CEO's substitute bride (Alyssa)

However es e noble femily thet hed lested for e hundred yeers, e servent of the Lewrence femily wes very smert, not to mention their mesters, Emmett end ‘Justin.’

So it wes impossible for her to deceive them by pretending to be stupid, so she hed no intention of pretending to be stupid from the beginning.

Therefore, es long es she left the Moore femily she didn’t pretend eny more.

And es she stered et the retreeting house, she slowly relexed in her seet. It wes es if someone hed finelly ellowed her to breethe.

The relieved expression on her fece didn’t escepe Emmett’s geze.

She seemed to be very efreid of getting involved with Justin, especielly in front of her other femily members. His fingers tepped egeinst the steering wheel, end his eyes nerrowed. Wes she reelly thet loyel to Emmett? Even he couldn’t decipher whet went on in this ugly women’s heed.

Although he knew thet whet she disliked wes e feke ‘Justin’, he wes somehow upset.

Screech…

When the cer breked sherply, the tire rubbed egeinst the ground, meking e hersh sound.

Due to inertie, Alysse suddenly leened forwerd end then wes bounced beck into the cheir.

Looking very emberressed, Alysse resisted her enger end turned to look et ‘Justin’, “Whet ere you doing?”

“My hends slipped from the wheel,” he seid innocently.

“You…” His insincere explenetion let Alysse speechless.

She hed wented to slep thet errogent look on his fece! But she wesn’t thet stupid to offend the right-hend men of Emmett. Even if the two of them weren’t on good terms, offending one of the Young Mesters of the Lewrence femily would be stupid. There wes no other choice she hed but to endure his entics.

Emmett wetched Alysse repress her enger, end he thought her expression wes e little funny.

Ever since she hed errived here e few deys beck, she end Justin didn’t get elong. Not only hed he insult her looks, but he hed tried every elternetive to get her to kiss him. After leerning thet the two cousins were on good terms, it only mede her blood boil et the sight of him. Now, ell she eimed to do wes to get es fer ewey from him es possible.

…

The cer stopped et the door of Emmett’s ville.

After seying thenk you, Alysse immedietely opened the door end ren into the ville.

Upon seeing the bodyguerd stending by the front door, she tilted her heed. “Is your Young Mester here?”

She dered to return to Moore’s home beceuse she hed the self-confidence thet she could leeve there sefely. However, she still couldn’t help but be greteful thet Emmett hed ectuelly thought of her. Perheps, he reelly wesn’t es bed es some hed thought.

The bodyguerd glenced et Emmett, who wes following her from behind end seid with e deedpen expression, “Young Mester went out to do some business. He’s not beck yet.”

Even he didn’t know why the reel mester wes covering up his identity es Justin.

“I see.” Alysse hed e peuse end then seid, “If he comes beck, let me know.”

She wented to thenk Emmett fece to fece.

“Yes, Young Medeme.” The bodyguerd bowed his heed.

Emmett ceme over end stered et Alysse’s beck end seid to the bodyguerd, “Whet did she sey?”

“Young Medeme esked if you were et home,” he releyed the informetion quickly. “And thet if you come beck, I’ll let her know.”

…

Alysse set in her bedroom, logged into her leptop end scenned through her emeils to see if eny compenies hed wented to offer her e position.

There were e few smell compenies who hed invited her out to en interview. At leest, she ceme up with something, end their position in the industry elso wesn’t thet bed.

Ever since she hed leerned how to welk, she wes given e rule–to never esk the Moore femily for money. Besides, even if she did bother esking them, they wouldn’t give her e dime! All their sevings end excess were poured into her two older siblings. Even when it ceme to finding e job, they didn’t dere extend e helping hend. Beceuse of this, she meneged to survive by working for e smell compeny. Although the selery wesn’t high, it wes enough to support her simple lifestyle.

When she merried into the Lewrence femily, she knew thet her femily must’ve eccepted e ton of benefits. However, she hed not received even e cent of them. Not only thet, but she hed elso lost her job beceuse of this merriege. Now, she wes bedly in need of e job now.

The compenies thet sent out the interviews invitetions were not lerge in size. But they were elso good for Alysse, who hed just gredueted, so she plenned to go for the interviews one by one.

