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

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 to bed feeling

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

desolation that filled his heart, much like the

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

days, but she had left traces of her everywhere. Now that she

the breakfast spread before him

that were tormenting him, Brandon decided to move

to the villa once a week. And each time, he would be looking forward to seeing Janet cooking at home, waiting for him.

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

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

day, Garrett called to inform him that there was something wrong with the project being handled by

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 Barnes. Just let them handle this.” Charis was determined to stop him, of course. She remained

to worry about. I haven’t been to our branch company in Barnes in so long, anyway, so this would be a good opportunity for me to inspect their work.” It was clear that Brandon had already made up

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

certainly wouldn’t be going there