President’s Sweet Wife

No matter which one he chose, he would lose the opportunity to keep mooching off Laura.

Hence, if Diego had the choice, he would pick neither of the options.

He would prefer to keep things as they were now and mooch money off Laura once in a while, which would benefit him the most. But those people took a hard line on him. They told him that if he refused to help them, they would perhaps kill him right on the spot.

Those gangsters all had strong backers. Diego couldn't afford to mess with them, so he could only do as he was told.

But he was swayed at once when Laura told him she had a ton of jewels and antiques at her place this afternoon in the factory.

He began to wonder how great it would be if all the money was his.

Those people picked on him and pestered him to pay back their money. Broke and powerless, Diego didn't dare to defy them before.

But who else would he fear once he had such a large sum?

He could take the money and flee to another country. So what if the others found out he murdered those people? They couldn't track him down anyway. Plus, Diego knew those jewels were worth much more than five million dollars.

That was why he dared to make such a risky move.

Money could drive people mad, not to mention that Diego was a fanatical money-grabber.

After the money and the valuables were in his bag, he would, of course, kill Laura as well.

Then, he would go to another country by stealth. After that, he would be completely free!

As Diego thought of this, a tinge of madness could be seen in his eyes.

He was fully aware that what he was doing was highly risky.

It was even likely to ruin all the plans he had hatched before.

But he couldn't pull back now.

Without the money, he wouldn't be able to escape to a foreign country even if he killed Laura.

In that case, he would also be killed. He certainly didn't want to die.

So he had to take the chances!

Diego had lost so much money because he was a gambling addict. In this circumstance, he naturally would like to continue to make a bet other than giving up. So he approved of Laura's suggestion.

He picked up Laura's phone but didn't hand it to her. Instead, he made her unlock the screen while holding it in his hand.

He asked, "What's your boyfriend's caller ID?"

Laura thought for a moment and said, "The Wayward Dog."

Diego was puzzled.

"What the hell?"

""What dog?"

Laura smiled awkwardly and said, "You know, it's a term of endearment."

Diego felt rather speechless.

Laura was self-conscious. Max often picked on her before. She wanted to call him names but didn't dare to do it in his face.

Thus, she changed his caller ID on her phone into "the wayward dog".

That was her private way to vent out her anger.

Diego found Max's number in the contact list, made the call, and handed the phone to Laura.

Max had been waiting for updates from his people. But somehow, Diego was nowhere to be found as if he had vanished from the world. Irritated, Max was even more certain that Diego had something to do with this.

Just when he was waiting anxiously, his phone rang.

At first, he thought the people he sent out had finally found out something. He hastily picked up the phone but trembled with shock. The phone screen showed that it was Laura calling.

He hurriedly answered the call.

""Laura!!!"

"BABY!"

Max was interrupted before he could say anything more.

Laura's voice sounded quite cheerful as if she was not in danger.

She was even smiling, and she continued, "Honey, I just got home from work, but I can't remember the password of the door. Can you tell me the password again?" Max knitted his brows.

Laura's little apartment didn't have a coded lock.

Besides, since Laura disappeared, Max had stationed his people there. If Laura came home, he would definitely be informed.

Hence...

After a brief moment of silence, Max said, "How could you forget the password again? I already told you to memorize it the last time you forgot it."

While speaking, he gesticulated to his men to start the car.

On the other end of the line, Laura's affected sweet voice pleaded, "I've been busy these days. Could you forgive me and just tell me one more time?"

Max sighed with resignation and said, "Fine. 845963. Got that?"

Laura chuckled at once. "Yep. Love you, boo boo."

Then, she hung up without further ado.

Diego entered the password immediately. Surely, the door swung open.

He quickly grabbed Laura and went in with her.

On the other side....

In Max's car, Jim heard their whole conversation. With a gloom face, he asked, "Mr. Nixon, why did Miss Davies..."

Max's face turned stony the moment he hung up. He ordered, "Go to Orchid Villa NOW. Quick! Get there in five minutes!"

That gave Jim a jolt. He said, "Yes, sir."

The car dashed off for Orchid Villa like an arrow.

At the same time in the villa...

Diego tied Laura up again right after they entered the house.

To prevent her from moving when he was not looking, Diego tied her to the end of the bed and gagged her with a piece of cloth. So she wouldn't be able to yell and attract attention when he went off to look for the valuables in other rooms. Laura had no choice but to let Diego tie her up. She had done everything she could. Now, whether she could live or not solely depended on if Max could rush here in time.

Diego soon found the check worth five million in the purse Laura told him about. Then, he went to the storeroom and found the jewels and antiques that she had mentioned before.

The truth was, Laura knew that there were so many valuables because she stumbled on them when she was here last time.

Max said that this was a villa he prepared for her and her mother to live in. Who was Max?

A rich young man famous for his extravagant way of spending.

Since he had ascertained that Laura was his significant another half, he surely wouldn't begrudge spending money for her. Thus, even though Laura had not moved in, Max had bought many famous brand jewels for her and put them in the villa.

He also bought antiques because he knew that Laura's mother loved ancient paintings and the like.

But later, her family fortune suffered a fall. During those years of hard life, she rarely had the chance to appreciate antiques closely. Still, she liked art and could discern if an artwork is a masterpiece.

As Max truly wanted to spend the rest of his life with Laura, he would definitely try to please his mother-in-law.

So he paid good money to purchase a large batch of precious antiques, including some jade products and nice paintings.

The set of jade accessories he gave Laura's mother as a gift was also highly valuable.

Those jewels and antiques were all in the storeroom. Laura already knew that when she was here last time.

Diego ferreted out all the precious objects. At the sight of the bulging bag full of valuables, his eyes shone with avidity.0000000