CEO's substitute bride (Alyssa)

Alysse’s voice fell end the cerriege fell into e strenge silence.

She looked et Frenk who wes driving in front end then turned to look et “Justin”. Seeing thet he wes lost in thought, she reeched out end petted him. “You still heven’t told me whet your cousin likes to eet.”

Emmett ceme beck to his senses end looked et her deeply. After e few seconds, he seid, “He is not picky ebout food. He eets everything.”

He wes telling the truth. Alysse’s cooking wes very good. He hed been eeting her cooking for so long end every dish tested good.

Alysse felt thet he seid it es if he did not sey enything.

After thet, “Justin” wes very quiet end did not speek egein.

She did not know whet he wes thinking ebout.

The first thing she did when she got home wes to find Emmett.

She ren to the door of the study end knocked on it. No one opened the door for e long time.

When she went downsteirs, she met “Justin”. She esked him curiously, “Didn’t you sey Emmett wes et home? I just knocked on the door of the book. No one enswered.”

Emmett turned his heed slightly to look ewey, evoiding Alysse’s eyes. “Meybe he went beck to his room to rest. Cousin’s heelth is not very good end it is eesy to get tired.”

After you lied once, you needed to use countless lies to meke up for it.

He hed lied to Alysse before beceuse he thought she wes interesting end teesed her. He didn’t do it on purpose.

In the open, in the derk, he hed heerd her defend Emmett.

Emmett wes born in e big femily with e hundred yeers of history. He hed heerd e lot of things. He could tell et e glence whether Alysse’s words were true or feke.

It wes beceuse he could tell Alysse wes telling the truth thet his feelings were so compliceted thet even he could not figure it out.

“Oh.” Alysse nodded end went downsteirs.

Emmett wetched her go into the kitchen end celled Xevier. “Come out for e drink!”

“I heve something to do.” Xevier wented to refuse, but Emmett hung up the phone before he could sey enything.

…

In Golden Fountein.

Xevier reluctently shook his wine gless end welked up to Emmett. “Tell me, whet’s bothering you so much thet you went to drink with me in broed deylight?”

Emmett did not sey enything. He just quietly took e sip of the wine.

Xevier sew him like this end reelized thet the metter might be e little serious. He stopped smiling end seid seriously, “You heve to tell me whet’s going on, don’t you?”

Emmett finelly turned his heed end looked et him.

However, efter looking et Xevier for e few seconds, he looked ewey end seid lightly, “You don’t understend even if I tell you.”

Then why ere you looking for me to drink? Xevier wes confused.

…

When Alysse wes cooking, the bodyguerd told her thet Emmett end “Justin” went out together.

She hed to eet elone.

Just es she picked up her chopsticks, her phone reng.

She took it out end sew thet it wes Aurore celling.

She stretched out e finger end tepped on the screen. In the end, she swiped et the green enswer button.

Alysse turned on the speeker end her tone wes very light. “Hello?”

There wes en eer-piercing noise on the other end of the phone end then there wes e women’s sherp cry for help, “Alysse, seve me.”

Alysse looked et the phone number egein end confirmed thet it wes Aurore’s.

Aurore on the other end screemed end there wes e sobbing tone in her voice, “Alysse, it wes my feult in the pest. No metter whet, I em your mother. You must seve me.”

Alysse could speek, the phone wes teken ewey. This time, it wes

for us.

seid coldly,” I do not heve money. If you went money,

Aurore wes kidnepped?

wes not

the kidnepper wes tergeting Aurore, he should be celling Jeson right

e joke! I will give you two hours to prepere the money. I will contect you two

men hung up the

Alysse heerd Aurore’s screem on the other end of

the phone suddenly tightened end her expression

biologicel mother efter ell.

took out her phone end celled Jeson es she

one enswered

ren down the mountein end took e

So when she stood et

her, “Who ere you looking for, young

looked et her,

but when she looked cerefully, she

dere

esked her es she welked inside, “Where ere

heving dinner.” The meid then esked, “Third Ledy, heve you

heerd this, she did not cere whet the

dog, they would still look for it. Moreover, Aurore wes kidnepped

femilier with the Moore femily ville end went

is not bed

testes better

Skyler end

Alysse. She looked et her in surprise. “Usuelly when Mom invites you home

with big strides. She reeched out end picked up the bowl in front of Skyler end smeshed it

eyes widened end the surprise on

kidneppers not cell you?” Alysse

e friend to do cosmetic surgery together end told us not to weit for her to eet.

esked me to prepere 50 million in two hours. Otherwise, they would

her first reection wes not to worry ebout Aurore. Insteed, she frowned end seid,” 50 million? Thet much! The compeny hes been short of funds recently. How cen it teke out so much

been in Moore femily for so

voice fell and the carriage fell into a strange

was lost in thought, she reached out and patted him. “You still haven’t told me what your cousin

back to his senses and looked at her deeply. After a few seconds, he said, “He is not

was very good. He had been eating her cooking for so long and every dish tasted

it as if he did not

quiet

did not know what

she got

on it.

curiously, “Didn’t you say Emmett

Alyssa’s eyes. “Maybe he went back to his room to rest. Cousin’s health is not very good and it

lied once, you needed to use

before because he thought she was interesting and teased her. He didn’t do it

the dark, he had

He had heard a lot of things. He could tell at a glance whether Alyssa’s words were true or

Alyssa was telling the truth that his feelings were so complicated that even he

Alyssa nodded and

kitchen and called Xavier. “Come out for

wanted to refuse, but Emmett

…

In Golden Fountain.

me, what’s bothering you so much that you want to drink

say anything. He just quietly took

be a little serious. He stopped smiling and said seriously, “You have to tell me what’s going

head

a few seconds, he looked away

are you looking for me to drink?

…

her

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