Falling For My Mysterious Wife

Chapter 389

Jalen did not know how to answer her when he heard what Elaina asked.

There wasn’t a lot to do in the Halton Group, and it was not because he was too busy to see Elaina, but because of Steven.

Steven sent his men to keep an eye on Jalen. As long as Jalen came to Elaina, Steven would know. At that time, Steven might have done something to Elaina.

Jalen had to be alert, so he did not dare to come to Elaina.

But he was not idle either. He was busy buying the directors. As long as Jalen had them on his side and kicked Steven out of his position, he would have nothing to worry about anymore.

It was not easy.

Those old men always supported Steven. After all, many of them were promoted by Steven, not to mention that they were already dissatisfied with Jalen and his reforms in recent years. How could they possibly support Jalen at this moment?

Jalen did not intend to let Elaina know about all these things. First, he did not want her to worry about him. Second, he did not want her to know the existence of Steven, in case she would be unhappy.

“What? Why don’t you say something?” The smile on Elaina’s face faded a little.

Jalen did not know what to say, which explained why he remained silent.

In other words, he was not busy with anything.

Jalen came back to his senses and noticed that Elaina was unhappy. He explained, “Just some business affairs in the company. I have been dealing with some errands recently.”

“Is that so? What errands? Tell me. Maybe I can give you some advice.” Her aggressiveness made Jalen frown.

Elaina was not the kind of person who wanted to get to the bottom of everything. Jalen looked at her and said slowly, “Do you think I’m lying to you?”

With a ding, the elevator reached the first floor and the door opened. The two of them walked out side by side, and the atmosphere became particularly tense.

Lying?

Elaina did not know.

“Ella, I’ve been really busy recently. Don’t overthink, okay?” Jalen had to compromise since it was his fault.

Elaina sighed and sat down on a bench. “Then tell me, are you being honest with me from beginning to end?”

Jalen paused. He noticed Elaina’s serious tone and was a little puzzled. “Of course. If I really lie to you, I must have a reason.”

For example, he had lied to Elaina that he was busy right now, but in fact, he was trying his best to protect her from Steven.

Jalen felt that this reason should be acceptable.

Hearing him say that, Elaina didn’t know how to describe what she felt. Anyway, she didn’t feel good.

Elaina sighed. She just thought that it was time to make everything clear. Otherwise, she would feel like a huge weight in her chest and she would be worried forever.

“Then…” She turned to look at Jalen. “What about Ethel?”

Hearing Ethel’s name, Jalen froze, his eyes full of disbelief, and then anger. Elaina also saw the change in the look on his face.

“Who told you that?” His gloomy face made Elaina feel like he had become a stranger.

“It’s not the point. The point is, am I her substitute for you?” Elaina did not beat around the bush and asked directly. Content © copyrighted by NôvelDrama.Org.

“Substitute?” Jalen frowned and looked even more displeased. “Nonsense, you are you. What does it have to do with her?”

“Really? Then why do we look so alike?” It couldn’t be a coincidence, right? It couldn’t be that Jalen just. happened to have a thing for women who looked like her.