The Substitute Wife: My Poor Husband Is A Billionaire

The next morning, Lila arrived at the hospital with various concoctions with her. She knocked on the door and entered the ward. Both Janet and her parents were genuinely taken aback at her appearance. They hadn’t expected her, of all people, to pay a visit. 

After hearing everything from Ethan just the day before, Beal and Johanna just couldn’t bring themselves to be amicable with Lila now.

 “What are you doing here?” Beal asked. 

Contrary to his characteristic disposition as a loving father, he now pulled a long face to show his disgruntlement. Johanna didn’t even afford Lila a cursory glance and kept her gaze averted from the offending woman. 

Lila really didn’t expect the two of them to be so openly cold towards her. According to what Charis had told her, she started to cry bitterly in front of her parents and Janet.

“Dad, Mom! I am so sorry!” 

got down on her knees before them

many years of her life with them, they had always treated her as their own flesh and blood. Regardless of the fact that

creased across her forehead. She felt crestfallen. Lila

wrong with Janet’s parachute, but I deliberately

her heart out. This time, she wasn’t acting. Her eyes were bloodshot red and swollen from all her bawling. She even cowered in a subservient,

when she saw Lila’s genuine display of regretful emotion. Lila wiped her tears away and said, “Before Janet came into my life, Dad and Mom only loved me. I felt sad and couldn’t accept the sudden change, so

her actions and genuinely seemed overcome by guilt. But in actuality, her apology was coming from a place purely of fear and not sincere regret. Why hadn’t Janet died in the accident? Why did she have to be married to such a powerful, influential

Both Beal and Johanna couldn’t

own eyes, her tone became more gentle and she said, “You are not utterly unreasonable.” Beal sighed