CEO's substitute bride (Alyssa)

George and Frances were brother and sister. Judging from their interactions during these two days,

their relationship was pretty good.

If the two of them were just walking and chatting normally, it would not be a big deal.

However, the two of them looked very suspicious as if they were afraid of being discovered.

Alyssa pursed her lips and followed.

Because it was the New Year, there were fewer maids in the old residence than usual. They had just

finished their New Year’s Eve dinner and the maids were also having their New Year’s Eve dinner.

Therefore, Alyssa walked all the way and almost did not encounter any maids.

She followed George and Frances all the way and saw George bringing Frances to his own room.

When he closed the door, George was still looking around the door.

Alyssa was very vigilant and dodged to a corner.

When she came out again, he had already closed the door.

Alyssa walked to George’s door and pressed her ear against the door to listen carefully to what the two

of them were talking about.

She felt that the two of them must have some secret.

Frances was Dylan’s mother. Dylan had suddenly gone against Emmett for the past two months, and

Emmett was obviously not very close to Frances.

Emmett had a good relationship with Dylan and Justin. Naturally, he had a good relationship with

Frances. He would not ignore Frances for no reason.

Even if Dylan had a problem, he could not be cold to Frances just because of Dylan.

Take Justin as an example. Emmett was not cold to Justin because of his grudge with Dylan.

It seemed that there must be something wrong with Frances as well.

Thinking of this, Alyssa felt that the Wealthy Class was really troublesome.

They had so many secrets.

The soundproofing of the room was too good. Alyssa could not hear anything at all.

Since she could not hear anything, Alyssa could only turn around and leave.

She did not walk far when she heard the door open behind her.

Alyssa might have been guilty and ran away.

She ran to the corner and took a breath before looking over. She found George and Frances had

already left from the other side.

Alyssa then let out a sigh of relief and went back to her room to go to the bathroom before going to the

dining room.

When she walked to the door of the dining room, she met Emmett who was walking out a hurry.

Emmett stopped when he saw her. He frowned and asked her, “Why did you come back so long ago?”

Alyssa pursed her lips. She felt that other than proving that George and Frances might have some

secret, what happened just now did not mean anything.

After all, who did not have any secrets?

So she did not want to tell Emmett. She said two words, “Constipation.”

Emmett raised his eyebrows, patted her head, and led her in.

When Alyssa went in, she found George was already in the restaurant.

George seemed to sense Alyssa’s gaze, he turned back to look at her and smiled at her.

Because of what happened just now, Alyssa felt that George’s smile was a little strange.

However, she did not show it on her face. She just smiled at George.

After a while, Frances also came in.

Alyssa and Emmett sat next to Winston. Frances also sat on the other side of Winston.

Frances gently asked, “How many months has Alyssa been pregnant? Her stomach doesn’t seem to

be very big.”

“Less than two months.” Alyssa could not help but touch her lower abdomen.

Emmett turned to look at her, and his gaze also became gentle.

Frances’s gaze looked back and forth between the two of them, and then she laughed.

Her smile looked gentle and full of goodwill.

Alyssa suddenly did not understand. A woman like Frances looked gentle and weak. The two children

she had, had a completely different personalities.

No, it was just that Justin and her personality were very different.

Dylan had always been gentle and considerate. No one had thought that he would do such a

despicable thing.

Was it related to family reasons that Dylan became such a person with different expressions?

If that was the case, was Frances also pretending to be weak on the surface?

“Alyssa? What’s wrong with you?”

Alyssa suddenly came back to her senses and realized that she was staring at Frances in a trance.

She smiled and said, “Aunt, what’s wrong?”

“I just asked you several times. When the time comes, do you want to go to the hospital to check if it is

a boy or a girl?” Frances’s tone was still soft and gentle.

“I don’t think so.” Alyssa said as she turned to look at Emmett.

Emmett raised his eyebrows and looked at Frances. His tone was a little cold. “It doesn’t matter if it’s a

boy or a girl.”

The atmosphere became a little strange.

A family like the Lawrence family naturally wanted Alyssa to give birth to a boy.

Frances’s expression changed slightly after hearing Emmett’s words. She forced a smile and no longer

spoke.

Alyssa quietly reached out and pinched Emmett’s hand.

After all, today was New Year’s Eve. She felt that Emmett should restrain his temper.

Unexpectedly, Emmett also turned his head and coldly glanced at her.

After twelve o’clock, everyone said happy New Year to each other.

Winston gave Emmett and Alyssa a big red packet each. “Both of you must be well.”

Alyssa smiled and said, “Thank you, grandpa.”

Of course, the other grandsons and granddaughters in the family also received red packets from

Winston.

Returning to her room, Alyssa opened the red packet while paying attention to Emmett’s expression.

Ever since Frances asked that question, Emmett’s face had changed and never recovered.

“Emmett!” Alyssa called out to him.

Emmett looked at her expressionlessly. “What?”

“Aunt just asked if we wanted to check the child’s gender. Why are you reacting so strongly?”

Emmett turned his head away.

Alyssa got out of bed and walked to his side. “She did not mean any harm. You…”

“I don’t care if she has any bad intentions or not.” Emmett turned to look at her and said with a cold

face, “Alyssa, back then, I said that I should bring you back to the old residence to celebrate the New

Year, not to bring you here to beg for help and feel wronged. It all depends on other people’s

expressions.”

Alyssa was stunned.

So that was how he was angry.

“I didn’t feel wronged. Really.”

Alyssa wanted to laugh a little. Emmett had been so considerate with her these few days and she felt

like she was a treasure. How could she feel wronged?

Emmett stared at her for a few seconds, as if he was making sure she did not lie.

Then, he sighed softly, “Go to sleep.”

…

The next day.

When Alyssa woke up, Emmett was no longer by her side.

The maid’s voice came from outside, “Mrs. Lawrence, are you awake? Mr. Winston asked you to go

over. The Mr. Lawrence is waiting for you there.”

Alyssa immediately sat up when she heard that. “I’m awake. I’ll go over immediately.”

She looked at the time. It was already 11 o’clock.

She quickly got up, washed up, changed her clothes, and went to Winston’s place.

Winston’s door was wide open, but there was no one inside.

When she came out of the room, she heard some movement at the stairs.

“Grandpa?”

She called out but did not hear any response, so she walked over.

Suddenly, the dull sound of something heavy rolling down the stairs could be heard.

Alyssa’s heart tightened and she ran towards the stairs.

When she ran over, she found that Winston had rolled down the stairs to the ground. There was a large

amount of blood on the white floor.

Alyssa opened her eyes wide and only reacted after a few seconds. She called out with a trembling

voice, “Grandfather!”

A maid passed by and screamed.

“Ah! Somebody come quickly, the old man has fallen!”

“What’s going on, Mr. Winston?”

“Call the doctor.”