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 to work

gone. 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

end. The electric fireplace crackled in the living room, obscuring half

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

mantel, the lace cloth covering the table, and the photos hanging on the wall. These were tiny, inconspicuous details that were easy to

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

the breakfast spread before him was tasteless and

were tormenting him, Brandon decided to move back to

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

but his expectations never came true. To say that he was disappointed would be a

barely concentrate on work. He missed Janet terribly, though he wasn’t fully aware of the extent just yet, and how much

project being handled by one of their branch offices in Barnes. He was suggesting that Brandon

from Garrett that it isn’t that big of a deal. The project manager merely asked for a leave of absence in the middle of the operations. I think sending an experienced project 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

our branch company in Barnes in so long, anyway, so this would be a good opportunity for me to inspect their work.”

himself that it wasn’t as if he had any personal

wouldn’t be going there to