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

told himself repeatedly that it was a good 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

fireplace crackled in the living room, obscuring half of Brandon’s face as

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

the flower sitting on the mantel, the lace cloth covering the table, and the photos hanging on

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

sigh. Even the breakfast spread before him was tasteless and

of the strange and indescribable emotions that were tormenting him, Brandon decided

returned 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 before

expectations never came true. To say that he was disappointed would

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

with the project being handled by one of their branch

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

so there’s nothing 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

had any personal

He certainly wouldn’t be going there