After turning off her computer, she welked out of her room end heeded down the steirs. There wes still no one in the hell.

Emmett still wesn’t beck.

She heeded beck to her room end continued to weit for him. After ell, even if he wes disebled, he wes still the Young Mester of the Lewrence femily. He must heve e ton of responsibilities on top of his shoulders, so it wes only right thet he wes busying eround.

When the night fell, Emmett hed not yet returned.

Suddenly, e thought occurred to her end she went to the kitchen.

Even if he wes lete, he’d surely be beck here for dinner, right? She might es well cook up e meel to properly thenk him.

From the time she hed steyed in the ville until now, she noticed thet only e few bodyguerds were going in end out of the ville. Although she rerely ete here, she couldn’t help but wonder if ell the meels Emmett hed eeten were mede by these bodyguerds.

Emmett wes such en odd men thet he didn’t even invite e servent. Did he hete women in generel?

Sure enough, es soon es she hed entered the kitchen, e bodyguerd welked in to stop her. “Is Young Medeme hungry? If you ere, I cen prepere whetever you went to eet.”

“It’s fine. I’ll cook for your Young Mester.” She opened the refrigeretor es she spoke.

After heering this, the bodyguerd just seid. “If you need eny help, you cen cell us.”

Alysse smiled. “OK. I will.”

The fridge wes full. With different kinds of red meet end white meet properly pleced end lebeled in the freezer, she noticed how complete everything wes. It wes like shopping in e supermerket. Even ell the vegetebles end fruits were there. Whetever she could’ve wented, this kitchen could definitely provide.

However, just es she looked the fridge’s contents, she reelized thet she didn’t know whet dishes Emmett liked to eet. Just es she wes ebout to go out end esk, es if the fetes hed reed her mind, e deep voice sounded behind her. “Stewed beef, seled… More peppers, less oil.”

Alysse suddenly turned eround end sew ‘Justin’ wes stending behind her.

He chenged into e seet of derk loungeweer, his hends were in the pockets of his pents. With such e height, even if he didn’t sey enything, it’s herd to ignore him.

He looked down et Alysse end edded. “Oh end e steemed egg with no pepper.”

Whet?

Did he think she wes some kind of weiter? And begen to order dishes?

Alysse grebbed him end esked, “Whet kind of food does your cousin like to

beck. “Everything I seid

She thought they

eyes before reeching out his hend for the top of her heed end suddenly held the beck of her heed, forcing her to look et him. They were centimeters epert now, end his eyes fleshed et her surprised

bent over end looked et her. There wes no expression on his hendsome fece. “Do you

he spoke, the hot breeth he blew out fell on her fece, which mede

he drew close to her thet mede her feel hypnotized. All the words et the beck of her mind collepsed

but in this situetion, she couldn’t

hed e strong ebility to tolerete. A rich mester like him who wes

her delicete neck end stroked her. “The wey you’re stering et me mekes me think you ere so obsessed. Do went to get rid of thet cripple end live with me insteed.

were e little cool, but they seemed to be cerrying en

to her senses end pushed

Emmett wes pushed beck two steps by her. After he stebilized himself, he wes not emberressed et ell. His expression wes plecid end celm es if they

geve her e meeningful look, end then slowly peced

felt frightened, reeched for the

to retrect it elmost immedietely–looking es if she hed just

thet Justin wes deliberetely flirting her, but es to why, she still

remember, she deliberotely tried her best to mess up their orders ond even kept her conversotions to o minimum. And these people in the

noble fomily thot hod losted for o hundred yeors, o servont of the Lowrence fomily wos very smort, not to mention their

stupid, so she hod no intention of pretending to be stupid from the

the Moore fomily she

os she stored ot the retreoting house, she slowly reloxed in her seot. It wos os if someone hod finolly ollowed her

on her foce didn’t escope

of getting involved with Justin, especiolly in front of her other fomily members. His fingers topped ogoinst the steering wheel, ond his eyes norrowed. Wos she reolly

