[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ceo-s-reborn-wife":3,"chapter-ceo-s-reborn-wife-ceo-s-reborn-wife-chapter-323":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","CEO's Reborn Wife",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1695732,2165,"Chapter 323 - 331: Stop Acting","ceo-s-reborn-wife-chapter-323",323,"\u003Cp>The hot summer night was gentle with a light breeze and soft clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jane Sampson.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jane?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her sleep, Jane Sampson felt as if someone was calling her, and with difficulty she opened her eyes to see James Black’s face looming over her as if magnified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get up, let’s go for a morning run,\" James Black said as soon as he saw Jane open her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jane Sampson thought she must have heard him wrong, so she closed her eyes and buried her head, preparing to sleep again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>James must have meant that he was going for a morning run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she didn’t understand why he had to announce his run by waking her up - she hadn’t shackled his legs; he was free to run on his own!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>James’s voice was still incessant in her ear, and Jane pulled the quilt over her, cocooning herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get up, go for a run,\" James was aware that waking Jane wasn’t easy, especially not this early in the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took the quilt away and pushed her gently, \"No more sleeping.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>James thought, without the quilt, Jane would certainly wake up, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unexpectedly, Jane didn’t even flutter an eyelid; instead, her hand groped around, as if searching for the quilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not finding the quilt, she tugged at his pajamas, then promptly buried her head inside his top as if it were a quilt, draping it over her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the breath from her mouth on his lower abdomen, James involuntarily tensed up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her breath was warm, and the skin brushed by her exhalations felt slightly ticklish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>James couldn’t help but smile wryly at the sight of the lumpy bundle underneath his pajamas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get up, I’ll take you for a morning run,\" James tapped Jane’s head through his pajamas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jane, as if deaf, didn’t move an inch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>James unbuttoned his pajamas, and upon seeing Jane’s face pressed against his abdomen, he rubbed her head with his hand, although his words weren’t as gentle as his actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hurry up and get up. Sister Tin said you needed to exercise a lot during this period. What did you tell her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"James Black! Are you sick or something?\" Jane exploded, \"What time is it anyway? Can’t you let me sleep in peace?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>5:30!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>5:30 was the time James went for his daily morning run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jane had every right to be furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How long had it been since she’d woken up this early? Apart from catching airplanes—which was a different story—it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say it’s been 10 years, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exercise, exercise! Can’t I exercise in the afternoon? Can’t I go to the gym in the evening?\" Jane sat up straight, her hair a tousled mess and her eyes brimming with what looked like tears, \"James Black, you’re being too much!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>James stared at Jane for a few seconds, then explained, \"Early to bed, early to rise is good for your body, and you went to sleep very early last night.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jane lay down straight again, turned over, and with her back to James, her shoulders heaved as if she were sobbing, \"James, I don’t want to deal with you anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was full of the threat of tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, quit acting already,\" James turned her over by her shoulder, glanced at the corner of her eye, and sure enough, not a single tear was falling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone who didn’t know Jane would have been fooled by her just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in James’s memory, Jane wasn’t one to throw tantrums. A truly petulant person wouldn’t have lived alone for years or ever disturbed him while he was with the guard team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For someone who wasn’t given to petulance to suddenly become upset enough to cry over not wanting to get up, it just didn’t add up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having her act exposed, Jane’s face showed complete despair, \"Am I really unable to resist?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her tone was one of utter dejection.\u003C\u002Fp>",655,"2026-06-06T14:14:32.524Z",1,"novelbin.me","03ff28e35c4293d6529aa5b1b5b3d4fba722c5b051e93424df06f6d2a25f8cf7","ceo-s-reborn-wife-chapter-324","ceo-s-reborn-wife-chapter-91",2337,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fceo-s-reborn-wife-cover.jpg"]