The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife
Chapter 367 I Would Rather Die

"Mr. Shaw, Susan wants to see you," Rainn whispered into Joseph's ear.

"Susan wants to see me?" Joseph pondered it for a while before saying, "Alright. Let's go meet her."

"Charlotte wants to see you as well. She even said that all of us are leeching off her family's money, so we have to listen to her orders," Rainn reported, his voice laced thick with sarcasm. "Something must have gone wrong with her head again," Joseph sneered. "Find someone to teach her a lesson. If she still behaves like that, cut off her tongue." 1

"Yes, Boss." Rainn did not have a good impression of Charlotte at all. He turned around and gave the order.

Susan and Serenity were waiting in their room. Then, the door suddenly opened.

Leaning against the door, Joseph looked expressionlessly at Susan and asked, "I heard you were looking for me?"

Susan tried to study Joseph's expression, but to no avail. She thus gritted her teeth and snarled out, "Tell me, Joseph. What have you asked Julian to do for you?"

"I'm pretty sure you won't want to know that." A sinister grin appeared at the corner of Joseph's lips.

"Just tell me." Susan tightened her hands into fists.

The bad hunch in her heart was getting stronger and stronger.

Joseph threw a knowing glance at Susan and then said, "Well, since you want to know about it so bad, I suppose I should tell you. Alright, listen carefully. I told Julian to kill George Wright and Oliver Wright if h e wants you to live."

"What?" Susan and Serenity jumped up at the same time.

"Are you out of your mind, Joseph Shaw?" Serenity was so angry that she sent a kick Joseph's way.

Joseph evaded her kick effortlessly. Then, he grabbed her long leg and pushed her up against the wall. "It's important to know your own limits. Please don't show your poor martial art skills in front of me. It'll only make you seem even more pathetic."

"Let go of Serenity!" Susan dashed forward and tried to pry Joseph's hand open.

Joseph looked at Susan and then pulled away his hand. "Don't worry. I'm a man of my word. Since I've promised Julian not to hurt you, I won't do anything to you two."

Susan was helping Serenity stand up. When she heard Joseph's words, she jerked her head up to look at Joseph, her eyes widening in shock. "What do you mean you've promised Julian? Could Julian have..."

Had Julian agreed to Joseph's condition?

No, this was not possible.

Marshal Wright and Oliver were her family, but even if they were not, Susan could not have brought herself to use the lives of innocent people in exchange for their lives.

If Julian really had done it, even if she was saved in the end, she would not have the courage to live in this world anymore.

"You're lying. There is no way Julian would agree to something like this," Serenity said. Although she looked calm on the surface, her shaking body had already betrayed her.

"Of course he agreed to my condition." Joseph seemed to enjoy seeing them panic very much. A wide grin appeared on his face as he said, "Actually, Julian said no to me, but after I showed him the video of you two, he finished making all the arrangements in one hour."

Then, Joseph turned to look at Susan. There was an expression on his face that Susan could not read." Every Shaw is indeed a devout lover. I guess you're Julian's Achilles' heel."

"You... You're a monster." Susan felt like she was on the verge of going insane.

The reason Joseph had allowed Charlotte to rough her up was that he'd wanted to use the video to force Julian into submission.

When she thought about this from another angle, if Julian had been kidnapped instead, she was afraid that she would have done everything she could to save Julian if she had seen the same video.

But, no. Regardless of whether it was for a righteous cause or for her family, she could not let anything happen to her father and brother.

Susan bit her lower lip so hard that blood sipped out.

After a long while, she looked at Joseph coldly and said, "I want to talk to Julian."

"The plan will be put into motion tomorrow. After George and Oliver die, you can talk to him for as long as you want," Joseph said.

"I want to talk to him right now!" Susan growled.

"Why would I let you talk to him right now? You don't have any bargaining chips in your hands whatsoever." Joseph raised his brow.

Susan swiftly grabbed the scissors that she had put on the nightstand. She pointed the sharp edge at her neck as she hissed, "I don't need any bargaining chips because I'm a bargaining chip myself. Let me talk to him, or I'll kill myself."

Her life was insignificant, but she must not let Julian make such a mistake.

Joseph squinted. "You won't do it, Susan." "Don't try me, Joseph." Susan thrust the scissors forward a bit, and blood began to bud out of her neck.

"Susie! Put the scissors down!" Serenity shouted worriedly.

"Don't mind me, Serenity. I'm the only one who can stop Julian now." Susan gritted her teeth.

"Do you think I'll let you ruin my plan?" Joseph looked coldly at Susan.

Setting her jaw tight, Susan hissed, "You don't have any other choice. Julian is the kind of person who will make sure everything is alright before putting his plan into motion. I'm sure he will confirm with you my condition before he starts implementing the plan. If he knows I'm already dead, do you think he will still cooperate with you?"

The two of them looked at each other, none of them speaking. Joseph's face was as dark as if a storm was brewing inside of him. After a short while, he said," Okay, you win. I'll let you talk to Julian, but you have only five minutes."

After saying that, he fished his phone out and videocalled Julian.

"Joseph, what do you want..." Julian's brows were deeply furrowed, and his eyes shrank when he saw Susan pointing a pair of scissors at the artery on her neck.

"What are you doing, Susie? Put the scissors down!" A hint of panic flashed across Julian's eyes.

"Julian!" Susan gnashed her teeth. "Joseph asked you to kill my father and brother in exchange for me and Serenity, and you agreed. Is that true?"

Julian replied in a stern voice, "Susie, listen to me. Put the scissors down first, and I'll explain everything..."

"Julian, you must not agree to his condition." Susan interjected forcefully, her voice raising by an octave." They are my family. If you kill them, I'll never forgive you."

Julian tightened his fists. Then, he said, "Hate me then. Susie, as long as you live, I'm fine even if you hate me for the rest of your life."

"Julian!" Susan began to get anxious. "Do you know what you are doing? They are my family and they are important figures in the military. If something happens to them, Canada will be thrown into chaos! You are a Canadian. Do you want to destroy your own country?"

"I can't care so much anymore. I just want you to live," Julian replied.

"You..." A deep sense of despair enveloped Susan's whole body. "Julian, I'm trying my best to stay alive because I want to see you again. If you do commit such a crime, then what's the point of me and you reuniting? Julian, if I'm the reason you're doing this, then will you stop after I die?"

Upon saying that, Susan thrust the scissors into her neck in front of Julian.