CEO's substitute bride (Alyssa)

The bodyguard tilted his head in her direction before slowly nodding. “He’s upstairs, Young Madame.”

Now, even the bodyguards had trained themselves to address Emmett as Justin rather than his birth name.

She smiled, holding the bag in her hand as she went upstairs. “Justin,” she called out. There was a certain skip to her steps as she strode down the corridor. Obviously, whatever happened a few hours ago had set her in a good mood.

She gazed at the different doors surrounding her. Which room was he in again? She turned her head to see a majestic double-doored room waiting for her at the other end of the hall. Her lips pursed as she moved towards it.

She did come from that room yesterday morning, so that was obviously Justin’s room.

Now that she thought about it, even the doorway itself made it seem like the Master bedroom. No matter how hard she looked at it, it was the only room that stood out among the rest. So what was “Justin” doing there?

Did they really have such a good relationship that Emmett had lent him the Master bedroom? Was this another arrangement that they had concocted? It was weird. Or was there another Master bedroom that she wasn’t aware of?

Shaking her head, Alyssa knocked on the door. This wasn’t the time to think of this any further. Soon, his voice sounded from the other end of the room, “What is it?”

His voice was cold, colder than what he’d normally use when they talk.

“It’s me. I brought you some tea.” Alyssa said

In the room, Emmett had taken off his shirt, checking at the wound. The afternoon light shone through the windows, surrounding over his fit frame as he displayed the stitches in all its glory. His fingers trailed down his skin.

That time, after he had asked Alyssa to take the bullet out for him, he headed to a private hospital for a check-up. After all, his life was a reminder of his mother’s sacrifices, and he wouldn’t allow that to be left forgotten. Death was the last thing he’d yield to.

The only reason he even asked her to help him retrieve the bullet was that there was no other choice. Getting to the hospital would’ve triggered risk of severe blood loss, by which he may not be able to survive.

Although his wound had healed up, it still left a scar.

Upon hearing her calls, he wore his shirt and opened the door. He saw her standing by the doorway with a bag in her hands. “Yes?”

Alyssa raised her head to look up at him. Unlike most of their previous encounters, her face was clean and white–free from any spots or blemishes. She didn’t look bothered as she passed him the afternoon tea. “I brought it back for you as a thank-you.”

He didn’t need to look inside the bag to know that it was take-out from Golden Fountain Club.

Taking it, he asked, “Did everything go well?”

“It went well. Thank you,” she said sincerely, unable to hide the smile that had bloomed into her lips. Her eyes were bright and beautiful, and it could render anyone silent.

Emmett had seen many other beautiful women around him, especially as he had created a clubhouse himself. But none of them could move his heart as much as she could. Feeling his throat start to close up, he struggled to say, “Okay.”

he closed the

of wind bashing her across the face. Her eyebrows knitted together. “Why do I feel like he’s trying to

around and went back to her room. However, just as she

knew, she received

one of them stated a certain

eat, couldn’t he have just said it out loud? After all, they had just met about half a

always been known to spend money, even her siblings were

afford to pay her phone bill. To send so many text messages so easily? Her past self would’ve died from a heart

downstairs, she realized that rich people had even more

…

was any food left in the fridge to make all the dishes that he had

out the food from the fridge one by one. They didn’t seem to pay attention to her

peered at the plastic bags beside them.

greeting before explaining, “These are the food that was delivered yesterday at noon. That’s why we need

mean we have to change them?

at a closer look, the vegetables still looked

each other. “We always do

they were serious, she finally

always filled with food. She had assumed that the bodyguards were just adding a

made sure to make a lot of

thrown away. Even the thought

for those veggies?” She murmured

food every day was far too extravagant, she couldn’t help but relent. After all, Emmett must’ve liked this kind

she heard noises coming from

so she stepped out of the kitchen for a while to take a look. With every step she took, the voices

there were two men

Xavier and Arthur!

wasn’t strange, after all they

eyes, so he

the glasses and aloof nature. After all, for him, the CEO lifestyle just didn’t suit him. He waved at her with a

looked less like a gentleman now. Instead, he looked like a troublemaker

was probably the most

couldn’t help but smile back. Honestly, Xavier seemed much less intimidating to her now, as they had gotten to know each other a

Xavier stuttered out, upon taking a closer look at

Arthur. But the lawyer simply raised his eyebrows in smugness as a mockingly innocent smile threaded

That bastard!

was

day about Alyssa’s looks. That was why Xavier offered to go to Emmett’s villa to