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?”

for the last bit of gratitude she had had for him,

his porridge. Taking out the towel, he wiped his hands while saying, “You said thanks

and leaned back against her seat. “How about you let

her offer, and she slowly relaxed. Was that sincere

I brought you to

That place?

would take them years just to get a reservation in that place, and the prices there… Not to mention

doing this

her head and said straightforwardly. “It won’t do.

her in surprise. “Cousin didn’t give you his

Alyssa felt that “Justin”

card from his pockets and handed it to

lights. Even one glance from the card, and she could

you.” she said, unable to hide the envy in

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 credit

hand, she and Skylar acted as if they were enemies destined to

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

deliberately emphasized the word ‘try’. And then he

Alyssa flushed.

an arrogant and shameless

his hand, she lowered her head

“Justin” to a

fine with treating him herself at a more low-key area, but since he purposely wanted to give her a hard time, so don’t blame

they were done eating, she headed up the

she was still fighting with

was so strange that the

bodyguard came up and told her. “Young

now, she could only go downstairs to see

already rushed to hug her. She gripped her around the waist and buried her head into Alyssa’s neck. “You’re fine! Do you know

fine. How

the blogger posted had

wasn’t that banquet.” She immediately showed her pictures of the gala she had attended. Her manager was terrified that the video would discredit her, so she immediately asked Hazel to find a couple of group photos and post them

the pictures, she 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

that this wasn’t a coincidence. Someone must’ve known her friendship with Hazel and used that to their advantage, luring her over with a