From Mockery To Makeover: The Ugly Wife Who Redefined Beauty

why are you screaming like that

st Elijah's throat as she shot

hillip s

annoyance. He couldn't ev

ted, she suddenly felt a st

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s Eli

the right moment. In an instant, he overpowered her, snatched the knife from

playing dirty!"

plump, she was no ma

picion, eyes narrowing

the plump woman before him, he showed no kindness and ridiculed he

e knife to Phillip to end the rid

g again, acting all pathetic. "Elijah, you're so hear

attending today's bidding meeting had been squeezed into his already packed schedule. He had no

ng. His face had gone pale and hard, his eyes sharp and threaten

s harsh breath on her skin. His body was tens

d red, and the boldness she had shown earlier melted away, leaving her

ing to do to me now? I'm not afraid of you! What

e patience had already reached its limit. He looked like a volcano, ready

at once, visi

ported drug had been able to control. Yet this woman's natural scent worked b

ring over her once more. His voice was low and command

re, he ordered the biddin

y at Phillip, who im

d by security guards, escorted

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the street, but to her surprise, Phillip bro

later, Elij

e conference table. Facing her-bound tightly with rope and visibly uncomfortab

t the silent order immediately. Back in the chaos,

ied her ropes, revealing d

Adeline blurted out, already brimming with excitement, "Mr. Lewis, I knew you had sha

violently and even splashing some onto Elijah

ut a handkerchief and bent

lip through and added, "Was that really necessary? Well, yo

ore. He exhaled and fi

ne's shoulders tremble, fo

e on your games. Tell me s

hat he was: a young, self-made CEO who had buil

eally im

m eyes, and the authority in every gesture he mad

ght here unless you knew I wanted som

entions. He was only testing her and trying to figur

hard and darted a

d flatly, "He's my man. There's no need

for approaching you this way today. I know that although our families are of similar status, we've never been close. My reputation is te

ulled a rolled-up docu

e had been hiding it c

name I have left, not for myself, but for the futur

futu

roup and the

Elijah raised a b

diculous joke. "The Wright Group and the Lewis Group have always stayed ou