Claiming My Possessive CEO Husband-Chapter 996 - Beauty Comes From the Heart
Chapter 996: Chapter 996: Beauty Comes From the Heart
Chapter 996: Chapter 996: Beauty Comes From the Heart
Jonas Hughes obviously did not like his wife, but he never cheated on her and kept Mrs. Hughes by his side for so many years. Even though everyone in the Hughes family disliked her, no one thought of driving her away. Why was that?
Xaviera Evans was too curious. She asked Albert Sullivan to investigate the identity of Mrs. Hughes, but only got a little information. So when Caleb Mamet brought up the Hughes family’s secret, she suddenly became interested.
However, she had already rejected Caleb, and now she couldn’t wait to take back what she just said. She slowly looked up and saw the teasing in Caleb’s eyes, so she could only stiffen up and coquettishly say, “Senior fellow! I was just joking! I would be happy if you helped me!”
A smile lingered at the corner of Caleb’s mouth as he knew she would change her mind. But the next moment, he simply grinned and said, “Never mind, it’s a trivial matter that I believe Mrs. Mamet can deal with on her own.”
Xaviera quickly grabbed him and stuttered, “I, I can’t do it myself. Please help me, won’t you?”
She shook his arm and looked at him expectantly, but Caleb looked down at her with an ironic hint in his eyes and said lightly, “I’m usually so busy, why should I bother with such trivial matters?”
Xaviera: “…” Damn it! You bastard, believe it or not, I’ll smack you!
A slight twitch appeared at the corner of her mouth, and her tongue seemed to be tied as she swallowed her anger and spoke in a wronged tone, “Caleb, you’re my husband! You’re supposed to help me when I’m in trouble, right? You can’t just stand by and watch me struggle, can you?”
Caleb looked at Xaviera’s eager eyes, like a sly little cat, and smiled faintly, raising his eyebrows, “Say it again, what am I to you?”
Xaviera blushed and bashfully pounced on his chest, pummeling him a few times playfully, “I hate you! I’ve already said that!”
Caleb: “Cough cough…” I’m pretty sure not many people could stand Mrs. Mamet’s punches! Was she venting her anger?
Xaviera hid in his arms and cunningly smiled.
That’s right! She did it on purpose! She wanted Caleb to be punished!
Caleb laughed helplessly and then spoke, “Actually, Mrs. Hughes and your mother are friends, and they shared a bond stronger than life and death.”
The smile on Xaviera’s face suddenly vanished as she looked up sharply.
“Mrs. Hughes is weak and gentle, and Jonas married her just to control your mother. With a close friend in the Hughes family, your mother could only submit to their will.”
Xaviera’s eyes suddenly turned cold. So, they used Mrs. Hughes to manipulate her mother. The Hughes family really did everything to achieve their goals. No wonder there were so many of her mother’s belongings in the Hughes Villa, and the jewelry in Nidya Hughes’ room was also obtained by threatening her mother.
Without any hesitation, the two went straight to Cory Hughes’ study. Caleb had investigated long ago and there was a secret room in the study, the entrance and switch of which he knew like the back of his hand. The two easily entered the secret room, which was spacious. However, after a glance around, they found no useful clues, only a dusty photo album in the corner of a bookshelf.
Xaviera opened the album, and it was a group photo of the Hughes family, including Cory Hughes, Madam Hughes, Jonas Hughes, and Nidya Hughes. The photo had yellowed slightly and looked like it was taken more than twenty years ago when Jonas and Nidya were young.
Xaviera looked at the photo of Nidya Hughes with narrowed eyes and picked up the picture to ask, “Caleb, looking at this photo, I feel like the current Nidya Hughes is very different from the previous Nidya Hughes.”
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Caleb nodded; he had noticed it too.
Xaviera tried to describe it: “It’s not the appearance that’s different, but their temperament is completely different.”
The ancients said that appearance is shaped by the heart. The Nidya Hughes in the photo had a sincere smile and seemed simple and kind. Her eyes were warm and made people unconsciously want to get close to her. However, the current Nidya Hughes wore a sullen expression and had calculating, treacherous eyes, completely different from the Nidya Hughes of twenty years ago.
As Xaviera looked at the photo of Nidya Hughes, she couldn’t help but feel an inexplicable sense of discomfort, as if this person’s soul and body had been split into two halves.
Caleb spoke softly, “If the current Nidya Hughes is an imposter, it must be intentional by the Hughes family, and she would have imitated the real Nidya Hughes in every word and move, living according to the other’s preferences and temperament. The photo taken twenty years ago would also be a deliberate imitation.”
“But suddenly one day, the person being imitated disappeared, and Nidya Hughes was freed from the bondage. Her suppressed nature burst forth, and unconsciously, she returned to being herself.”
