Mr. Charles's Hidden Wife

"Think about it. Who do you think I was doing all of this for?" Henson probed.

He then lifted a finger to poke Wendy in the forehead. "If I'd taken her to a quiet place to talk things out with her in private, then people would immediately lose their heads from sheer jealousy. Also, I'm a straightforward man, so if I were to reject someone's advances towards me, I'd want to do it out in the open, where everyone could see. By rejecting her in front of my woman, I was just trying to be loyal to you. So, I'd argue that YOU should take responsibility for the matter, not me," he ranted.

His rant only left her flabbergasted and speechless.

He was a man who'd go so far as to manipulate reality with his words

and twist the truth so blatantly.

She'd truly seen it all today.

"If every capitalist in this world were like you, the world would be f*cked by now," she declared and shook her head. "Also, stop making me sound like I'm some kind of jealous wench. I'm not as bad as you make me out to be," 

sure you

of yours. I'm not one to get jealous so easily over such a little thing. If you were actually a man who's easily wooed after being confessed to a few times, you'd definitely be married by now. After all, there are a

saying that their confessions won't get to me, but I'm sure yours can, so why don't you give it a try?

that. "Of all topics to talk about, you're back at this again," she

because I can't figure out for the life of me why I can't make you mine," he

her lips and stared at

he couldn't make her his,

other hand, started to wonder if her heart was gradually spinning out of

talk for the day," she announced and tried to hop out of

pulled her back and refused to let her get away from him. "Stay

let me fetch a book to read first. You can't possibly suggest that we stare at one another the