CEO's substitute bride (Alyssa)

The doctor immediately administered the injection to Emmett. It had taken a while, but his condition finally stabilized. The doctor sighed in relief as he packed up his things, before turning to her. “Make sure you get him to drink plenty of liquids. Also, he mustn’t be doing anything rigorous or exhausting that may affect his recovery, all right?”

“OK.”

Alyssa grabbed a towel from his bedside table to wipe the sweat off his forehead. By the time she had done so, the others already made their way out of the room.

She sighed in frustration and stared into his closed eyes. There was just something about this situation that she couldn’t seem getting away with.

Alyssa felt a little strange. That night in the dining room, she had fallen into “Justin’s” arms, and Frank had caught them in the act. Yet, he didn’t say the word. He even suggested her to take care of him while he was sick.

Shouldn’t he have said something to Emmett? Or had he forgotten that the incident happened in the first place?

“Mom…”

Before she could think about it more, he began to tremble under her touch. He called out once again while she was wiping his forehead. Just as she was about to pull her hand away, he suddenly grabbed a hold of her wrist, pulling him towards her. Even if his eyes were closed, his face was contorted into that of worry and disbelief.

No matter how hard she pulled, it was like fighting against an iron clamp. He even grabbed her hand even tighter.

She glared at him angrily. “I’m not your Mom! Let go of me.”

However, the man didn’t look like he could hear her at all. Instead, he grasped her hand as if his own life was on the line. The space between his brows gradually softened, and his breathing became steady. The grip on her hand seemed to have granted him some comfort in this world.

Her phone suddenly rang out; it was Hazel.

“Hazel, have you arrived?”

“I’m already at the entrance. Where are you?”

Alyssa looked down at “Justin” who was sleeping soundly. However, when she tried pulling her hand back, he simply gripped her even tighter. Seeing as there was no other choice, she called Frank to bring her friend in.

“What happened, Alyssa?” Hazel rushed into the room to get a better look. At first, she had wanted to see if Alyssa was doing okay and why she had called her in instead of coming out to join her. But as soon as she saw the man lying on the bed, she was shocked. Her jaw dropped, and it took her a few seconds to get herself together.

“Didn’t you say Emmett was ugly? Is he ugly? Are you blind or something?”

Frank , who was standing behind her this whole time, felt anxious and quickly explained. “This is the Second Young Master, Mr. Justin.”

“Mr. Justin?” Hazel blinked, narrowing her eyes at the way the two were positioned. “Then why is he holding Alyssa’s hands? If he really is who you say he is, doesn’t he know that she’s his sister-in-law? It wouldn’t be right to be so physically close to her, wouldn’t it? This will cause misunderstanding, especially under Emmett’s watch.”

Frank was speechless. At this point, once all of this was over, he was asking for a raise!

When Alyssa heard this, she couldn’t help but glance in Frank ‘s direction. That was also what she was curious about. If he was really Emmett’s assistant, shouldn’t he be more inclined in keeping them apart rather than pushing them together? Something about this just didn’t seem right at all.

Frank thought for a while and explained. “Isn’t sister-in-law like a mother? That’s why he’s holding her like that.”

Mom just now?” Alyssa faked a

up. He couldn’t take

Master must’ve woken up now. I should

any further, Frank made an excuse

the other businessmen he had dealt with in the past. Somehow, he could find himself relating to Xavier’s predicament. The man’s

dinner later.”

down, getting a

have a pretty face wasn’t as unique anymore, especially after working in such an industry, but even she couldn’t help but be surprised upon seeing his face structure. “Holy shit! Is the Lawrence family’s genes

slowly reached out to pinch his cheek, wanting to see if he was wearing a mask to

hand was only half-way there when the man on the

in his ink-blank eyes, but after his gaze became

generally a tough woman, was shocked by his gaze. She drew back her hand immediately

behind her and said to him. “What are

instantly calmed down.

that was being pulled by him and said angrily, “Then you have to let go

her face. Then he let go

out to get him

go in and check

“He is just sick.”

could only recognize the later one. That

could see what all the commotion was about, the door was immediately pushed open

expression, it seemed like they were arguing about something, but she didn’t know

expect that Alyssa was here. He blinked in surprise. He then calmly took out his glasses and placed them on the bridge of his nose. All sorts of frustration

“Hello.” Alyssa nodded.

changed his attitude

came to visit him…”

“Xavier!”

turned around to see Hazel rolling up her sleeves and walking towards the CEO of Nine Cloud media with an angry expression. She didn’t even blink her eyes when she

even Alyssa couldn’t help but frown at the sight. Although it was painful, he didn’t show it. He was calm as if he was already used to her

shocked. What

of silence, Xavier finally steadied himself. He suddenly chuckled and said in a low voice. “You hit me so hard that I thought you’ve actually crippled me. Hazel, tell me. if you’ve actually injured me, will you take

said I’d hit you every time I saw you,

she acted out every time someone had pissed her off. But this was the

turned to look at Alyssa. “I’ll wait

Alyssa nodded in response.

bedside, taking in the man’s sunken eyes and pale face. “So you really are sick. You’re

the company today, so when Frank informed him that Emmett was sick, Xavier had a feeling that they were just faking it. Not wanting to face those directors

alone!” Emmett frowned and

at