Paranoid CEO, Your Wife Ran Away!

The doctor told me they had found a suitable heart for Benjamin and that organ donations were in short supply, urging me to pay for it.

Hearing those words, I could have burst into tears.

I thought, "Destiny is still kind to us. We've finally waited for it!"

I rushed excitedly towards the registration desk. But before long, I was stupefied when I couldn't get any money from my card.

"It's impossible. Please try again!" I pleaded with the cashier.

"It's really not working."

The people queueing up behind me became agitated. "Step the side and don't hold us up."

"How could this be? How could this be?"

There was a million dollars in this card, which was set aside specifically for Benjamin's medical treatment. I hadn't spent a penny, so how could it not work?

After calming down, I realized the reason in an instant.

Joshua must have tampered with it. He gave me the card, and only he could freeze it.

Exhausted, I rushed to Joshua's company, and Joshua seemed to anticipate that I would come to him without any surprise at all.

"Josh, why can't this card pay?" I got straight to the point.

He sneered, "I just lost interest in you. I don't feel like giving you a penny now."

"Josh, please give me the money! I really need it." I clung to his legs and begged nonstop.

I wanted to scream angrily at him, but I couldn't. He was my only hope now.

Joshua casually leaned back on the sofa, looking down at me condescendingly. He lit a cigarette, and the bluegreen smoke blurred his face.

"That's not the correct way to beg, Beckie," he said indifferently. "You know what to do."

I shook uncontrollably from head to toe.

When I remained silent, he cruelly pulled me to his side. "Just like you did before, strip naked and crawl onto my bed and beg me..."

With the last two words, he bit my ear, and the ambiguous voice was crystal clear to me.

Shame and humiliation washed over me once again.

My name was Rebecca Gissing, and I was an orphan girl.

In the high society circles of Kinzlin City, I was known by another identity: the abandoned adopted daughter of the House couple.

Everyone knew that the most powerful couple in Kinzlin City, Mr. and Mrs. House, adopted an older orphan girl three years ago.

They treated her like their own biological daughter, providing her with a luxurious life of fine clothes and good food.

However, she was not satisfied with simply being an adopted daughter. She tried to seduce the House couple's only son and her nominal brother, Joshua, aiming to become the future mistress of the house.

After being expelled from the House family, she still persistently pestered Joshua. She was a shameless slut and heartless person.

In fact, the rumors were not accurate.

I never wanted to marry Joshua.

From the beginning, all I needed was money, enough for a heart transplant surgery, that was, five hundred thousand dollars.

This sum of money was beyond reach for me, but it was nothing to the House family.

At first, I asked for help in a proper way.

Back then, the one I asked for help was Alice House, my adoptive mother.

Because when she adopted me, she kept telling me to treat her as my biological mother and to come to her for help whenever I needed it, assuring me that she would certainly assist me.

So, when the orphanage director called to tell me that Benjamin's condition had deteriorated and he needed a heart transplant as soon as possible, I did not hesitate to borrow money from Alice.

But before I could even explain why I needed the money, she interrupted me carelessly, "Wild children are always greedy and always want more. With a good life, you start thinking about money right away, asking for five hundred thousand dollars at a stretch. You say you want to borrow it. But do you think you can repay it? Maybe you'll even ask me to arrange a good job for you later on, and then you'll be able to repay the money? You've got quite a plan."

That day, my face turned red, and I wanted to explain, "I'm borrowing money because..."

"Because of what? Do you have any expenses that require five hundred thousand dollars? Don't make excuses! Even if you really have a use for it, I'm under no obligation to give it to you!"

I couldn't understand how the gentle lady who had said she took a liking to me at first sight and wanted to raise me as her most precious daughter at the orphanage could suddenly be so harsh.

She refused to help me, and I knew I had no reason to blame her.

She had money, but it didn't mean she had to help me. However, the fact that I was unable to seek help from Alice left me very desperate.

When I discovered that Joshua was particularly generous to his girlfriends, handing out tens of thousands of dollars in gifts and money at a whim, I was disgustingly tempted.

When he got tired of his previous girlfriend but still gave the girl a milliondollar check as a breakup fee, I could no longer resist the temptation.

I knew I shouldn't have set my sights on him.

The House couple had taken me in and provided for my living and education. It was both shameless and ungrateful of me to intentionally seduce their son and my nominal brother.

But when someone is truly desperate, one forgets all about propriety and morality.

Joshua blew smoke rings in my face, and I was suddenly pulled back into my thoughts.

My hands trembled as I untied the straps of my dress and underwear from my shoulders one by one.

"Whatever you like, I'll do it..."

Joshua's office walls were made of glass.

There were some stripes blocking visibility, but if you looked closely, you could see everything clearly.

He was the president, and ordinary employees dared not loiter near his door. But there was always someone passing by.

Joshua was trying to intimidate me with this.

However, I didn't mind. Because in this circle, I no longer had any reputation or dignity left, and I wasn't afraid of adding another joke.

"Josh, Beckie is ready..."

I uttered a low moan in the voice he loved to hear. One hand pressed against the belt at his waist, and the other grabbed the hem of my dress and pulled it down abruptly.

"You're crazy!"

Joshua quickly turned over and pinned me down on the sofa, his broad shoulders covering me tightly.

