CEO's Substitute Bride

Chapter 46

There was complete silence before Aurora quickly added, "I've been too busy in the past, so I wasn't able to find time to be with you back then. How about you let me make it up to you now? What do you say? Let me apologize for all that lost time."

If this had happened a couple of months back, Alyssa would've been very ecstatic. In fact, whatever her mother needed, she'd readily provide, as long as it meant that they'd grow closer together. However, after everything that had happened now, she knew that her mother's intentions weren't that simple.

How careless of her to use being busy as an excuse!

Being busy...her mother had always used that as an excuse, but whenever Skylar was involved, she'd drop everything and race out the front door. She never took any of Alyssa's concerns to heart, which resulted in their estranged relationship.

Besides, Aurora was a full-time housewife. She didn't even need to manage anything inside the house given the number of maids that Jason had hired. What could she busy herself with? Counting her money?

Alyssa remembered that day when she had bought a movie ticket and asked her mother watched it with her. Although hesitant, Aurora agreed, asking for her to wait in the cinema and that she'd meet her there.

However, up until the movie ended, Aurora never showed up.

When Alyssa returned home, she learned that it was because Skylar had gotten drunk at a party, Aurora was busy picking her up and sending her to the hospital that she paid no attention to the movie date she had promised her. Aurora even didn’t even bother to call Alyssa and kept her waiting until the movie ended.

A small bitter smile appeared across her lips. "Sure, send me the address."

As soon as she hung up, Hazel shook her head in disappointment.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" She raised her eyebrows.

"Your mother invited you to dinner again?" Hazel said angrily, crossing her arms over her chest. "And you're going? Do you really want to go back to her? After everything that bitch Skylar has done? I'm sure she'll be there too."

“Yes.” Alyssa confirmed, pulling Hazel to sit on the sofa. Before the later could continue with her rant, she asked, "Hey, I asked you to bring a brick on your way here. Did you bring it?"

"Yeah, it's in the car. I'll get it for you." Hazel responded.

Even after numerous efforts, Alyssa still couldn't break into her door. She didn't know how long she'd have to wait if she were to call a locksmith, so she decided to take matters into her own hands. That was why she had asked Hazel to get her a brick.

“Holy Shit!" Hazel burst into laughter as soon as she figured out what Alyssa was trying to do. Just as she was about to join her, her manager called on her once again. Since her projects doubling due to her rising fame, she had gotten busy over the last few weeks.

Just as she was about to leave, she quickly waved Alyssa over. "Hey, do you mind taking a video of yourself? Just for entertainment purposes of course."

Alyssa didn’t know how to reply. Did Hazel’s fans know how juvenile she was?


Once Hazel had gone, she gripped the brick and walked to the door of her room before smashing the door handle. The noise echoed across the hallway as she did it one more time.

Emmett, who was in his study, was attracted by this noise and walked over. When he spotted the brick in her hand, the corners of his lips tugged into a smile. He rubbed his forehead, laughing softly.

This woman was really… unpredictable!

This woman was really… unpredictable!

Just as she was going to hit the handle once again, he grabbed a hold of her wrist and leaned in a bit closer. "Cousin isn't home. You can sleep in his room in the meantime unless you're looking into paying for this door?"

Alyssa also believed that destroying other people's properties wasn't the right answer, but she had no other choice. She pointed at her room before waving her hand. "My things are inside."

"You're married. Cousin already asked his bodyguards to send all the female items into his room the moment you've stepped into his house. There are even a few clothes that you can use." In reality, he actually only ordered his bodyguards recently.

Alyssa had never expected that, but she shook her head and said frankly, “But I am afraid of sleeping in his room.”

If she had stepped into his room without Emmett's permission, who knew what he'd do? She'd have to wait for him to come back instead. It's only proper, right?

“Justin” might laugh at that, but she was just being honest.

Emmett did not see that coming. Was she the same woman who bickered with him all the time?

"I'll just smash the door open. Besides, I don't think he'll let me pay for the door. He wouldn't be so petty." After all, he had given her a phone, hadn't he? Alyssa also didn't see him managing her issues at all, giving her all the freedom she needed. He wasn't that bad at all.

Emmett’s black eyes flashed with a hint of shock, and then he stopped talking.

She had already complimented how generous he was; that meant that her impression of him had gotten better as compared to the first time they've met. That was progress, wasn't it? His fingers twitched towards the brick.

At this point, he had no choice but to offer his help

He reached out for the brick in Alyssa’s hand and smashed the handle in a few moves. The door swung open within a few seconds.

Alyssa blinked. It seemed that he became more bearable after everything that had happened last night. She paused before saying, "Thank you."

Well, at least their friendship had progressed, at least, just a bit.

Emmett didn't say another word as he turned around and left. However, the way he was hunched over made him appear irritated over the small matter.

He didn't walk far before he saw a few of his bodyguards coming up the steps. "Sir, did something happen?"

“It was nothing.” Emmett glanced at the group of men.

He was suggesting that they should turn back.

The bodyguards immediately understood the meaning behind his words and quickly headed down the stairs. Even then, they were confused by the matter.

Upon hearing the big commotion just now, the bodyguards had assumed that their Young Master was fighting with Young Madame. One of them even bet a hundred dollars that this was happening, but their boss didn't even appear fazed. Although irritated, he certainly didn't look like he had just come from a fight.

Just as Emmett entered the room, he received a message from Xavier.

It was 40 seconds voice message. Clicking on the voice message, he placed his phone back on his table and listened.

“Am I disturbing you at this hour? Did the two of you have a good night last night? Did you use the things I had sent you earlier? If you ever need anything, I..."

Emmett pressed the power button and locked the screen.

With a sigh, he headed into his walk-in closet.

His walk-in closet was exceptionally large. Half of the room was filled with suits and casual wear, while the other half was filled with skirts, dresses, and jeans. All of them had been prepared for Alyssa, but it seemed that she wouldn't wear them for now.

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