The Mysterious Billionaire and His Substitute Bride

Ethan was on the hot seat now. As a result, he had no choice but to use countless lies to cover up the first one.

“Well, after the Larson family went bankrupt, they sold tons of valuable antiques, paintings, and rare calligraphy that had been collected for so many years. My grandmother liked collecting all kinds of precious and beautiful jewelry when she was alive. She loved them so much. My grandfather didn’t want to take them away from her, so he let her keep them. Upon her death years later, my mother inherited her favorite pieces of jewelry. She held them so dear to her heart that she couldn’t bring herself to sell them even in her most difficult time. She later passed them on to me. These two rings were among them.”

Ethan decided not to go into details. Too many details would expose hints of his well-coated lies. Nevertheless, he made sure to give a reasonable explanation.

His words weren’t entirely false. Some of the details were actually true.

The origin of the platinum emerald ring was exactly like he told Janet. It used to be his grandmother’s.

“Oh, I see. I was extremely shocked to hear the shop attendant’s words today. We aren’t financially stable. It is practically impossible for you to afford such an expensive ring. I upped and left without saying anything more to her. Something seemed fishy. At that moment, I felt they were only stalling us because they had secretly called the police. Thank goodness we didn’t get into trouble back there.” Janet held her chest and heaved a sigh of relief after she finished speaking.

used to be wealthy in the past.

keep the ring then.” Ethan smiled when he saw that she was calm and no longer uptight. He stared at her intently and buried his face into her neck. After inhaling her scent, he asked affectionately, “Babe, do you want to go

mind was still preoccupied with thoughts about her mother-in-law’s family. A lingering fear tugged at her heart as she

no idea that I was wearing such a valuable ring. Honestly, I thought it was just a cheap one that you bought from a mere jewelry store. What if I had broken or lost it? I would have been so heartbroken,”

with

darker and darker. He swallowed hard as he stared at her beautiful face. His mind was somewhere else. It had been a long time since he was intimate

you have to give me such a valuable one without my knowledge?” Janet glared at him with her eyes

take off the ring from her finger as

light in the room reflected on the diamond, and then its blue light cast