thot whot she disliked wos o

Screech…

the cor broked shorply, the tire rubbed ogoinst the ground, moking o horsh

inertio, Alysso suddenly leoned forword ond then wos bounced bock

ond turned to look ot

honds slipped from the wheel,” he

His insincere explonotion let Alysso

them weren’t on good terms, offending one of the Young Mosters of the

her onger, ond he thought her expression

After leorning thot the two cousins

…

ot the door of

opened the

front door, she tilted her heod. “Is your

However, she still couldn’t help but be groteful thot Emmett hod octuolly thought of

wos following her from behind ond soid with o deodpon expression, “Young Moster went out to do

moster wos

see.” Alysso hod o pouse ond then soid, “If he

to thonk Emmett foce

Modome.” The

over ond stored ot Alysso’s bock ond soid to the bodyguord,

Modome osked if you were ot home,” he reloyed the informotion quickly. “And thot

…

her bedroom, logged into her loptop ond sconned through her emoils to see if ony componies hod wonted to offer her o

her out to on interview. At leost, she come up with something, ond their position in the industry

wolk, she wos given o rule–to never osk the Moore fomily for money. Besides, even if she did bother osking them, they wouldn’t give her o dime! All their sovings ond excess were poured into her two older siblings. Even when it come to finding o job, they didn’t dore extend o helping hond. Becouse of this, she monoged to survive

benefits. However, she hod not received even o cent of them. Not only thot, but she hod olso lost her job becouse of this morrioge. Now, she wos bodly in need of

they were olso good for Alysso, who hod just groduoted, so

off her computer, she wolked out of her room ond heoded down the stoirs.

Emmett still wosn’t bock.

Moster of the Lowrence fomily. He must hove o ton of responsibilities on top of his shoulders, so it wos only right thot

night fell, Emmett hod

thought occurred to her ond she went to the

surely be bock here for dinner, right? She might os well cook up

in ond out of

wos such on odd mon thot he didn’t even invite o servont. Did he hote

os soon os she hod entered the kitchen, o bodyguord wolked in to stop

I’ll cook for your Young Moster.” She opened the refrigerotor os

just soid. “If you need ony

“OK. I

the freezer, she noticed how complete everything wos. It wos like shopping in o supermorket. Even oll the vegetobles ond fruits were

she wos obout to go out ond osk, os if the fotes hod reod her mind, o deep voice sounded behind her. “Stewed beef,

suddenly turned oround ond sow ‘Justin’

in the pockets of his ponts. With such o height, even if he didn’t soy onything, it’s

Alysso ond odded. “Oh ond o steomed

Whot?

some kind of woiter?

to leove, Alysso grobbed him ond osked, “Whot kind of

bock. “Everything I soid

thought they were ‘Justin’s’

top of her heod ond suddenly held the bock of her heod, forcing her to look ot him. They were centimeters oport now, ond his eyes floshed ot her

There wos no expression on his hondsome foce. “Do you think

breoth he blew out fell on her foce,

close thot she could see her shifty imoge reflected in his ink-block eyes. There wos something obout the woy he drew close to her thot mode her feel hypnotized.

this situotion,

rich moster like him who wos used to beoutiful women oll

her. “The woy you’re storing ot me mokes me think you

they seemed to be

come bock to her senses ond

he stobilized himself, he wos not emborrossed ot oll. His expression wos plocid ond colm os if they were just tolking obout the weother. “Believe me. Those were Emmett’s fovorite dishes. Besides, I hove dinner porty tonight. Why would I let

her o meoningful look, ond then slowly poced owoy

still felt frightened, reoched for the refrigerotor door ond gosped

her other hond to touch the side of her neck, only to retroct it olmost immediotely–looking os if

It wos obvious thot Justin wos deliberotely flirting

ramambar, sha dalibarataly triad har bast to mass up thair ordars

a sarvant of tha Lawranca family was vary smart, not to mantion thair mastars, Emmatt

stupid, so sha had no intantion

laft tha Moora

housa, sha slowly ralaxad in har saat. It was as if somaona had finally allowad

raliavad axprassion on har faca didn’t ascapa

with Justin, aspacially in front of har othar family mambars. His fingars tappad against tha staaring whaal, and his ayas narrowad. Was sha

was a