His face was livid, his eyes sharp as knives, looking as if he wanted to stab me to death.

"Is that man so important to you? Worth sacrificing yourself for him?!"

Of course, Benjamin was the most important person in my life.

We grew up together since childhood. We were truly childhood sweethearts.

When I was young, I was bullied by the older kids at the orphanage, and every time, it was Benjamin who stood in front of me to protect me.

Whenever there was extra food, Benjamin would pretend he didn't like it and give his share to me.

When I was studying without focus, he would shake his head in helplessness while helping me review.

In the winter of my fourteenth year, I mischievously went iceskating on the river but accidentally fell into the water. Without hesitation, he grabbed my hand and struggled to pull me out.

Without him, perhaps I wouldn't be in this world today.

Ben gave me peace and happiness throughout my childhood.

He was such a good man, but fate did not treat him kindly by giving him a healthy body.

He was born with congenital heart disease and was abandoned.

If there were any hope to save him, I would do anything, even sacrifice my dignity, to make it happen.

Seeing that I didn't respond, Joshua scolded angrily, "Shameless!"

I was somewhat confused. "Do you know me yesterday?"

People thought that Joshua fell for me and let me keep him company for half a year, which was longer than any of his previous girlfriends.

In fact, Joshua never truly fell for me. I found that out when the first time I tried to seduce him.

That day, when I came to his bedroom to confess my love to him late at night in thin clothes, Joshua's eyes showed no desire but only something like knowing mockery.

For a moment, I felt so ashamed that I could hardly lift my head.

I forgot although he was fickle, the women he usually kept company with were extraordinary beauties. How could he possibly have any interest in me, such an ordinary and uninteresting person?

Just when I could no longer bear his gaze and was about to turn and flee, Joshua grabbed my hand.

"Alright, since you say you like me, then stay by my side. Come on, let me see what skills you have."

At that time, I was really confused. He knew that I had my purpose and that I was mediocre, yet he agreed to it.

Later, I realized that for Joshua, there were too many women who were deliberately trying to get close to him.

Each of them was exceptional in appearance, skilled, and wellcontrolled. Although they were also there for his money, they were tactful and precise in their words, making him willingly spend the money.

I was the exception. I didn't know any skills, I wasn't outstanding in appearance, and my acting was poor, yet I still dared to imitate those women boldly.

This amused him greatly.

He enjoyed occasionally tearing apart my lies during our interactions and verbally humiliating me, then watching me clumsily cover up my true self, trying desperately to act more genuinely about loving him.

These seemed to be an extremely special pastime in his lavish and boring life.

So I precisely found my role: a 'foolish gold digger who thinks she can succeed even though she has been seen through'. I would play this role for his amusement and entertainment.

Therefore, he knew from the beginning that I was insincere and only after his money. So I couldn't understand why he was behaving as if I had deceived his feelings now.

After much thought, there could only be one reason.

About half a month ago, Joshua got tired of the game of 'teasing and humiliating me when I said I loved him.'

He wanted something new.

He began to show affection towards me.

He knew I wanted money and generously gave it to me.

That one million savings card was given to me at that time.

Before this, he was very stingy with me, far less generous than he had been with his previous girlfriends.

Others could please him with just a few coquettish and flattery words, and he would give them tens of thousands for pocket money.

I tried my best to please and entertain him, but all I could get was ten or twenty thousand, along with his poor evaluation. "You're only worth this measly price."

After he started playing new games, besides the one million, he also bought me mountains of luxury goods: brandname clothes, shoes, bags, makeup...

By then, I had received enough money to pay for the surgery, so I had no more desires and told him I didn't need all these things.

But he said girls liked these things, and if I didn't need them, I could just put them at home as decorations.

When I was sick, he would personally cook for me and hold me tightly in his arms when he gave me medicine.

In bed, he was also much kinder. When I was particularly exhausted, he didn't force me anymore but just held me and slept together.

I almost thought he had really fallen for me.

Even his best friend doubted it.

He laughed heartily in response to his friend. "Do you think I'm stupid? I'm tired of playing that game of openly making things difficult for her. I want to reverse the situation and confuse her, make her think I've really fallen for her. Then, when she's overconfident and arrogant, I'll abandon her mercilessly. How does that sound? It's more interesting, right?"

His friend laughed, "You sure are nasty."

Hearing those words, I didn't feel disappointed at all but relieved instead.

Anyway, it was all a joke to me, and compared to Joshua's previous disdain and trouble, the current act was much better for me because he was willing to give me a lot of money now.

Not wanting to disappoint him, I played the part of being hooked very seriously. In private, I constantly practiced my reactions when I was abandoned, hoping to perform the heartbreaking and unbearable feelings to the extreme when the time came, to his satisfaction.

But then, he discovered Benjamin. He probably realized that his charm had never hooked me, so he was especially furious.

"I've always been a shameless girl. You can punish me however you want." I squeezed my arms together, trying to make my slender figure look fuller. "As long as you..."

"As long as you give me money to save Benjamin, you could humiliate me, hit me, or even kill me," I wanted to say.

Joshua's laughter interrupted my words.

His cold gaze swept up and down me, and he let out a cynical smile. "You're just a piece of trash I'm tired of. What makes you think you're worth anything?"