The CEO's Mischievous Little Bride

She got into the car, and Patrick instinctively opened a thin blanket and covered her legs. Vera complained, "Honey, I'm hot! It's May now."

Patrick always thought Vera was cold, so he tucked the thin blanket behind Vera's back.

Patrick said, "You won't get too hot. You're wearing a skirt, and you'll get cold after sitting in the car for a while."

Vera's hands pulled off the thin blanket Patrick had just tucked in, revealing her slender white legs.

After pulling it off, she sneaked a glance at Patrick to see if he was angry.

Patrick looked at the disobedient Vera in the passenger seat and once again covered her legs with the thin blanket.

Vera's small hands pulled it off again, "Honey, I'm really hot. I'm not lying."

Patrick decided to test if she was really hot or not.

He lifted Vera's skirt and placed his palm on her thigh. "Well, very cool."

He then bent down and touched her calf, which was also very cool.

Was this what she calls hot?

Vera didn't feel cold herself, but when Patrick's warm hand touched her leg, she realized she was actually cold.

Patrick then used the back of his hand to feel her face and pinched her small hand.

Patrick held back his temper and said, "Vera, where on your body is warmer than my hand?"

Her legs, face, and hands were all cool, yet she claimed to be hot!

Vera argued, "My face, hands, and legs are exposed to the air, so they feel cool to the touch."

Patrick unceremoniously lifted Vera's skirt without any hint of desire and reached inside to touch her abdomen and waist. Without needing him to say anything, Vera fell silent.

When Patrick touched her cool abdomen, the warmth of his palm made her break out in goosebumps, and her hair stood on end.

Patrick questioned her, "How are you going to explain this?"

Earlier, Vera said her face, hands, and legs were exposed to the air. Now, was she going to say her abdomen was exposed too?

Seeing the situation was not in her favor, Vera immediately picked up the thin blanket. She obediently covered her legs, tucking them in neatly, wrapping her lower body like a mermaid's tail. Patrick looked at Vera's outfit and instantly felt the thin blanket was useless.

So he took off his jacket and covered Vera's legs with it.

Vera didn't dare say a word of refusal.

She thought she would be free once she got to school, but the car drove straight home.

"Honey, I have to go back to school for classes this afternoon," Vera said, frowning unhappily at Patrick.

Patrick replied, "Let's go home and change clothes first."

When they went out in the morning, she had been envious of Molly wearing a skirt and happily put on a loose skirt herself.

As her husband, he had to take care of Vera's body as well as her mind. So he indulged her. But just now, in the car, when he touched her, her body was so cool.

At this point, he couldn't care less about Vera's feelings; it was all about her health.

Vera was reluctantly led back to the bedroom and taken to the walk-in closet.

Patrick picked up a red sweater and said, "Wear this."

Vera shook her head, "I don't want to. It's so ugly."

Patrick picked up another piece of clothing and asked, "How about this?"

Vera refused again. "That's for winter. Wearing it now would look silly."

Patrick took out a thin cardigan Vera had worn a few days ago. "Then wear this."

"My classmates will look down on me, thinking Mrs. Olteran is so poor she wears the same clothes every day."

This didn't work, and that didn't work either.

She crawled back into bed, refusing to get up to choose clothes.

Patrick was exasperated. Vera got out of bed, went to the wardrobe, and took out her cotton-lin shirt and black pants.

Patrick walked over and helped her take off the skirt she was wearing.

Vera used to be shy about standing naked in front of Patrick, but now she was used to him undressing her and wasn't shy anymore. She put on the shirt, and Patrick helped her button it up.

"Take a jacket to school later; it gets cooler in the evening."

"Okay." She was very obedient now. "Honey, will you pick me up tonight?"

"Do you want me to pick you up?"

Vera nodded cutely and said softly, "I do, but I'm afraid you'll be busy."

Patrick finished buttoning her shirt and pinched her nose. "As long as you want, I'll be there."

Vera was touched and voluntarily hugged Patrick. Patrick was so good to her that she decided to make him less angry in the future.

Vera caught up with her afternoon classes and brought jackets for Molly and Randall.

"Patrick said it gets cooler in the evening, so I brought jackets for both of you."

Molly thought Vera had brought too much, but in the evening, sitting in the large classroom, everyone else was shivering with cold, while Molly wrapped herself in a thick jacket. She gratefully hugged Vera's arm, "Vera, you're my savior, the one who keeps me from freezing."

Of course, all this was thanks to Patrick.

Molly asked, "If you weren't pregnant, you could thank him physically. Now that you're pregnant, how do you usually thank Patrick?"

Vera said, "Patrick and I are a couple; there's no need to thank each other." After saying that, she felt a bit guilty.

"By the way, Molly, I ran into your mom at the hospital this morning during my check-up. I called her, but she seemed not to hear and left quickly. I don't know what she was doing there. You should visit the Chase family more often." Molly was incredulous. "You saw my mom at the hospital?"

Vera nodded. "Patrick saw her, too."

Molly remembered the last time she went to pick up her check-up report, Ellie's secretary took it, and she still didn't know the results.

At this moment, Molly wasn't thinking about the cold anymore.

She sat in her seat, constantly wondering if Ellie might have a health issue.

"Vera, I'm not going home tonight. You and Randall go back and let Dad know for me."

Vera nodded. "Don't overthink it. If Ellie were really sick, she wouldn't hide it from you and Sebastian."

Molly casually replied, "I know."

After school in the evening, those students who wore skirts for the sake of beauty huddled their shoulders and rushed back to the dorms, while this little group warmly packed up their things to go home. "Randall, you take Molly home. It's too late for her to take the bus safely. Patrick promised to pick me up tonight." Vera arranged.

Soon, the tall Patrick appeared in the classroom.

Patrick walked over to Vera and extended his hand, and Vera obediently placed her hand in his. She said to Randall and Molly, "Just do as I said; you two go ahead." Molly didn't hesitate and left with Randall.

Back at the Chase family, Timothy and Ellie were both home.

"Molly, why did you suddenly come back?" Timothy and Ellie were both surprised.

Molly looked at Ellie and asked, "Mom, what about your last check-up results?"

Ellie and Timothy exchanged a glance, wondering why she was asking this right after coming back.

Molly didn't beat around the bush with her family and said directly, "Vera went for a check-up today and saw you at the hospital. She called you, but you ran away."