Chapter 2 After a week away . I came home dead tired from back - to - back meetings . I wanted to surprise Peter . Instead . I walked into my own personal nightmare . [ ] Rachel was sprawled on my couch wearing my favorite shorts and T - shirt - bare feet pressing down on my stuffed puppy plush . [ That little dog had been with me since freshman year of college . I never even let it get squished in my sleep , and I'd made it tiny clothes over the years . I didn't even take off my shoes . [ ] I stormed over , yanked it out from under her , and shoved her right off the couch . ] Cradling the plush , I smoothed its fabric with shaking hands , trying to undo the wrinkles . ] ] Rachel , are you out of your damn mind ?! " I snapped . ] ] I don't have a saint's temper , and she'd just trampled the one thing I considered untouchable . ] " Get out . This is my home . You're in my clothes . On my couch ! " [ ] Rachel just knelt there on the floor , smiling like this was all some joke . Her reaction sent a chill down my spine . ] I ignored her and headed to my bedroom with the plush in my arms . My neatly folded comforter was a mess . My skincare bottles had been rummaged through . My closet lock had been broken , and the doors were sealed shut with duct tape . ] ] Suspicious as hell . ] I ripped the tape off . My jewelry and purses - gone . [ ] The shock hit me so hard my vision blurred . I tore through the apartment room by room , fury building . gone !] In the fridge , every jar of pickled cabbage my mom had sent me was gone . In the kitchen , a pot of chicken stew sat rotting in the heat , the smell making me gag Cupin 2 My mom had made those pickles by hand . I rationed them out , savoring every bite - and this woman had wasted all of it . ] The bottled water I'd bought was half - empty , and one jug had her underwear soaking in it - she said tap water wasn't clean enough . ] My face cream was gone , the empty jar sitting there full of cigarette ashes . The aloe plant I'd been growing was hacked down to stubs -apparently , she'd been rubbing the gel on her feet . -1 I was so far past angry that I actually laughed . [ ] When Peter finally rushed home and saw me on the phone with the cops , his face went pale . 00 In "CEO, That Intern is Actually Your Wife" by CrushReel, delve into a captivating romance where a billionaire CEO becomes contractually linked to an unexpected partner. When faced with the urgent need to fund her grandmother's critical surgery, our protagonist finds herself in a unique situation—entering a one-year contract marriage with a stranger. As the story unfolds, themes of love, sacrifice, and the complexities of modern relationships come to light. The novel offers a fresh take on the familiar billionaire romance genre by exploring the dynamics of office relationships and the intricacies of contract lovers. Discover this modern tale of unexpected connections and heartfelt emotions, available to read at CrushReel.