CEO's Substitute Bride

George curled his lips and smiled mysteriously. "Emmett is as skeptical as his mother. Once he found something, he must go to its roots. What happened to the old man had already raised his suspicions. He will find out what we did sooner or later. So of course, I have to be on guard and take precautions before he comes to us."

When Frances heard him say this it was as if she had taken a pill to calm herself down. She let out a long sigh of relief and relaxed a little. "You scared me to death."

George reached out and patted Frances's shoulder. "Don't worry. No matter how smart he is, he still can't beat me."

Frances frowned. She was still a little worried.

She had seen Emmetts means and how powerful he was. So when George said this, Frances still had some worries in her heart.

…

Since the start of the shooting of ‘Lost City’, everything had been going smoothly.

Alyssa had previously followed the group mainly because it was the first time for her script to be made into a TV series. Although it was just an online drama, she also felt that it was very fresh. Once she had time, she would go to the production crew.

However, she had not really been to the production crew recently.

It had been almost a month since “Lost City” began shooting. The first half of the content had already been finished and the second half needed to be shot elsewhere.

Because they had to go to other places to film, there were so many people in the production team that needed time to rectify. The production team had only taken two days off.

Amelia had some free time and asked Alyssa to have dinner together. Coincidentally, the location she had chosen was Golden Fountain Club.

Alyssa did not have much work so she gladly accepted her invitation.

Although Amelia asked her for dinner, she even arrived a little later than Alyssa.

Alyssa waited for more than ten minutes before Amelia came.

"Sorry, there is a bit of traffic jam." Amelia sat down and said apologetically.

Alyssa shook her head and said. "It's okay. I just arrived."

The two of them ordered some dishes and chatted about the production crew for a while.

Most of the time, it was Amelia who was speaking, Alyssa just listened to her and nodded.

Suddenly, Amelia seemed to remember something and asked her. "Hey, have you heard of a rumor recently?"

"What rumor?" Alyssa did not take it to heart. Amelia's family background was not bad and she was in the entertainment industry. So there were many channels for her to hear news about certain wealthy families or celebrities. So, Alyssa was already used to it and no longer surprised as before.

Amelia leaned near to Alyssa and said mysteriously, "It's related to the Lawrence family."

Alyssa's expression froze when she heard the words “Lawrence family”. She looked at Amelia and asked, "What rumors?"

It had been several days since she had seen Emmett last time. When she called Emmett, he was always busy.

And every time Emmett called her, he would always say he had some meetings or he was busy and hang up quickly without saying anything.

Therefore, she had rarely contacted Emmett in the past few days. She did not go out much nor did she read any magazines, so she had never heard of any rumors related to Lawrence family.

"Someone said that George has been secretly taking care of a mistress outside. And he even has a child." Amelia's tone became disdainful. "Everyone still thinks that George is a devoted man. After the death of his wife, he has not married for so many years and there has never been any scandal. But now…"

At the end of her sentence, Amelia wrinkled her nose and clicked her tongue in distain.

Alyssa's expression was stunned but she quickly regained her senses and asked. "Didn't you say it was just a rumor? It could be a lie.”

Hearing this, Amelia nodded. "That's right. After all, people nowadays love to play tricks on others. I know an artist. Once, when she was walking on the road, she squatted on the ground because of a stomachache. In the end, the paparazzi took photos of her and said that she was squatting on the ground and crying because she saw her ex-boyfriend with a new girlfriend…"

Alyssa was speechless.

Are people really so idle these days? She wondered.

“But no matter it is true or lie, this matter has a great impact on the Lawrence Group. The stock prices have started to fall in the past two days."

Amelia was obviously very interested in George having an illegitimate child. After all, George was a man who dominated the business world for many years. He was also from the Lawrence family, which was most powerful and prestigious family in the city. So it was normal for people to gossip, when they suddenly saw a scandal after so many years.

After she finished speaking, she asked Alyssa, "I have not seen George many times. But you must have seen him, right? What do you think of him? Do you think he may have an illegitimate child outside?"

Alyssa unconsciously shook the drink in her glass. She thought for a while and said, "I have very little contact with him. I am not sure what kind of person he is."

Fortunately, Amelia did not delve into this matter. As she spoke, she began to chat with Alyssa about other artistes' scandals and relationships.

Alyssa, on the other hand, was a little absent-minded when she heard this.

As she listened to Amelia's words, she took her phone to search for news about the Lawrence Group on the Internet.

Sure enough, she found out that there was a media report about George suspected to have an illegitimate child outside.

It could be seen that these media outlets had a strong sense of survival. They had added the word "suspected" in front of them.

If what Frances said was true, then George was indeed a person who had grown up in love.

There were positive and negative comments online.

"I think there must be someone must be trying to mess with the Lawrence Group."

"Do you know what kind of family the Lawrence family is? Who would dare to mess with the Lawrences?"

"Emmett Lawrence, do you think he is someone to mess with?"

"If it's true, then George's public persona will be ruined."

"It’s been a day or two since this news came out, but the Lawrence Group has not denied it publicly. Could it be true?"

Seeing this comment, Alyssa couldn't help but have some doubts in her heart.