CEO's Substitute Bride

When Alyssa and Hazel hurried back and opened the door, they saw that the television in the hall was turned on.

Alyssa looked around and called out, "Ella?"

Angela stood up from the sofa. Her chin and face were full of potato chips. Her hair was messy and she was holding the remote control in her hand.

When she saw Alyssa, her eyes brighten up and called out in surprise, "Mommy."

Angela was small. She had just sat on the sofa and was blocked by the back of the sofa. So when she called out, Alyssa did not see her.

Angela ran down from the sofa and ran towards Alyssa barefooted. Her hands were still tightly clutching the remote control.

“Mommy.”

Alyssa coordinated with her height and squatted down to wipe the potato chips on her face. She carried her up and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I'm watching TV." Angela waved the remote control in her hand and pointed at the TV behind her.

Hazel walked to the sofa and looked. She saw snacks all over the sofa. There were potato chips and candy scattered on it. There was a bottle of yogurt next to it.

Hazel saw this and could not stop laughing. "Oh my god, how did Ella find my snacks and even tore them apart by herself?! She is too powerful!"

Alyssa carried Angela over and saw the mess on the sofa. She did not know whether to laugh or cry.

"Did you take all these yourself?" Alyssa placed Angela on the sofa and stood up, allowing her gaze to be on the same level as her.

Alyssa's expression looked a little serious. Angela probably also felt that her mother's expression was not quite right. So, she rubbed the back of her little hand to her back and blinked her eyes. She said in a small voice, "Yes."

Seeing Angela’s expression, Hazel pushed Alyssa a little. "You scared her."

"Look, did you make Auntie Hazel's sofa dirty?" Alyssa pointed at the snacks on the sofa and asked her.

Angela looked at Alyssa's hand and nodded blankly.

Alyssa's tone could not help but soften a little. "Next time you can't make the sofa full of snacks. Do you want to help Auntie Hazel clean it up?"

Angela very obediently replied, "Okay."

Alyssa looked at Angela's obedient appearance and suddenly felt her nose turn sour.

She suddenly turned her back and tears rolled out of her eyes.

Seeing Alyssa suddenly turn down, Angela asked with uncertainly, “Mommy. . .”

Alyssa steadied her mind and tried to make her voice sound as usual, “Help Auntie Hazel clean the sofa, OK? Mommy needs to use the bathroom."

After she finished speaking, she hurried to the bathroom.

Once Alyssa entered the bathroom and closed the door abruptly, she leaned against the door. She slowly slid onto the floor and covered her face with her hands to suppress the sound of crying.

Outside the door, Angela saw Alyssa suddenly turn around and go to the bathroom to close the door. She helplessly pointed at the bathroom door and looked at Hazel, "Mommy?"

Outside the door, Angela saw Alyssa suddenly turn around and go to the bathroom to close the door. She helplessly pointed at the bathroom door and looked at Hazel, "Mommy?"

Hazel naturally heard the crying sound in Alyssa's voice just now.

She could understand Alyssa’s feelings right now.

Hazel smiled and said to Angela, "Mommy is washing her hands and will come out immediately. Angela first helps auntie clean the sofa."

Hazel brought a towel. When Angela was cleaning the sofa together with Hazel, she would look at the bathroom from time to time.

She looked very anxious and looked very adorable.

Hazel walked to the door of the bathroom and knocked on the door, "Alyssa, are you okay?"

Alyssa's voice came from inside. "It's okay, I will come out immediately."

Alyssa stood up and walked to the washing table. She washed her face and silently looked at herself in the mirror whose eyes were red.

When she saw Angela's obedient appearance just now, Alyssa suddenly felt very sad.

Being her daughter was not happy at all.

Ever since Angela had been born, she had not been able to take a good look at Angela and had not been able to protect and care her well.

As soon as she was born, Angela had been stolen away by someone else. When they finally had the chance to pick her up, that kind of accident happened again.

Three years.

She should have been raised by her mother for three years. However, Alyssa had never participated in it.

Alyssa had been absent from her life for three years, the most first three years in Angela’s life.

She did know what her daughter’s first word was, when her daughter walked for the first time or when she smiled for the first time. She had never participated in any of these moments.

She missed everything.

When Angela called her mother just now, she even felt guilty.

She did not deserved to be a mother.

Alyssa looked up, closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

When she opened her eyes again, her eyes were already clear and firm.

Alyssa opened the bathroom door and came out. She saw Hazel cleaning the sofa with Angela. They looked at each other seriously and were talking.

"Slowly wipe the garbage off like this, bit by bit."

"I wiped off the stuff!"

"You're awesome!"

They squatted on the sofa and wiped their things. The scene looked harmonious and warm.

Alyssa noticed that Angela was still barefoot. She lifted her foot and went to the room to get a pair of socks. She then brought out a pair of furry slippers.

When Angela saw Alyssa, she raised the towel in her hand and said proudly, "Mommy, I wiped it."

"Very good." Alyssa smiled at her, "Put on your socks first."

"Okay." Angela still remembered Alyssa's serious look from before. She thought that she had done something wrong to make Mommy angry, so she was very obedient now.

Angela kept smiling at her when Alyssa was helping her put on her socks. She looked a little silly.