Chapter 12 Iris Is a Perfect Wife for Kolton
“Who cares?”
Cecilia picked up her bathrobe and put it on with a blush.
She glared at Kolton like he was an enemy.
He had sex with Iris in his lounge last night. Cecilia wondered how he had the nerve to try to sleep with her now.
Cecilia couldn’t understand him. Since he had feelings for Iris, why hadn’t he divorced her and married Iris?
Was it because he liked being a two–timer?
Many possibilities spring to Cecilia’s mind. But no matter which one was the truth, she couldn’t accept the idea of sleeping with him.
Veins bulged on Kolton’s neck and shoulders, which brought out his sexiness. He caged her with his hands pressed against the wall, like a lion that would go ballistic anytime.
If Cecilia messed with him again, he would eat her alive.
“Kolton; are you trying to sleep with me because you don’t want to divorce me?” Cecilia asked in a shaky voice, feeling nervous.
She didn’t know why she would ask that.
Maybe it was because she wanted him to sneer at her and leave her alone.
But for some reason, she was expecting him to admit that he didn’t want
to divorce her.
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If only he could tell her that it was a moment of weakness and that he would cut all ties with Iris and spend the rest of his life with her.
“Are they related?” Veins bulged on the backs of Kolton’s hands, and his fingertips whitened.
Cecilia answered with no hesitation. “Yes.”
The desire in Kolton’s eyes faded away. “Cecilia, don’t go too far.”
He had never seen her play any tricks over the past 2 years of their marriage.
It was the first time today.
It was obvious that she was playing hard to get.
He had needs, but he could suppress them.
He decided to make her regret it, so he left.
The bedroom door was opened, and fresh air swept in, stopping the
amorous moment.
Cecilia felt life in her again, breathing deeply.
She had mixed feelings except for happiness about the forthcoming
divorce.
It was late at night, but Kolton still drove away.
In the dark, the roar of his Maybach echoed through the mountain.
Cecilia put on her pajamas and went to bed, but she couldn’t fall asleep.
Her phone chimed, so she picked it up and took a look.
It was a photo sent by the strange number showing that Kolton and Iris
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were eating in a fancy restaurant.
He was dashing, and she seemed delighted. They looked like a sweet golden couple.
There was a timestamp in the bottom right corner of the photo showing 6 pm today, which was before Kolton came back to the house.
Cecilia stared at his calm profile.
She had never seen him so gentle and graceful.
She wrapped her knees with her arms on the bed and didn’t sleep a wink that night.
Early in the morning, Cecilia left before Kianna woke up.
Otherwise, Kianna would ask her why Kolton left at midnight.
Kianna wouldn’t believe it was because he had work to do, so Cecilia
chose to avoid Kianna.
Cecilia called a taxi online. About 2 hours later, she finally got back to Veronica’s place.
She changed her shoes and walked in. But soon, she stopped abruptly.
There was no TV in the living room. The projector was across from a gray
wall.
A photo of Kolton and Iris was in the center of the wall.
Veronica was hunching over the desk, sleepy. Seeing Cecilia, she stood up right away and pulled Cecilia to sit on the sofa.
“You finally came back. I made an elaborate plan to catch him in the act of cheating with his mistress.”
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Pop–eyed, Cecilia stared at Veronica. “What…plan?”
“Hear me out.”
Veronica pointed at Iris‘ photo. “I saw her yesterday. I knew she wasn’t innocent when I first laid eyes on her, so I looked into her last night. And I found something.”
Cecilia gazed at Iris‘ photo.
She was very curious about Iris‘ background.
“Do you know that the Thompson family has been sponsoring college students in poverty?” Veronica asked.
Cecilia nodded and then shook her head. “I know they’ve been doing charity. But I don’t know about the details.”
She only paid attention to business news about designing when she was a college student.
After she married Kolton, she shifted her focus to him. She had seen some news reports about him doing charity but had not read them.
“Iris was smart, so the welfare home looked for a sponsor for her. She was lucky that Kolton picked her when he was 7.”
Veronica thought about the news about Iris and couldn’t help casting a worried look at Cecilia.
“He used his allowances to pay for her education in Sevarin’s best schools until she graduated from college and got into NimbusCore Group,” Veronica said concisely.
Cecilia’s face grew paler as she heard that.
Veronica tossed the files to Cecilia.” You can look by yourself.”
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Kolton was Kianna’s only grandchild, so she gave him 150,000 dollars
every year.
She intended to let him grasp the basic concept of money and know that money was a good thing.
But Braden thought that Kolton was too young and would not use the money well since he got it too easily.
Thus, Braden took Kolton to the welfare home to sponsor others with his
allowances.
Besides Iris, Kolton also sponsored her sister Ashley Velasquez, because Iris refused to leave Ashley.
Ashley was not as smart as Iris, so Braden didn’t agree that Kolton sponsored both of them.
But Kolton took them away against Braden’s will.
Kolton paid for their education from primary school to college with 150,000 dollars every year.
However, since their schools were the top ones, the money wasn’t enough
later.
Therefore, Kolton borrowed money from Kianna to continue sponsoring Iris and Ashley and owed Kianna 1.3 million dollars.
Cecilia remembered that Kianna had mentioned the 1.3 million dollars. But Cecilia didn’t expect it was real and that it was because of Iris.
Iris got into NimbusCore Group after graduation, while Ashley got into ICU after graduation because of congenital heart disease and almost died.
Then, Kolton paid for Ashley to go abroad for her health and look for a heart.
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“Iris is a perfect wife for Kolton. She listened to him and made everything he had planned for her.”
Veronica had to admit that Iris was a badass who she couldn’t hold a
candle to.
“But Cecilia, you can surpass her. She’s only a VP. You’ll definitely become a famous designer.”
Cecilia stiffened against the pain in her chest, thinking, “Since Kolton groomed Iris himself, he must be satisfied with her and in step with her.
“Did they get together a long time ago?
“Then why would he have married me?”
“There’s one more thing I want to tell you about,” Veronica said with hesitation. “I found inside information that after Iris graduated from college, the Thompson family wanted to send her abroad, but Kolton insisted on letting her stay. I figure they were already a thing at that time. He knew that his family wouldn’t allow him to marry Iris, so he married you as a cover for their relationship.
“Have you thought about not divorcing? You are his wife. You get to live a fancy life. The Thompson family’s property will be yours one day. Meanwhile, Iris will stay a mistress forever.” Veronica was serious. “Many married couples in the Business Community don’t love each other.”
The Thompson family’s property was very tempting.
