The Mysterious Billionaire and His Substitute Bride

Laney narrowed her eyes at Garrett, who returned her stare with a quizzical one of his own.

She didn’t want him to feel indebted to her, for anything. “You can just pay me in cash, and we’ll call it quits.”

He flashed her a lopsided grin. “No way. You should know that the life of the Harding family’s precious son cannot be measured by money. You have managed to preserve a priceless treasure.”

His gaze turned serious then. “I owe you my life, and that is that. If you need help in the future, don’t hesitate to come to me. The Harding family will see to it that you don’t encounter any difficulty in Seacisco.”

Laney raised an eyebrow and rolled her eyes. What an arrogant man!

She decided to ignore his gallant declarations and shifted her focus back on the falling snow outside.

After another moment of silence, Garrett got up from his seat and walked over to Laney’s bed. He knocked his knuckles lightly against the top of her head. “Come on, Miss Garcia, don’t be rude to me. Fine, you can ignore me if you like, but you’d better stay here and recuperate properly. You can’t go back to work in your current condition.”

Laney didn’t want to give in to him, but she knew he was right. She had no choice but to grumble in agreement.

Laney was hospitalized yet again,

naturally felt aggrieved by

that Laney has to take time off work,” Ethan explained casually. “All things considered, this punishment isn’t

“That’s the thing. You know my ex-girlfriend’s

it, though. “Of course, you’re to

nothing to

incident until she got off work that day. They were supposed to go home together, but Laney was nowhere in sight, so Janet went to Garrett to ask where she

Janet headed straight to the hospital and stormed into Laney’s ward. “Can you rein in your sense of justice for once?” Janet huffed. “Mr. Harding is a grown man! Why did you feel the need to block his assailant with your

had first arrived, but her expression instantly softened when she caught sight of

out of instinct. “I wasn’t really thinking at the

even if you asked for additional days off. I just don’t understand why you would go to such lengths…” Now that Janet had looked at her closely, she realized that Laney had lost a lot of weight after the two

clicked in her mind. “Oh!” Janet explained, her face lighting up. “Is Mr. Harding

as if the mere