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

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

cold and rainy day in Seacisco. Autumn was coming to an end. The electric fireplace crackled in the living room, obscuring half of Brandon’s face as he sat at the dining

the desolation that filled his heart, much like the storm that

flower sitting on the mantel, the lace cloth covering the table, and the photos hanging on the wall. These were tiny, inconspicuous details that were easy to ignore, but they particularly

had only lived here for several days, but she had left traces of her everywhere. Now that she was gone,

sigh. Even the breakfast spread before him was

tormenting him,

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 before telling

was disappointed would be a gross understatement, but the hope would rekindle again

fully aware of the extent just yet, and how much it affected every other aspect of his life. He

him that there was something wrong with the project being handled by one of their branch offices in Barnes. He was suggesting

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

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 his

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

wouldn’t be going