novelraw Chapter 131: The Innocent Puppy CEO and His Vixen Girlfriend?
Chapter 131: The Innocent Puppy CEO and His Vixen Girlfriend?
Rhona fought back her disgust and recorded for another ten-or-so minutes before finally turning off her phone and ducking away to the side.
That night, Riley Perry and Rhona were lying in bed chatting. Around ten o’clock, there was a knock at the door.
"Who could that be so late? I’ll get the door," Rhona asked, puzzled.
Riley Perry didn’t have time to stop her; the girl had already dashed out. The moment the door opened, she was dumbfounded. The man standing there was tall and handsome, a smile on his face. Dressed in light-colored casual wear, he looked several years younger, like a recent college graduate. ’Ahhhh, the man in front of me is just too handsome!’
"M-Mr. Sinclair..."
Eric Sinclair nodded at Rhona, his smile never faltering. "Thank you. And her?"
"Ah, Ria’s in her room. Ria!"
Eric Sinclair had already entered the living room. Rhona couldn’t help but feel that the Mr. Sinclair she saw today was completely different from the one she’d seen before, as if he were a whole new person.
Riley Perry had walked out by then. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to see you." ’Actually, I came to pick you up,’ he thought. ’But after thinking about how angry she was today, I changed my mind the moment I walked in.’
’Are you nuts?’ Riley thought. ’Coming to see me in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?’
"You’ve seen me now. You can go."
Eric Sinclair suddenly looked utterly wronged. He had waited for her at home for so long that he hadn’t even eaten dinner. Her coming back to her own place without telling him was one thing, but now that he’d come to see her, she was actually kicking him out!
At that moment, Eric Sinclair felt truly hurt.
"Riley~"
Riley Perry immediately rubbed her arms.
’This man’s change in personality is too much,’ she thought. ’I can’t handle it.’
Rhona tugged on Riley Perry’s arm. "Ria, what’s going on with Mr. Sinclair?"
’He used to be the cold, aloof, domineering CEO type, but now... now he has this kind of... puppy-dog vibe. Especially when he looks at Ria with those pitiful eyes, it really makes you want to just pinch his cheeks.’
’No, no, no! What the hell am I thinking? That’s President Sinclair! As if he’s someone I could just go up and pet? Even thinking about it is a crime!’
A thoughtful glint flashed in Riley Perry’s eyes before she smiled. "It’s nothing, we’re just role-playing! He’s even played the part of a wealthy old landlord before!"
’Are you two always this kinky?’ Rhona thought.
Of course, she didn’t dare say this out loud. She smartly poured a glass of water for Eric Sinclair, then scurried back to the guest room and shut the door firmly.
"Okay, you should head back. I’m not going back tonight."
Eric Sinclair was speechless.
’Samson Sinclair told me,’ he thought, ’that Riley Perry complained she couldn’t reach me... But that’s not my fault! She never had my number to begin with. Her not coming back tonight must have something to do with this.’
So, he brazenly picked up Riley Perry’s phone as it charged on the coffee table. He held it up to her pretty face to unlock it with face ID, then used her phone to call his own number. He even saved the contact for her: Mr. Sinclair.
He also opened her WeChat and added himself as a friend.
Only after doing all this did Eric Sinclair hand her phone back. "Okay, I’ll head back now. Remember to call me if you need anything."
"Mm."
Eric Sinclair hesitated for a moment before stepping forward to hug her. He couldn’t help it. The moment he saw her, he wanted to hold her, touch her, even kiss her... and more.
’But she belongs to him. A brother’s wife is off-limits.’
He was so conflicted, his mind in a constant storm.
But in this moment, his body seemed to have a mind of its own.
Looking at the beautiful woman in his arms, Eric Sinclair thought, ’To hell with it.’ ’That other guy only sees her as a lover anyway. In that case, I’ll be the one to protect Riley Perry from now on!’
