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

Chapter 89 Luke's Phone Call

The Shaws.

Luke stopped his car in a secluded spot. He waited for a long while, yet no one came out or went into the mansion.

His finger hovered above the keyboard of his phone as he fell into pensive rumination.

He had promised that he would not contact Susan anymore. No matter how much both of them loved each other, it was ruined the moment his dad passed away. And now, both he and Susan had their own families.

He knew he should not make the call, but when the thought of Susan bearing those vicious rumors alone, he could not place down his phone.

After he spent another moment in contemplation, his fingers began to move. Although he had deleted Susan's phone number, it was something that couldn't be forgotten.

From the moment he regained his memory, everything about Susan was so familiar and difficult t o forget.

The call connected and his heart spurred into a flurry. He did not know whether Susan had already changed her phone number or not.

Holding the mouse, Susan was working on her design draft. Suddenly, her phone rang, prompting her to shift her eyes away from her computer to her phone, and then she froze.

The phone number belonged to Luke.

Ever since he lost his memory, he had not called her anymore, so what made him call her today?

Susan hesitated for a moment, but she still answered the call in the end.

There was no sound from the other side of the phone.

Susan pressed her lips tight and did not speak as well. After all, she had no idea what she should talk about.

After a long while, Luke opened his mouth and shattered the impasse. "Are you okay, Susie?”

It was just a normal greeting, yet it did not hinder Susan from detecting the apparent trembling in his voice.

Susan felt a strange feeling rising up from her heart. She pitched her voice low and answered the question, " Yeah, I’m fine."

"Susie, I already know about the post." Luke said, "It's my mom and Charlotte's fault this time. I apologize to you for them."

Susan shook her head. "It's okay."

She had unutterable guilt for the Jenkins. After all, the death of Richard Jenkins was related to her. As such, she did not feel strange even if Madam Jenkins and Charlotte hated her or even tried to make things hard for her.

"Don't worry. That person will come out and help you clear your name," Luke said.

"Luke..." Susan was stunned. It appeared to her that Luke must have done something behind the scenes, or else he would not say something like this.

She bit her lips. She did not understand why Luke still wanted to help her when she was the one who caused his father’s death.

Susan fell silent, and Luke seemed to understand the reason behind her silence. His voice was a little hoarse when he spoke again, "Susie, even if we can’t b e together anymore, protecting you and making you happy is the most important thing in my life." 1

Susan's heart skipped a beat. There was too much love in Luke's words.

She pressed her lips thin and said in an undertone," Thank you, Luke. But you have a wife. You should take care of your wife, not me."

After a long while, Luke replied, his voice was thick with pain, "I know."

Susan dared not to talk to him for too long, so she hastily said, "Anyway, I appreciate your help, Luke."

Then, she hung up the call.

There were too many things between her and Luke.

Since the hand of fate had pushed them apart, it was better if they refrained from seeing each other.

After Susan hung up the phone, Julian entered.

"What are you doing here?" Susan asked.

"Why? I'm not welcome here?” Julian retaliated, lifting one of his eyebrows.

He had no idea why but Susan seemed to be particularly talented in infuriating him.

"Nope, I'm just asking," Susan hastily explained for herself.

'Nope? So she really doesn't want me here?’

Julian stared at Susan for a long while as he kept telling himself that if he wanted to live a longer life, h e must not lower himself down to the same level as her.

Pulling his face, he walked towards Susan and instructed, "Open Ancient Fox right now."

"Okay," Susan assented.

Ancient Fox could be accessed since last night. However, she was not interested in gossip, so she rarely logged into the platform.

When she opened up Ancient Fox, the first thing that rammed into her vision was the top post. Then, she froze.

The person who posted it was the owner of the previous post. The content of the post turned out to be the apology. Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

The owner stated that she had already deeply reflected on her own actions. In the post, she also said that she was Susan’s junior, and the reason she published the post was because she was jealous of Susan. Then, after several days, she started to realize how wrong she was and she felt she had to do something to clear Susan's name. The junior even used her own name when she was apologizing, so it made the entire post even more believable.

Those people fired up with justice indignation and scolded Susan felt angry after they realized they had been deceived. Some scolded the girl under the post, while others apologized to Susan.

There were also some people who advised other people to give the girl another chance. No matter what, the influence of the rumor began to fade away a s the post appeared.

"This is so fast!" Susan mumbled. No sooner had she hung up the phone than the post went online. Luke was truly quick in action.

"Fast?” Julian glanced at Susan, "You knew that the person was going to publish this post?"

Susan hesitated for a moment and then nodded.

A smile hopped onto the corner of Julian's lips.

'Well, at least she knew that I’d do something about it.’ "What makes you think so?" Julian asked, offering her

a grin.

"You really want to know?" Susan was a little hesitant. She had no idea whether or not she should tell him about Luke's phone call just now.

"Yes," Julian looked at her, his smile deepening with every second. He decided to give Susan the chance to show gratitude to him.

Biting her lips, Susan then said lowly, "It's Luke."

She felt that she should not hide it from Julian. After all, there was nothing between her and Luke.

Suddenly, Julian's smile froze.

"Luke Jenkins?" Julian said through gritted teeth.

"Yeah," Susan nodded. Then, she continued, "He called me just now and he said that he’d settle it. Then, the post went online.”

Julian continued glaring at Susan. He pulled an all-nighter last night just to meet the owner of the post. H e coerced and bribed the girl so that she would publish the post and clear Susan of those claims. He did so much and all the credit went to Luke? 1

Susan was dumbfounded when she saw Julian's face turn dark in an instant. She asked, "What's wrong?"

"N-O-T-H-I-N-G," Julian said coldly. 2

He was not going to tell her that he was the one who made the girl apologize to her. After all, he was not a kid anymore. He did not need to be praised by her.