The CEO's Mischievous Little Bride
Chapter 41 Why Women Fear Marriage

Patrick also looked at Vera. Last night, Vera impulsively left and didn't come back all night, so Patrick also wanted to know if Vera would remain stubborn.

"I didn't make a mistake." Vera lived up to Patrick's expectations of her. Her response was what Patrick had anticipated.

Vera was stubborn.

Her response naturally angered Shawn, who had been forcing himself to remain calm.

"Go to your room and reflect on your mistake. You can only come out when you understand what you did wrong," Shawn said.

Shawn called Tom and pointed in a direction. "Take her to the room."

Tom advised Shawn on the side, "Mr. Shawn, Ms. Vera is still young. She just moved here. Please don't scare her."

"Are you defying me too?" Shawn glared angrily at gentle Tom.

Tom couldn't answer. He could only obediently take Vera to the room.

Vera expected to be reprimanded, but she didn't expect to be punished. She forced a bitter smile and thought, 'I'm imprisoned again.'

Once they reached the room where Vera was confined, Tom looked at Vera, who pretended to be strong. "Ms. Vera, if you go and apologize to Mr. Olteran, you won't have to accept this punishment." "Tom, thank you. But I still think I'm right," Vera said firmly as she stepped into the dark room and closed the door behind her.

The sunlight outside was bright and dazzling.

As soon as the door closed, the room instantly became dark. Vera couldn't even see her own hand.

Vera reached out and explored the wall. Finally, she found the light switch. After gently tapping it, a lamp in the small dark room lit up.

The room was very small, less than 215 square feet. Vera sat directly on the floor.

Luckily, the room wasn't too hot.

After a while, the exhaust fan in the small dark room started working.

Vera looked at it and smiled. She thought, 'The Olteran family members must have been afraid that I would die in this room from a lack of oxygen.'

Vera sighed. Her experiences in the past few days were more enriching than the experiences of the past few years.

She was tired.

Vera thought, 'I finally understand why most women nowadays fear marriage. If they knew about my experiences, I guess there would be even more young women unwilling to get married.' 'Marriage is like jumping from a comfort zone into an "arena." Women must be prepared to fight at all times. Their opponents may be their husbands' families. I am a special case because my husband is also my opponent!' Vera felt very frustrated.

She suddenly saw a special wall. She walked towards it.

The wall had many holes and vertical lines.

Vera looked at the wall and thought, 'Could it be that other people drew vertical lines on the wall to calculate time when they were locked up here?'

Vera planned to draw vertical lines, but there were no stones in the room for her to use.

'This person must be used to being locked up here as a punishment, so he brings tools with him every time he comes.'

Vera didn't have a stone, so she leaned against the wall and closed her eyes, meditating.

After Vera left the living room, Patrick stood up and brushed off the dust on his pants. "I respected you just now. Now that she's not here, let me emphasize this to you all. Vera is my wife. Respecting her is respecting me. If you don't want to see my wife at home, I will take her away."

Cindy didn't dare provoke Patrick. She said, "Patrick, you were present for the incident this time. You know very well who was at fault."

Patrick glanced at Cindy, who was speaking. "What if I think she's right? Will you apologize? Even if she did something wrong, do you want me to blame my wife?"