The Mysterious Billionaire and His Substitute Bride

The waiting game was always the hardest.

Ethan sat with Janet in one of the corridors of the hospital.

It was mid-January by then and still a bit cold. Johanna wore a dark green maxi dress with a white cashmere coat on top. Her eyes kept darting between Janet and the man next to her as they waited.

Brandon Larson.

She had seen his face in their wedding photos on the news, but she didn’t like him very much.

Brandon was indeed a handsome man, but Johanna didn’t think that was a good thing. Rich, good-looking men more often than not turned out to be playboys.

And Brandon was rich, handsome, and successful. He had to be a scheming person, right?

On the other hand, Janet was a kind and lovely girl. She could easily have been played by Brandon.

But now that she, Johanna, was here for Janet, she would never let Brandon bully Janet.

Ethan could sense the hostility in Johanna’s eyes whenever she looked at him, but considering how she might be his mother-in-law, he could only politely nod to her.

was hard to tell which one of

a man with glasses and in his mid-fifties arrived. He looked like a well-read

Traffic was so heavy on the way here.” The

his eyes

flitted to the man. Although she was scolding him, her eyes were gentle. “How could you be late for something as important as this? I’ll deal

really sorry, Jo. I swear to God that I left early! Can you not punish me today? You just punished me recently…” The man tugged at the corner of Johanna’s clothes like a

whiz

she instantly recognized his eyes—because they looked

Johanna up, he noticed

glance, he felt that Janet had the exact same

his hands excitedly and walked up to the girl. “You must be Janet, am I right?

to meet you too, Mr. White.” For some reason, Janet suddenly grew nervous. Ethan had just managed to calm her down, but

study? Do you have a

way Brandon’s arm was tightly wrapped around Janet’s shoulder, there was a flicker of annoyance in Beal’s

no clue what

walked away to give

patted Beal’s shoulder. “Give our daughter some