The Mysterious Billionaire and His Substitute Bride

Garrett wasn’t expecting Laney to brush off his question, much less mention the one embarrassing thing he didn’t want to talk about.

He held on to her arm and hesitated for a moment before speaking. “Well… She is an ex-girlfriend of mine. She was spoiled all her life, so she’s quite used to doing things without thinking about the possible consequences. I must admit that I am partly at fault here. I should have been more firm when I broke up with her; she wouldn’t have fostered any false hopes that we might get back together again.”

True enough, his ex-girlfriend was a very stubborn brat. When he had first tried to break up with her, she was adamant with her refusal. They had broken up eventually, but it seemed like she had turned her love for him into some sinister obsession that prompted her to do horrible things like attacking him with a weapon.

Garrett hung his head and said nothing more. He wasn’t the type to gossip about his exes, regardless of whether he was in good terms with them or not.

Laney narrowed her eyes at him. Clearly, she didn’t believe a word he had just said. “Are you sure the fault isn’t entirely yours? Maybe you trampled on her heart too much.”

If the tabloids were to be believed, Garrett had supposedly dated several women at the same time. He was notorious for having a messy love life.

He looked at Laney now, caught between crying and laughing. He was painfully aware of his awful reputation, as well as the fact that most people believed the stories to be a true.

a womanizer at all. Or at least, he didn’t think so. Contrary to popular claims, he was always serious

in love, he would give his girlfriend his all. And once he broke up with someone, he would draw a clear line and never contact the other party again. Perhaps the problem was that he was rarely single. The media had simply latched on to the number of relationships under his belt and built up his image as

couple of seconds as pulled himself out of his musings. “I can only

again, he realized that Laney was bleeding profusely. “Why do you ask so many questions, anyway?” he grumbled. “Can’t

he had wondered—genuinely wondered—if this

and Laney realized that the

even as she tightened the makeshift bandages around her arm.

head. All he could do for now was to assist her as they rushed through the

girlfriend have a problem with her eyesight?” Laney asked

in the most adorable way. Now, why would she ask something like

a tomboy, am I?” Laney added before he could say