C5 Mrs. Lee on the Marriage Certificate

"Turn around." Bright’s eyes fell on Rose’s stiff back.

Rose frowned and didn’t move. She was still struggling if she would face him.

"Ms. Linder, Mr. Lee, is calling you." The reception assistant reminded Rose.

Rose knew in her heart that it’s over. She then slowly turned around and faced Bright, but her head was still lowered.

She felt guilty, really guilty. She felt that both her legs were going limp.

"Raise your head." Bright stared at Rose carefully. His voice was gentle but carried a tone that felt like you couldn’t refuse.

Rose finally forced herself to raise her head, but she didn’t directly glance at Bright.

As long as she didn’t look at his pair of charming eyes directly, she would be fine.

Rose had an innocent face. Her eyes were bright like autumn, her lips were like cherry blossoms, and her beautiful black hair was tied into a ponytail. She looked like she was experienced and well-mannered.

She wore a female black suit jacket that looks like it was tailored for her body. Her pencil pants made her legs look long, paired with her white heels. This woman exuded an elegant and restrained temperament from head to toe.

"Mr. Lee, what's the matter?" Rose tried her best to relax and acted naturally.

"Who are you?" Bright narrowed his eyes on her.

When he brushed past her earlier, he felt a familiar aura coming from her body.

"My name is Rose Linder, and I'm the designer of the design department of Brilliant Group in City Y. I’m here today to discuss the design of the theater with President Han of Distance Group." Rose calmly introduced herself and the purpose of this trip.

"Rose Linder..." A trace of playfulness flashed in Bright’s dark eyes as he carefully savored her name.

Rose, on the other hand, felt a trace of heat rise on her face because of the way he mentioned her name. Her heart was shaking uncontrollably.

She took deep breaths and in her heart she hoped that Bright wouldn’t recognize her.

Five years ago, the lights were dim that night. In addition to Bright’s action which was due to the effects of the medicine, she could not see clearly.

Moreover, she had put on a heavy makeup, which was incomparably bewitching. He wouldn’t put her, who had a very strong smell of perfume five years ago, in the same category as this capable and experienced female at work, right?

"Ms. Linder, have we met before?" Bright had already silently sized Rose up.

Rose was shocked and a trace of panic flashed across her eyes.

"Mr. Lee, I have always lived in City Y. This is my first time coming to City J. Besides, how could a big shot like Mr. Lee met an ordinary person like me before? You must have mistaken me for someone else." Rose buried her face and smiled sweetly.

"Is that so?" Bright raised his eyebrows slightly, "It seems that I made a mistake."

Rose stood still and felt extremely uneasy. She just wanted to end this as soon as possible.

"If Mr. Lee has no more questions, we’ll proceed to the meeting."

"Ms. Linder, I look forward to the cooperation between the two parties." Bright’s thin lips curled into a calculative smile, which made his handsome face look even more eye-catching.

Rose was a little shaken but she quickly calmed down. "Then Mr. Lee, we'll be in your care."

When Bright turned around and walked away, Rose finally relaxed. She couldn’t help but reach out and adjusted the front of her shirt. Her back was already covered in cold sweat.

The two short minutes of conversation with Bright made it seemed that she had gone through a thousand battle. She was physically and mentally tired.

Bright withdrew his eyes from Rose’s back, and Theodore’s teasing voice came from his side, "Bright, you like Ms. Linder, right?”

Back when they were still in school and until now, he had never seen his good friend Bright’s gaze stay on a woman for more than three seconds. So there’s something going on here.

Bright’s gaze only swept across Theodore’s curious face and dismissed his thoughts, "You think too much."

“...” Theodore was speechless.

Bright walked past Theodore and went back to the CEO's office. He sat behind the huge sandalwood desk.

He opened the bottom drawer on the right of his desk and took out two marriage certificates.

These two marriage certificates had been in his office for more than two years already. He only looked at them two years ago and had never seen them again.

Now, they still looked as brand new as the one he had received three years ago. They were as bright as yesterday.

Bright opened one of the marriage certificates. On it, the witness column read, Rose Linder and the spouse column says, Bright Lee.

The woman in the photo had a simple ponytail. She had an innocent and fresh face. The simple white shirt looked elegant, but it could not hide her outstanding temperament.

The man beside her was also wearing a white shirt. His handsome face was indifferent, he looked very different from the woman.

Indeed, this wedding photo had been photoshopped.

He didn't even show up to collect the marriage certificate. It was all done by his friends.

Previously, he had a car accident so his leg was injured. He needed to stay in the hospital, but getting the certificate was necessary, so he asked his friend to help notarize the video.

Rose Linder, so you are the Mrs. Lee that I have never met before.

Bright picked up his phone and dialed a number. "Christian, guess who I saw today?"

Christian Gasper, who was his good friend, was stunned. "Who? The daughter of the Jin family who came back from studying abroad? Did she came to pester you again?"

"No, it's Mrs. Lee." Bright leaned against the chair and pressed one hand on the edge of the table, but his eyes didn’t leave the marriage certificate.

"..." Christian was stunned for a second, and suddenly realized, "Bright, if you didn't mention her, I would have forgotten about it. Did she find you? That's impossible, she didn't know that you two were married. She also seems to be a nice person, otherwise, I wouldn't have helped you back then."

Bright's step-mother had been making frequent moves in recent years because she had gained a firm foothold in the Lee family. In order to get some shares, Bright would have to get married, but he certainly wouldn't marry the daughter of his father's stepmother. Therefore, he had been secretly looking for suitable candidates.

He didn't expect Christian to introduce Rose, who had fallen into desperation at that time.

She needed money, and Bright needed a contracted wife. The contract would only last up to three years, and after that, she could be free. The only requirement was to follow the conditions in the contract and be like strangers.

Everything went according to his plan. All the procedures were handled by Christian, so Bright only knew the name and photo of this nominal wife.

"She is the designer of Brilliant Group, and she is here to talk about work today." Bright didn't expect to meet his nominal wife in his company.

"How does it feel to have your own wife talk to you about work?" Christian smiled and teased Bright.

"It's not really my place to welcome her personally." Bright was full of pride.

"Well that's true. Anyway, there's still two more months until the contract expires. It's better not to have any unnecessary entanglement before the divorce." Christian thought it was better to avoid unnecessary troubles.

"Yes." Bright then hung up the phone.

Rose Linder...

Mrs. Lee...