OMG!!! My Crippled Husband is a Hot, Powerful CEO-Chapter 184 – I can never trust you

Joanna not only had her present memories but also her past memories. Everything seemed put together, but she couldn’t help being afraid of the man before her.

While others solved problems peacefully, he got rid of them by his own authority, which was the mafia style.

As much as she tried to see beyond that and maintain the picture she had of him as the man she fell in love with, who was also her husband, the worst happened.

"I am Salvatore Black," Alex announced. Joanna rose to her feet and staggered, her eyes widening in fear. "You?"

She recalled the number of times Logan had mentioned it, but Alex denied it. Not only that, Joanna had supported him all through.

As she thought about all the crimes pinned on Salvatore and his men, including murder, extortion, and all the heinous crimes committed by mafia organizations, she felt that she had made a big mistake.

Nancy’s screams from when she was taken from the family flooded Joanna’s mind, worsening her perception of Alex.

At first, he presented himself as a cripple and an IT officer, then became the CEO of Kings Multinational.

Now he was revealing he was Salvatore Black, so what other identity could he be hiding from her?

"Angel..." Alex was saying when Joanna cut him off, completely irritated. "Don’t call me that. You destroyed my family. You killed my sister and all those innocent people. I can never trust you."

She was already headed for the door when Alex blocked her path. It hurt him so much that everyone believed the image painted by the media about Salvatore and his men.

However, this was his wife, and he didn’t want to lose her. There were things he couldn’t tell anyone, but Joanna had to know.

"Those are lies, Angel."

His answer infuriated her even more. "I said don’t call me that and stop lying to me."

Her fury blazed like a volcano, but Alex was calm, as he expected and was prepared for this.

If she could accept him from this moment, then he would be able to have her in his world and business.

Besides, she hadn’t healed from both surgeries, still having a plaster on her head.

"I’m not lying to you. You told me before that you loved me, and yet you can’t trust me." Pain shone in his eyes as he knew that had Joanna known the truth from the onset, she would have never allowed herself to fall for him.

But Joanna equally felt betrayed, not willing to accept that after saving his sister and taking a stab for it, he was the one who killed Enzo and Nancy.

Even if she wanted to stay, she would only be betraying the last memory she had of Enzo and Nancy by marrying their murderer.

Oops, she was already married to him, so the only thing she could do was to seek a divorce.

"How can I trust you when you never wanted me to know anything about you?" Joanna pointed out, feeling saddened. "If you hadn’t found out that I saved your sister, would you have claimed to love me now?"

For all she knew, Alex never loved her, his heart belonging to that mysterious woman. What if it wasn’t her? She and Alex would have completed their divorce by now.

However, Alex could not remember when he fell in love with her but knew how hard it was to sign those divorce papers and accept to let her go.

It only happened that she asked for something that helped him to accept whatever feelings he was trying to forgo from the beginning.

"Yes. The moment I took your virginity, I was determined to make you mine." Alex was disheartened and tried to pull her to his chest, but she wouldn’t let him.

He smiled bitterly. "I even said it that night, but you just didn’t hear me, and you were gone before I woke up."

Joanna was stunned to know that he didn’t want her to leave, but what he did to Nancy and her father was unforgivable.

"It still doesn’t change the fact that you are Salvatore. You kill innocent people like my stepfather and half-sister."

Alex was about to reveal the truth when they heard a knock on the door. He went to see Violet.

"Not now, Violet. We are in the middle of something important."

Joanna was rather excited to hear Violet’s voice and walked to the door, embracing her best friend. "Violet, I remember you now. Thanks for everything."

Violet’s heart warmed as she embraced Joanna back. "I guess there’s indeed some kind of magic in this bedroom," she said teasingly, adding, "I only came to inform you both that food is ready."

Joanna was too saddened to eat. "I’m not hungry. Can we go back to Florida?"

"No, you won’t," Alex said seriously, not willing to let her out of his sight again, especially when Logan was still out there. His dominance scared Joanna as she glared at him.

"But I don’t want to be with you."

Alex was helpless and stared at Violet. "Give us some time. We shall be downstairs in a while."

Violet did not counter, sensing the tension in the atmosphere. What she hoped for with Joanna regaining her memory was a peaceful and happy couple and not this.

"Sure, I will wait for you guys, but Joan, you don’t have to stress yourself, and Alex is a very good man."

Joanna forced a smile but did not respond. If only Violet knew what she just found out, she would not have a false image of Alex in her mind. freēnovelkiss.com

"Joan, ninety percent of the news about Salvatore isn’t true," Alex said as soon as he closed the door.

Joanna remembered their sweet moments and wanted to trust him, but it was just too difficult.

"Let’s just say I don’t believe the news. Nancy was taken in front of me and my mother a few days after they killed her father, so what do you have to say about that?"