CEO's substitute bride (Alyssa)

“Sure.” After she said that, Jason’s expression changed slightly. Although it was barely noticeable to the other bystanders, Alyssa caught it. She smirked. “But not today. I plan on eating with my colleagues, so how about another day?”

The father and daughter duo obviously disliked her. From the moment she was brought into this world, they already wanted nothing to do with her. Naturally, that didn’t stop now even if they were working under the same company.

Hearing her refusal, his expression relaxed and his smile became less stiff. “All right. Some other time.”

Just then, Skylar suddenly turned her head and picked some food for her father. “Dad,” she insisted, placing the vegetables on his plate. “Try this! I heard that the dishes were well prepared today, so try to eat as much as you can!”

“Ha!” Jason shook his head with a smile. “You eat, too. You’ve lost a lot of weight recently.”

It was obvious that they were harmonious.

As they were moving away from them, Skylar shot her a contemptuous smile as if to say, “Not only does your mother not care for you, but also your father. You poor thing!” She bet that if they weren’t in front of such a loud crowd, Skylar would’ve said it right to her face!

Skylar knew her where to poke her insecurities, and she knew for a fact that she was succeeding.

Alyssa had thought that she had hardened her heart throughout the years. How could she not? After everything the Moore family had done to use her, she was continually slapped with the reality that they’d never love her as their daughter. However, she couldn’t help but feel a slight pain in her heart as soon as she saw their retreating figure.

Even when Alyssa had found a seat with her colleagues, her expression still had a cold tinge to it. Her eyes were more hooded, and the brightness of her features slowly receded. With a sigh, she gazed from afar, not noticing that her colleagues were exchanging looks.

The matter between her and Skylar had caused quite a stir on Weibo, so all the female colleagues were aware of their sisterly matters. They didn’t get along, and their little stunt today had proven that.

Even Jason seemed to dislike her.

Feeling uneasy, one of them pushed the menu towards Alyssa. “What do you want to order?”

Alyssa smiled, pushing the menu back. She said softly. “I’m not that picky when it comes to food. You guys order first. Besides, I’ve never been here before, so you guys know more about the dishes here than I do.”

“Sure!” The other colleagues followed.

Within a few minutes of talking, the others felt that Alyssa was quite easy to get along with. So someone tilted her head towards her and asked curiously. “Do you know why Dawson asked for a leave today? What happened in the Chairman’s office?”

“Nothing happened. Perhaps he’s done a lot of shit in the past that God’s already punishing him Himself,” Alyssa said jokingly, making up a bunch of nonsense in the back of her mind. She didn’t want word to get out of what she had done.

The others didn’t mind. Instead of pushing the topic, even more, they laughed and started talking about their past experiences with the manager.

Alyssa couldn’t help but feel more at ease in the company. She relaxed against her seat, and the smile on

was light and free from tension, until

of the Lawrence family, aren’t you? So why did you come to Moore Group to work instead of Lawrence Group?” One of

malicious intentions, it was really hard

before she turned

colleague interrupted, “If we eat quickly, we may have the chance to rest for a while. You know how the HR gets

asked Alyssa

that Alyssa wasn’t welcomed

of the Lawrence fortune, his physical condition made him unsuitable to take over the Lawrence Group. Many had suspected that the successor would be replaced, but there wasn’t any definite news of

taken from him, then Emmett was nothing more than a cripple. As such, it

help but pity her. The woman may

adding strips of pork on her plate, gazing at her with sympathy and pity. “You should eat more. You look so

be smart to know

perspective of an outsider, she seemed rather

Alyssa slowly said with a

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day. He made sure to check all the documents that needed to be checked over and signed any contracts that were beneficial to the firm. It was a tiring day, and he was just about ready to go

was walking out of the building, Xavier excitedly ran over. “Why don’t

Xavier’s work had gotten a lot easier. As such, he was in a better mood compared to the last few weeks he spent with towering paperwork and yapping executives. That’s why he wanted

Emmett refused without

home after work and don’t participate in any activities. With the way you’re living now, you’re following the steps of

the way life is when you

him a glare. “Shove your wife on our faces, why don’t

Arthur

Emmett. He glanced impatiently at the two men. “Can we go

said as he

and asked. “Are

were to see them now, they would’ve doubted that such a

as Xavier had expected, Arthur

Arthur’s shoulder and dragged him even farther away from Emmett. “Just because we don’t have wives don’t mean we can’t have fun! Let’s

his hand to Emmett and said sympathetically. “So what if you have a wife? You can do nothing but only watch her from

erupted into snickers. After all, Alyssa still thought of him as her husband’s cousin. Ah, it

what you think, then don’t bother coming over to

expression changed immediately as he backtracked. “I actually envy those who have wives to take care