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.

day, Brandon devoted most of

thing that Janet was 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 one to welcome him, a wave of loneliness would wash over him. He often

end. The electric fireplace crackled in the living

desolation that filled his heart,

photos hanging on the wall.

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

the breakfast spread before him was tasteless and

that were tormenting him,

he would be looking forward to seeing Janet cooking at home, waiting for him. She would greet him with

true. To say that he was disappointed would be a gross

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

being handled by one of their branch offices

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,

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

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

He certainly wouldn’t be