The Mysterious Billionaire and His Substitute Bride

The doctor who pronounced Ethan’s mother dead had said she had died a natural death. But the events surrounding her death made Ethan suspect that someone had a hand in it.

The first person he suspected was Elissa. For fear of getting harmed, he decided to go to Patrick—the man who raped his mother. Elissa couldn’t harm Ethan, at least not openly, after he was recognized by the Lester family. She badly wanted to get rid of him, but she couldn’t do so without arousing suspicion. Even though he had to bear the name of being the bastard son of his father, he had a substantial amount of protection.

Ethan always wanted to get to the root of his mother’s sudden death. This was why he put up with a lot in the Lester household. To avoid alerting his enemy, he hid his identity as Brandon Larson and kept a low profile. He had been secretly investigating the case for many years.

As a child, he was forced to suffer Ritchie’s constant bullying in silence. But he couldn’t tolerate him anymore now that he had tried to harm Janet. He could put up with anything, but not an attack on his wife.

“How do you intend to deal with him? I wish we could do something, but he’s the second son of the Lester family. We are nobodies. He will crush us before we can act against him,” Janet said worriedly as she leaned against his chest.

Ethan stroked her hair and promised assuredly, “It doesn’t matter who he is. We will find a way.”

“I think it’s best we don’t confront him at all. On my part, I will stay away from any member of your family. I will run away if I ever bump into any of them. Ritchie was so horrendous when he got mad. He looked like a devil.” A cold shiver ran down Janet’s spine as she recalled Ritchie’s face. The handsomeness of his face was still there at that time, but there was no denying the fact that he looked like a personification of Satan.

“Sorry that you had to go through all that. I didn’t see your message on time because I was very busy. It won’t happen again. I’ll be quick to save you next time.” Ethan stroked her face absentmindedly. He was staring blankly with dim eyes. His mind was filled with thoughts at this time.

him tighter and inhaled his scent. This was the only way she could get solace and a sense of security now that she was afraid. Ethan was her rock and she felt safe with

been through a lot today. You look so tired. How about I take you home so you can rest?”

up and looked in the direction of the ward. Shaking her head, she refused, “I don’t want

her forehead and rested his chin on her head.

thought, ‘Laney saved my life again today. The least I can do is to stay here until she

staring at the closed door of Laney’s ward for a while, Janet buried herself in

his chest. He then heard a very faint sobbing. Janet was crying. “I was so useless today. I could do nothing but watch in horror as those men beat Laney. I don’t want to be in such a situation

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