Part 2Catfishing the CEO: My Accidental Romance with the Wrong Sister

During our six months of online dating, "Sarah" had sent me countless sexy photos and left countless voice memos.

Towards the end, she became incredibly clingy, even wanting to stay on voice calls while we slept.

I would recognize that voice even if I turned into a ghost.

Seeing the time was right, I had told her I fell for someone else, someone much better than her.

I said she was old and probably didn't understand young people.

I said she was fierce, which is why she always had a resting bitch face.

I even said her figure obviously looked like it was rigidly built in a gym.

And!

I even said she had a terrible temper...

After feeling thoroughly refreshed from insulting her, I blocked her and ran.

The more I thought about it, the paler my face became.

I was completely screwed now.

Not only did I fail to get revenge, but I also brought massive trouble upon myself and my brother.

My brother had told me that the bride's family, the Sterling family, was a massive, wealthy clan. The patriarch had three children, and his absolute favorite was his youngest daughter, Elena Sterling.

She was the current CEO of the Sterling family's enterprise, "Apex Group," and held immense power within the entire family.

If she found out I was the one who played her, my brother's life in the Sterling family would definitely become difficult!

I paced around anxiously, but I couldn't tell my brother.

I had done this whole thing behind his back.

Plus, telling him wouldn't help anyway; it might even expose the secret.

After our parents passed away, my brother and I depended on each other in the orphanage.

It wasn't that there weren't families who wanted to adopt us separately, but we refused to be parted, so we both stayed.

My brother had always been so good to me.

Now that he was an engineer and had such a wonderful family, I absolutely couldn't ruin it for him.

I absolutely could not let Elena find out that I was that guy.

At the family dinner, I finally saw Elena's full face.

One word: Beautiful.

Two words: Stunningly beautiful.

I actually played such a beautiful woman, and now I've made an enemy out of her.

I just hoped she wouldn't recognize me.

I played the role of the quiet, obedient, mute little brother perfectly.

Elena's cold gaze swept over me briefly, then retracted.

She didn't recognize me.

I breathed a sigh of relief, sat safely in my seat, and didn't dare look up again.

Since I was the only relative on the groom's side, Maya's family was quite attentive to me.

Learning that I was still a senior in college, Maya's mother asked: "Have you found a company for your internship?

"How about coming to our Apex Group?"

Apex Group?

Isn't that the company where Elena is CEO?!

No, no, no!

But Maya's mother was looking at me so brightly, I couldn't exactly give my brother a warning look.

I opened my mouth, almost forgetting my "mute" persona.

"That sounds great."

My brother immediately agreed, smiling brightly: "Thank you, Mom."

NO!

How is this any different from delivering myself straight to the slaughterhouse?!

At the table, Elena, the CEO of Apex, just watched and tacitly agreed.

When the dinner ended, I wiped the cold sweat from my forehead, deciding to avoid the Sterling family as much as possible from now on.

Before leaving, my brother pulled me aside, looking serious.

"You were acting weird today. What's going on?"

I continued playing mute, waving my hands and typing on my phone that I was just sick and didn't feel well.

My brother looked relieved and told me to go back and rest.

I finally managed to bluff my way through and got back to the dorm.

The problem was, my brother had secured an internship spot for me at Apex.

Apex is an industry leader. Having an internship there would undoubtedly be a massive boost to my resume.

If it weren't for the whole Elena situation, I would have gone without hesitation.

But what if Elena recognized me...

After agonizing over it for days, I finally made up my mind.

It was just a three-month internship.

Apex is so huge. How could a lowly intern possibly run into the CEO?

I just needed to lay low for three months, then vanish without a trace.