The CEO's Mischievous Little Bride
Chapter 296 Noah Unaware of Vera's Marriage

Noah: [Video call?]

Vera glanced around her surroundings and thought for a moment before refusing: [I'm out; it's inconvenient.]

Noah: [You liar. It's ten at night in Donnicia, and it's cold. Someone like you who hates the cold would never want to go out.]

Vera didn't respond to him.

Noah: [Are you in a relationship?]

Vera: [No!]

After saying that, Vera's heart started to race. She typed in the chat box: [I'm married.]

But before she could send it, Noah's message came through.

Noah: [That's great. If you were in a relationship, I'd come back immediately.]

Vera quickly deleted the message she was about to send.

She held her phone close to her chest.

Vera didn't reply to Noah for a while, and Noah sent another message.

Noah: [Vera, is everything okay at home? Why do I feel like Dad, Mom, and you are all acting strange?]

Vera looked at the chat box and thought, 'Sure. I'm married and haven't told you yet. Do you think that's normal?'

Vera had originally planned to move out with Patrick after getting married. He would live his carefree life, and she would return to her single life. Living in the Linister family home, she and Patrick would not interfere with each other; they would be a couple by name only.

However, fantasies were controllable, while reality was unpredictable.

When Vera first got married, she never imagined she would fall in love with Patrick. She, an outsider, had become a part of the Olteran family.

If things had gone in the normal order-dating first, then marriage she would have definitely told Noah about the wedding.

But her sequence was all messed up. Marriage, arguments, dating, falling in love-it was all too complicated.

She hadn't told Noah initially because she was worried he would come back and oppose the marriage, fighting a losing battle. As a result, she kept it a secret for so long that she didn't know how to bring it up now.

Noah was about to start college abroad, and his grades were excellent. Warren and Brianna didn't want him to give up his overseas studies. At this critical moment, telling him she was married would definitely make him come back. If he knew she was forced into the marriage, he would definitely give up his overseas studies and stay in Zandonick with the family.

After a while, Patrick came back. Vera quickly replied: [I'm going to sleep, goodnight.]

After saying that, Vera put her phone on the nightstand and wrapped herself in the blanket, watching Patrick as he approached.

Patrick walked in, sat on the edge of the bed, and lifted the blanket, looking at her flushed face. "What's wrong? Why is your face so unusually red?"

Vera clutched the blanket tightly around her. "It's too hot in here; I'm flushed from the heat."

Patrick sat on the edge of the bed, lifted the blanket, and got into bed beside Vera. Vera rolled over in the blanket, lying in the spot where Patrick usually slept.

Patrick lay in the spot where she usually slept.

The phone on the nightstand rang.

Since they had just switched places, Patrick was the closest to the phone.

Patrick casually picked up her phone, and Vera immediately sprang up from the blanket, reaching out to grab the phone.

Patrick had only been gone for a while, but he felt like Vera was hiding something from him.

As Vera tried to grab her phone back, Patrick extended his long arm, keeping it out of her reach. "Honey, what are you doing?"

Patrick wrapped one arm around Vera's waist, pulling her onto his chest. With the other hand, he held the phone high, out of her reach.

The phone in the bedroom rang for a while before stopping on its own.

Vera lay on Patrick's chest, pouting and too angry to talk to him.

"Vera, are you up to something behind my back again? Are you afraid to let me know?" Patrick asked.

In a villa abroad, Noah sat quietly by the window. Outside, towering sycamore trees surrounded him. On the table were snacks and specialties that Warren and Brianna had brought him last time. Noah looked at the unanswered number on his phone, pressing the phone to his lips, frowning.

Some of his classmates had said that the Olteran Group and the Linister family had an arranged marriage, and even asked him, "Noah, is your sister's husband the business tycoon Patrick?"

Noah immediately denied it, "No way. My sister isn't married; she doesn't even have a boyfriend. A woman like her will never get married in this lifetime."

His classmates started discussing again, suggesting it might be another Linister family.

Noah also thought it was another Linister family. But the information he found online made him uneasy. Could there be two Linister families in Zandonick?

Noah thought about calling Warren and Brianna, but it seemed too trivial. If Vera were married, she would definitely tell him. Why make a fuss over some online rumors and call his parents to verify?

Besides, Noah knew Vera well. She was average-looking and had an average figure. Besides getting into fights and causing trouble, she wasn't good at anything. She was lazy and not good at studying. She had no other skills; she just played around all day.

Would a business tycoon really fall for her?

In Zandonick, a certain "blind" tycoon began to tease Vera in his arms.

"Honey, if you're going to hug me, why kiss me at the same time?"

Vera couldn't push Patrick away. Her face and neck were covered with Patrick's warm kisses.

Before long, Patrick's body was pressing down on Vera's, loving her beyond words.

Vera was like Patrick's toy doll. He held her possessively, making sure she was filled with his scent and marked by him.

Vera wanted to know more than anyone why Patrick loved her so much, especially late at night.

She only had a few days left before school started. There weren't many days left to sleep in at home.

Whenever they played "games" late into the night, she would definitely sleep in the next morning.

When she woke up for lunch, she found the dining table filled with nourishing foods. "Tom, what's all this about?"

Tom appeared and said, "Early this morning, Mr. Patrick Olteran instructed us to prepare more nourishing foods for you, saying you were losing too much hair."

Vera was speechless for a moment. She hadn't expected Patrick to remember such a small thing from the night before.

A look of both helplessness and happiness appeared on her face.

Molly had been missing Sebastian these past few days and wanted to visit him, but Shawn wouldn't let her.

Shawn said, "Molly, the police station is Sebastian's workplace, not his home. Although Sebastian spoils you and often takes you out, it's best not to go there frequently. It's a workplace, and if you go there, it gets mixed up and unclear." "If someone in his team is unhappy with him and complains to the higher-ups, saying he often brings family members to work, there will be an investigation, and Sebastian won't escape having to write a report and face punishment." Of course, aside from these high-sounding reasons, Shawn also didn't want Molly and Sebastian from the Chase family to be together all the time.

Although they weren't related by blood, they were always holding hands, shopping, eating, and watching movies together, which was inappropriate.