The Mysterious Billionaire and His Substitute Bride

Janet was a stubborn woman. Not only was she angry with Ethan, but she was also displeased that he was speaking to her in that tone. She shook off his hand and smoothed her hair which had been messed up by the cold night breeze. After she put her hair behind her ears, she faced him squarely. “Mind your words, Ethan. This might be a hotel, but it came with the restaurant downstairs. Kent booked a table in the restaurant and we were just having dinner. I’ve done nothing else with him. Or did you catch me doing anything out of line?”

Ethan suppressed his anger when he realized that he had been too harsh and his wife was getting angrier. He fixed his eyes on her and said softly, “You should have declined his invitation.”

“You and I know this is not just an ordinary invitation. It’s for work. Kent and I have to work together in the future. There’s no way I can decline seeing him always.” Janet lowered her eyes to stare at the ground. The warm gleam in Ethan’s eyes and his soft voice made her feel guilty.

“I get that, but you should have told me in advance. You shouldn’t have hung up the phone without giving me a chance to talk. How do you think that makes me feel?” Ethan queried calmly.

Janet’s anger which was previously dying down was reignited by his last sentence.

‘Humph! See who’s talking about feelings? Yes, I came to have dinner with Kent in a fit of pique. I was wrong for not informing him. But what makes him any different? After all, he hid his past with Charis from me. Why is it a big deal that I’m dining with my client? How dare he criticize me? Oh, please!’ She chewed him out in her mind.

face when she talked about Ethan also flashed through her mind. It

no right to guilt-trip me. You kept your words intentionally vague when it came to Charis. I’m your wife,

of the hotel. They stole glances at the couple and whispered to each other. They

true Charis once professed her love to me. But I didn’t like her, so I refused her immediately. If she still hasn’t moved on, how is that

to high school. As far as Ethan was concerned, Charis’ confession of love was a trivial matter. He felt that

ago. Honestly, I didn’t tell you because I was afraid that you would be angrier if you knew it. Please,

coldly and lowered her eyes without saying anything. She felt a

in the dark was one of the things she hated the most. She wanted to

Ethan always had misgivings. He didn’t know how sad she felt whenever he kept such little details away from her. It

also the case with her biological parents who had abandoned her without considering how she would survive in this cruel world. All of these made Janet feel so left out and unloved. She badly wanted to feel how it was

but Charis knows his favorite colors and the kind of things he likes. She