CEO's substitute bride (Alyssa)

Emmett’s eyes still didn’t move away from her face, not allowing any subtle change of expression to go unnoticed. He stared at her like a man solving his first puzzle, determined and serious.

Alyssa was also staring at him this whole time. If outsiders were to see them now, they would’ve felt the tension rising on the rooftops. They were like a pair of kids, just waiting for the other to budge.

In the end, she’s the first one who turned away.

They were just one person?

No matter how much Alyssa thought about it, she couldn’t help but feel that the idea was ridiculous!

Seeing the constantly changing expression on her face, Emmett couldn’t help but feel a bit disappointed in himself. Perhaps it really wasn’t the right time to say it now. It must be too sudden.

He retracted his gaze and slowly drank the mouthful of water. “If I said no, would you believe me?”

Hearing the incredulity in his voice, her shoulders sagged in relief. “Of course not! Do you really think I’m that easy to fool?”

“Of course not!”

She was easily deceived, that was not his thought, but a fact.

After dinner, Alyssa finally returned to her room. Even then, she couldn’t help but think back to Justin’s words. “Why would he tease about something like this?”

Although she hadn’t spent long time with Justin, she could tell that he was the type of man who couldn’t be manipulated. No matter how strongly his elders may try, he wouldn’t allow himself to get married if he didn’t want to.

No matter who married into the Lawrence, if it had been her or Skylar, Emmett must’ve done a background check on them.

At that time, she had just been ‘ugly and stupid’. Skylar, although beautiful, had been too chaotic and promiscuous for the Lawrence family to allow such a union. They wouldn’t make reputable wives.

If Justin was really Emmett, then he wouldn’t need to marry her or Skylar.

Furthermore, their personalities were different. While “Justin” was the type of man who was forward and straight to the point, Emmett was distant and cold. There was no way they could be the same person, right?

At this analysis, she calmed down and brought her pajamas into the bathroom.

When she came out after bathing, she heard her phone rang.

see who called,

skip work

harsh voice echoing from the other end of the line. Turning on the hands free setting, she placed it back on her bed and began to dry her hair. “Dad’s really well-informed. I went home after I went out this morning. But it was already late at night when you found out that I

do market research with her must’ve been set up by Manager Black. He must’ve wanted

she wouldn’t have the gut to tell Jason with fear of

as well. After confirming that the person hadn’t succeeded, she raced straight to

effort to deal with

Skylar about the Sky Light

she wanted to test Skylar

the mastermind behind that incident could only be

to Alyssa that day, so as soon as he heard her arrogant tone, he grew even angrier. “Alyssa! Do you really think that I can’t

want to control me, you can

young, Jason had never cared for her. The only times he ever looked for her was because he needed her, nothing more and nothing

remained silent with astonishment for a while. He coldly said. “If that’s all you have to say, then

hung up her phone

Villa, Skylar brought a glass of water to her father. “What did Alyssa do to

just because she had gotten married!” Jason was so furious that

down. “Dad, Alyssa really has gone too far this time around. You’re so good to her, but she still wouldn’t take you seriously. Maybe it’s time

moment, before nodding. Perhaps, this

…

long expected that this matter would not be

to go to the Moore Group, she wasn’t

still filming outside the cityscape, and Alyssa didn’t have many friends in Herton City. That’s why she didn’t do much on the weekends except for

in Moore Group for very long. She had always

himself at home. She didn’t know whether to be happy about

Monday morning.

last night, so she had assumed that “Justin” arrived

but she was definitely going to make him work for it. “That bastard isn’t going

the dining room, she saw “Justin” leaning

had met