CEO's Substitute Bride

Chapter 53

Alyssa stared at the coffee stains on his buttoned-up shirt and raised an eyebrow. "You can't even hold a cup of coffee properly," she commented sarcastically. "They say that if something's wrong with your hand coordination, your kidney isn't good. Think they could say the same for you?"

Emmett pursed his lips and placed the cup on top of the table. He didn't bother to wipe the stains from his suit as he stood up. "There's nothing wrong with my hand coordination, I assure you. Unless, of course, you'd like to test it out?" After that, he winked.

She didn't even bother to look at him as she turned around and walked towards the door. "Dream on!"

Her arrogant voice echoed throughout the hallway just as the door had slammed shut.

He blinked in surprise.

Did this woman grow a pair of wings since she had removed her makeup, that she'd actually dared to challenge him? His eyes flashed with amusement as he stared at her retreating figure.

Alyssa ran out of the villa. As soon as she was out of his reach, she patted her chest as she sighed in relief. Thank God! The last thing she needed was to trap herself under him again.

At this point, she knew for a fact that she shouldn't show any sort of weakness.

The corners of her lips rose into a smirk. Not only had she walked away from him, but she also snapped back at him. At this point, she was invincible!

Maybe “Justin” wasn't as scary as he had initially seemed.

There was no way she was going to allow herself to be threatened by him.

Alyssa went to the Moore Group. Her thoughts were wandering elsewhere as her car sped down the highway.

Back when she was younger, she followed Skylar into the company once. After that she could only stand outside the building every time she passed by.

In the past, her biggest wish was only Aurora to recognize her as her daughter. She had never thought that she'd be able to enter the Moore Group and get more shares than any of them.

In fact, she had never thought that Jason himself would be the one to invite, no beg for her to come over.

Taking a deep breath, she raised her chin and went to the building.

Alyssa didn't have a work permit, as it was her first day here. The moment she had entered, one of the receptionists stopped her at the front desk. "Miss, may I ask who you're looking for?"


She smiled. Her eyes were as bright as the stars. "I'm Alyssa Moore. I'm here for work."

Moore? The receptionists looked at each other.

"Who is this?" Skylar's voice came from behind.

The sound of high heels clicked closer and closer towards the desk.

Skylar walked in front of her. However, when she saw the woman's face more clearly, her eyes widened in shock. Even her confident voice had reverted into a stutter, "Who…who are you?"

"I'm Alyssa. Do you not recognize me anymore, Sister?" Alyssa’s said slowly. There was an inexplicable sense of mockery hidden in her voice.

"I...how did you...how did you become like this?"

"Sis, this is what I really look like. Do you really not recognize me? After all, we have seen all of our lives, haven't we?"

Alyssa approached her as she spoke.

Skylar was still so immersed in Alyssa's change of appearance that she couldn't help but stagger back. There was no way that this was Alyssa, that ugly duckling! She looked so different! Skylar’s face paled over.

Obviously, she knew that the men didn't succeed in raping the latter back at Sky Light Club.

But even if they had reported to her, Skylar still couldn't believe that Alyssa was able to escape unscathed. After all, hadn't she arranged everything so flawlessly? Something must've happened!

That was why she asked Aurora to invite Alyssa out for a meal. She wanted to see if the latter was really okay. What she didn't expect is for her to be in this state!

Even the receptionists were surprised. Their jaws were hanging so low that they'd risk falling off.

It had been rumored that the Third Lady of the Moore family was ugly and stupid. Did she have plastic surgery overseas? Or were the rumors about her completely and utterly wrong?

Plus, the Second Lady, who had once been arrogant and domineering, seemed to be a little intimidated by the Third Lady. Something was up. Plenty of men and women looked in their direction, wanting to get in with the gossip.

Skylar forcefully suppressed her anger and gritted her teeth as she faked a smile. "You're my biological sister, of course, I know you. After all, I even gave you my fiancé, didn't I?"

Previously, Skylar had bought all the media coverage by saying that Alyssa had snatched her fiancé. And now that woman was saying that she had given it to her? The woman was nothing but a two-faced bitch.

Even if she was irritated, Alyssa didn't let it show. She smiled. "Thank you for being so generous to allow me to marry such an outstanding man. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have found myself."

"You!" Skylar had always been used to dealing with her obedience. Seeing Alyssa becoming so sure of herself, she wanted to peel off her skin. She raised her hand.

Just as she was about to reach out, Alyssa held her arm. Even then, her smile hadn't faded. "Sister, why don't we go up first? We shouldn't keep Dad waiting."

They were in a public area, and employees were coming in and out of the hallway. If the two of them had caused a scene, it wouldn't do them any good.

Understanding this, Skylar turned around and walked towards the elevator.

However, they didn't get very far when she had heard the receptionists discussing behind them. They were arguing about which one of the women looked good.

"Third Lady is pretty, don't you think? Do you think she have plastic surgery?" One of them said.

"But she looks so natural!"

"If she didn’t have a plastic surgery, then she'd be prettier than the Second Lady!"

As soon as Skylar heard this, she was so enraged that she directly shook off Alyssa's grip. Her eyes glazed over at her, gazing at her as if she was looking at something dirty. "Don't touch me!"

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