The Mysterious Billionaire and His Substitute Bride

Brandon took out his phone and called Janet at once.

On the other end, Janet was rather surprised that he would take the initiative to call her.

“Where are you?” he snapped as soon as she answered.

He soon realized how harsh he sounded, though. He cleared his throat and added in a much softer tone, “Why aren’t you home?”

Janet was currently having breakfast. She leisurely took a sip of her milk before replying. “I was just about to tell you. I’ve come back to Barnes.”

“What are you doing in Barnes?” Brandon asked, obviously unhappy.

It made Janet burst into laughter. “I work here, so it shouldn’t be that surprising. I’ve been working remotely in the last few days, but it’s far from convenient. If I continued to stay in Seacisco, my career would suffer eventually.”

Brandon opened his mouth to express his grievance, but found that he didn’t know the right words to say.

After floundering for a couple of seconds, he decided not to say anything altogether. Even so, a menacing scowl appeared on his face, and his fingers tightened around his phone.

“Fine,” he breathed before hanging up and brooding by the window.

most of his time

He could finally focus on his business, just how it should have always been. Even so, every time he came home at night and found that there was no one to welcome him, a wave of loneliness would wash over him. He often went

coming to an end. The electric fireplace crackled in the living room, obscuring half of Brandon’s face as he sat

was slowly drowning in the desolation that filled his heart, much like the storm that was raging

covering the table, and the photos hanging on the wall. These were tiny, inconspicuous

her everywhere. Now that she was gone, he slept alone and ate alone. Brandon found

breakfast spread

enough of the strange and indescribable emotions that were tormenting him, Brandon decided to move back to the hotel near the

to the villa once a week. And each time, he would be looking forward to seeing Janet cooking at home, waiting for him. She would greet him with that bright smile of hers, and then urge him to wash his hands

nothing special, really, but his expectations never came true. To say that he was disappointed would be a

down, Brandon knew that he had changed. He could barely concentrate on work. He missed Janet terribly, though he wasn’t fully aware of the extent just yet, and how much it affected every other aspect of his life. He had even begun paying attention to the

called to inform him that there was something wrong with the project being handled by one of their branch offices in Barnes. He was suggesting that Brandon deal with it

manager to take over it should be enough to settle the matter. Besides, Garrett is already in Barnes. You don’t have to go there yourself. It’s a rather long and tedious trip, too. It would be a hassle to go back and forth between Seacisco and Barnes. Just let them handle this.” Charis was determined to stop him, of course. She remained calm throughout their conversation, but she made sure to lay down

in Seacisco have been coming along swimmingly, so there’s nothing to worry about. I haven’t been to our branch company in Barnes in so long, anyway, so

that it wasn’t as if he had any personal agenda;

was all. He certainly wouldn’t be