The Mysterious Billionaire and His Substitute Bride

“Wait, don’t leave yet—” Garrett reached for her hand and tried to stop her.

Laney shook off his hand and shouted, “Get away from me!”

Before Garrett could respond, she ran out the door with her luggage. “If they want me, then they’ll have to come and get me!”

Garrett rubbed his temples. He knew he couldn’t stop her.

Laney went straight to the Pole Shadow.

The people there hadn’t seen her in weeks, so they all thought that something bad had happened to her. After all, the news that the Burke family wanted her dead had spread some time ago.

“Laney, I think you should leave the country and go into hiding for a while,” someone suggested, their voice riddled with worry.

staying with Garrett for nearly half a month and was bored out of her wits. “It’s okay. I’ll stay vigilant. I’ll kill whoever

her into running away anymore. They all

the organization for a few days. During this period, she did whatever she’d normally do, but no one

confused. Did the Burkes just let

That wasn’t like them…

things had gone eerily quiet, Laney began to look for a

of the hit men when she visited a housing rental agency. It was their leader, the tattooed

pockets. He seemed to be wandering the street aimlessly. When he saw

went as wide as

tattooed man shrugged and walked past

you on a mission?” Laney followed him and asked

man raised his eyebrows and looked at her in confusion. “It’s been a long time since that mission was called off. Your boyfriend talked to