The Mysterious Billionaire and His Substitute Bride

“Sir, take me right over here.” Lila showed the taxi driver the address on her phone.

“Oh, that looks like a distant neighborhood.” The driver spoke the Barnes dialect fluently, and when he saw the address, he was obviously grossed out.

Lila was accustomed to living in the rich area and had never left downtown. She knew nothing about this address and as she furrowed her brows, she asked, “Really?”

“That neighborhood happens to be both poor and messy. I know for a fact that the people living there are all poor families and hooligans. Why would you ever want to go there?” The driver glanced over at Lila. She was dressed from head to toe in elegant attire and didn’t look like someone who would live in such a bad neighborhood at all.

With a dry smile on her face, Lila told him, “I don’t think that’s any of your business. Just take me there.”

The Gillian family’s house was far away from the downtown area. The driver drove the cab into a dilapidated neighborhood.

As soon as Lila got out of the car, she could make out a broken and small apartment building, which looked really like the haunted houses in those horror movies. The walls looked very shabby and yellow unknown liquid was all over the mottled walls. In the corridors were piles of garbage that looked like it had been there for a very long time.

With her hand covering her mouth, Lila’s heart sank in her chest.

She wanted to burst into tears, but she couldn’t right then. She could only hold back the feeling of nausea and find the apartment unit where her parents lived.

knocked on the

man shouted irritably from inside the apartment and the door was

a big mole on the corner of his

she proceeded to take two steps back. She hesitated and

that these were the names of her biological

come to his senses. Then he shouted excitedly at the woman

of the kitchen right away. The floor was

strong local accent, she said, “Lila? Is that

sight of Lila, the middle-aged woman embraced her daughter

and Eva had both learned from Beal that Lila was going

had been kicked out of the Whites’ house, they were both disappointed but at the same

on Eva,

“What’s that smell?”

happy at all since she walked into the room. This house was both dirty and shabby. Also, the

Glenn, was an owner of a small business. At first, Lila thought that he would at least have some money. However, it turned out he was only an alcoholic and

bumpkin. They were no match to the likes

hardly believe that