CHAPTER 1
CEO's Substitute Bride
Alyssa sat in front of the vanity mirror and waited for the makeup artist to apply her makeup. Her eyes
were lifeless and mind was blank.
Suddenly, the door opened, and her mother, Aurora, hurried in. she saw Alyssaâs messy hair and her
long gray jacket that went with the gray look on her face. She instantly got angry.
âThe Lawrences are here. Why have you not changed your clothes?â
Alyssa pushed the black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose and looked dumbfounded. âMom,
do you really want me to marry my sisterâs fiancée?â
Aurora thought she was making a big mistake by doing this, and her face turned white with anxiety. The
Lawrences were waiting outside, and a simple mistake could destroy her whole family!
She knelt in front of Alyssa and anxiously said, âAlyssa, I beg you. Your sister deserves better, why
donât you just help her!â
Alyssaâs hopeless eyes gradually became cold. Althought Aurora was her biological mother, she had
favored the children of her fatherâs deceased ex-wife. Aurora knew that Alyssaâs sisterâs finacee was
ugly and impotent, but she wanted Alyssa to marry him anyway.
The servantâs pleadings could be heard outside the door. âMadam, the Lawrences are upstairs.â
Alyssa didnât reach out to help Aurora, and indifferently said, âGet up. Iâll go.â
This time, she really has lost her all hope to this family.
Opening the door, she saw a group of strange bodyguards standing outside the door.
These were the people the Lawrences sent to pick her up.
She is going to marry someone today without a wedding or a groom.
âLetâs go.â She said and walked straight downstairs first.
The Lawrences were the richest family in Holston. Their only heir, Emmett, was disfigured and was
impotent after he was kidnapped more than ten years ago.
Since then, he had not appeared in public. He was rumored to be brutal and ugly, and no woman sent
into his house came out alive.
There is no greater sorrow than heartbreak caused by the betrayal of your family.
Even if he was a devil, it did not matter. Her mother had abandoned her to this monster.
Alyssa was completely alone in this world.
â¦
Arriving at Emmettâs villa, the bodyguard took her into the room, and then they all left.
It wasnât until the sky outside the window was getting dark that the door was opened again.
Alyssa turned her head and saw a tall and strong man walk in from the door.
He closed the door and turned on the lights.
Alyssa outstretched her hand to block the blinding light. Then she raised her head to see the man in
front of her.
At a glance, she froze.
It wasnât because the man was ugly and terrifying, but because he was incredibly handsome.
A dark suit wrapped around his tall, muscular body. His pair of long legs strode towards her confidently.
His facial contour was deep and perfect, like an exquisite work of art.
Emmett looked at Alyssa for a few seconds, his eyebrows twisted slightly. âVery ugly.â
He said this with a calm tone, no extra emotions could be discerned from his voice.
Alyssa looked back in shock. She didnât care much about him saying she was ugly. She only looked at
him with a look of defense and said, âWho are you?â
His ink-colored pupils radiated a harsh light, and his voice was deep. âYou donât know who youâll
marry?â
As he got close, his brisk breath sent a shiver down Alyssaâs spine.
His powerful aura stifled her slightly, but she still straightened her back. âOf course, I know the person
Iâll marry is named Emmett!â
Emmett heard the words. The sharpness in his eyes gradually converged, and then flashed a trace of
clarity. Another woman who believed the rumors, destined to marry an âugly and impotentâ man.
But compared to other woman, her expression seemed to be too calm. This made Emmett interested in
her.
He smiled, acting calm and collected. âSo you are my sister-in-law? I am Justin, the cousin of Emmett. I
guess at the wedding night, nobody wants to be with such a waste of a man, not even you!â