CEO's substitute bride (Alyssa)

Alyssa raised her head in surprise, gazing at “Justin” before glancing back at the phone in her hand. “You bought this?”

“Nice try. Cousin bought it for you.” Emmett rolled his eyes and began to eat.

Alyssa sneered at his words. “As if I’d accept it if it was from you.”

Alyssa took the phone out of the small box. A small smile appeared on her lips as she analyzed it carefully.

As Emmett was the one who had bought it for her, she accepted it. After all, they were already married, so there wasn’t anything wrong with giving and receiving gifts.

Alyssa noticed that there was a SIM card next to her phone. It was the number she had used before.

Once she had everything installed, she immediately dialed Hazel’s number.

The phone only rang once before it was answered.

“Alyssa.” Hazel’s worried voice sounded from the other end of the line. There weren’t any background noises from her end, so her words were loud and clear. “Are you okay? You weren’t picking up the phone earlier and I thought…”

“I’m fine. Are you filming already?” Alyssa tilted her head. She remembered Hazel saying that she’d be returning to the production team.

“After everything you’ve been through, you’d think I’d just let go and start filming? I’m heading out right now! We should meet.” There were rustling sounds from the back, making it sound as if she was packing.

Alyssa also wanted to talk to Hazel about last night, so she quickly agreed. “Okay, I’m eating. I’ll go out in a minute…”

“No need. I’ll go there instead. See you.” Hazel interrupted her and hung up the phone.

Once Hazel hung up, Alyssa placed her phone on the table and gazed up at the man eating slowly in front of her.

“Justin” had always acted arrogant and rash, yet, his actions proved to be the complete opposite. In fact, he was very calm and cautious. Even the way he was drinking his porridge was eloquent.

The more she observed him more, the more she spotted how contrasting his actions were to his words.

“About last night…” She paused before saying, “Thank you.”

“Thanks for what?” Emmett looked up at her, his pitch-black eyes flickering with an imperceptible smile. “Thank me for pushing you away at the critical moment?”

Alyssa understood his words and blushed. “Can’t you talk decently for once?”

gratitude she had had for him, it

he wiped his hands while saying, “You said

Alyssa thought for a while and leaned back against her seat. “How about

rose at her offer, and she

Let’s go to the clubhouse I brought you to last time.” Emmett said

That place?

Hoover City. For those in the middle class, it would take them years just to get a reservation in that place, and the prices there… Not to mention she didn’t have a job now, even if she had one, it would drain her salary for half a year if she

he doing

said straightforwardly. “It won’t do. I can’t afford

at her in surprise. “Cousin didn’t give

would he do that?” Alyssa felt that “Justin” was weird

his pockets and handed it to her.

card right away, staring at the way it glimmered under the artificial lights. Even one glance from the card, and she could already tell that it must’ve had

is really good to you.” she said, unable to hide the

as such, there had been rumors that he was a cruel beast who lived in the inner corners of his mansion. Yet…that didn’t seem to be true, given his frequent travels. He even allowed his cousin to live in his villa, and he also gave “Justinhis

as if they were enemies destined to hurt one another no

looked at her seriously and said, “If you are willing to try, he might

word ‘try’. And then he

Alyssa flushed.

an arrogant and

hand, she lowered her head and continued to take in two mouthfuls of

was nothing wrong with spending Emmett’s money if she wanted to treat “Justin” to a meal, right? It was like greeting a

to such an expensive restaurant! Alyssa would’ve been fine with treating him herself at a more low-key area, but since he purposely wanted to

up the stairs to deal with

she was still fighting with

strange that the door

her.

only go downstairs to see Hazel

foot in the living room, Hazel had already rushed to hug her. She gripped her around the waist and buried

“I’m fine. How about

about the video you’ve seen…” Hazel quickly explained what had happened. The video that the blogger posted had gone viral that even her manager caught sight of it. “She’s

that the video would discredit her, so she immediately asked Hazel to find a couple of group photos and post them on Weibo. “It’s just to prove that I wasn’t in that club during the time of the

saw that there were numerous missed calls on her phone. “I tried calling you, but you wouldn’t answer. That’s when I called Xavier. He’s the one who told me that you went to Sky Light Club to

likely that this wasn’t a coincidence. Someone must’ve known her friendship with