I had slept my way to the top and that I had stolen Saunders Group’s trade secrets and used them to destroy the company.They even hired unscrupulous media outlets to fabricate stories about me abandoning my faithful fiancee and abusing the elderly. In no time, the internet was flooded with abusive comments. A large number of netizens, who were unaware of the truth, flocked to Sterling Capital’s official social media account and demanded that I quit for good.Some people even sent death threats and condolence cards to the hospital where my father was staying. “Mr. Southard, do you want me to shut this down?” Patrick asked. He was furious at the online slander.“These media outlets are completely out of control. They think they’re above the law!” I waved my hand calmly. “Not yet. Let them have their fun for a few

Chapter 9

Nathaniel did not get far.He took the last bit of money he had embezzled from the company and tried to flee the country on a smuggler’s boat.The boat captain double-crossed him, robbed him of all his money, broke one of his legs, and dumped him on the dock.When the police found him, he was fighting with stray dogs over scraps of food. The smug man who once forced me to apologize to a dog was now living worse than one.When he saw the police, he was so frightened that he wet his pants. He clung to the officer’s leg and begged to confess.He shifted all the blame onto Serena, hoping to reduce his sentence.He claimed that she had ordered him to do everything and that she had used her looks to seduce officials in exchange for project approvals.When Serena heard this from inside her cell, she flew into such a blind rage that she could barely breathe. She swore she would destroy Nathaniel if it was the last thing she did.Their ugly public feud became the talk of Verdant Cit

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