He lowered his head and, for the first time, kissed Riley Perry’s cheek.
Riley Perry was speechless.
She wrapped her arms around his waist, tilted her head, and pecked him on the lips. Just as she was about to speak, he pressed forward again, their lips meeting, their tongues entangling.
Who knows how long they kissed before Eric Sinclair finally pulled away. He had no choice; his physical reaction was too strong, and with them pressed so tightly together, it was getting awkward. "Riley, be mine and mine alone, okay?"
Riley Perry raised an eyebrow. ’...Is this guy trying to stir up trouble again? Isn’t he the only man I’m with?’
"What do you mean by that?" He had been her one and only man from the start. Was he saying this because he suspected her of being involved with someone else?
Her clear eyes on him, Eric Sinclair felt a pang of guilt. ’The one she loves right now is still *him*,’ he thought. ’If I tell her that we’re two different people, will she still let me get close to her?’
The answer was obviously no.
"I didn’t mean anything by it. Anyway, I’m going to head back. Let’s have dinner together tomorrow." His tone was incredibly soft, his expression eager to please, as if he were terrified Riley Perry would refuse.
’Are you kidding me? You’re hard as a rock and you’re leaving?’ Riley thought.
’What the hell is this guy playing at? Wasn’t he always direct before? He never denied himself anything. If he wanted it, he’d come get it, even in the middle of the night...’
Pulling out of his embrace, Riley Perry said with a straight face, "Fine."
’Just get out of here. I don’t need you.’
Eric Sinclair hadn’t expected her to get angry again, and he still had no idea how to appease her, even if this time he actually knew *why* she was upset.
So, he really did leave.
After deadbolting the front door, Riley Perry went back to her room, only to find Rhona gone.
She went to look for her in the guest room. Rhona wasn’t asleep yet and opened the door at her knock.
Riley Perry asked, "Didn’t you say you were going to sleep in my room?"
"Hehe, I thought Mr. Sinclair would be staying over," Rhona said with a sheepish grin.
"The script said he couldn’t stay, so he ran off."
’Damn, this is thrilling!’ Rhona thought. ’But what kind of script are they even following?!’
Riley Perry read her expression and answered the unasked question. "Probably ’The Innocent Puppy-Dog CEO and His Vixen Girlfriend’?"
"Pfft! Hahaha, that’s hilarious! That script title is pure gold!"
Riley Perry laughed too. After a moment, she said, "Okay, that’s enough laughing. Let’s get some sleep. It’s really late."
This time, however, Rhona refused to go to Riley Perry’s room, insisting on sleeping in the guest room instead. Riley Perry didn’t press the issue, and they went to their separate rooms.
But while they slept soundly, a massive storm was brewing online—and she was at the center of it.
At 12:08 AM, the hashtag #RileyPerryCheating suddenly appeared at the top of the trending topics.
Thanks to Director Warren’s variety show, Riley Perry had been a fixture on the trending topics list for the past few days. Since this new hashtag featured her name, netizens flocked to it.
In the post, all names except for Riley Perry’s were replaced with initials.
The author was a master storyteller, weaving a tale about a gold digger who latched onto a certain "Young Master J" from a prominent Dragonspire family for money and opportunities. According to the story, Young Master J was deeply infatuated with her, doing every romantic thing a boyfriend could.
However, because they were both celebrities, they spent more time apart than together. One day, when Young Master J returned home, he heard suggestive sounds coming from the bedroom.
On his very own bed was his girlfriend, Riley Perry, and with her, a man he had never seen before.
The two ultimately went their separate ways. The post even speculated that the powerful figure who had helped clear Riley Perry’s name in the past was likely him.
It was the middle of the night, so everyone in the company’s PR department had clocked out. No one even saw the trending topic. By the time they discovered it in the morning, the post had already garnered over two hundred thousand comments.
However, contrary to what the original poster had likely expected, public opinion online was divided.