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Chapter 52 Janice POV "It has been ages. I was surprised when I saw you on Tinder. Up until moments ago, I still didn't believe it was you," Ace stated as he drove us down the road. Ace and I used to attend the same high school, and he was my crush then. We used to be close friends, so I had a secret crush on him. You know high school crush and relationships rarely work, so that lasted up until we graduated, and I was just seeing him for the first time since after we graduated. "Yeah, me too. It has really been ages," I agreed to what he said. We had agreed to hang out together. Kind of a friendly date, and after that we could go to the concert together. "So, what have you been doing?" He asked, so I shrugged. "Nothing much. What about you?" I was curious, so I asked him. "Well, nothing much too. After college, I took over the family business, and I'm now the CEO of my dad's company..." "Here in Texas?" I cut him off, but he shook his head. "Not really. I came to Texas for a b
Last Updated : 2023-09-07Her Substitute Groom 53
Chapter 53 Connor Hughes "How could she hang out with someone she hasn't met for years? What if the dude ends up hurting her?" As much as I tried not to think about it, I couldn't help it. I checked the time for the fifth time and realized that it was past 6pm. I've tried to get myself distracted since she left, but I always found myself thinking about her in the end, and it was starting to drive me nuts. 'You should tell her if you love her' My subconscious mind said to me, but that was the last thing I would do because, to me, I don't have feelings for her. Why would I love her of all the women out there? I wish that would be the truth in the end because even I was not understanding this crazy feeling I was having. "Are they kissing now?" I ran my fingers through my hair frustratingly as the image of them kissing popped up in my head. "What do I care if they are kissing? She's just my assistant and not like we are together, anyway," I shrugged, but deep inside me, I was pissed
Last Updated : 2023-09-07Her Substitute Groom 54
Chapter 54 Connor Hughes 'I know we were going to the hotel' I scoffed unbelievably and sipped from the glass of wine I'd been drinking for a few minutes now. How could I have made such a big fool of myself going to find her? Why didn't I just stay back? In my entire life, I've never felt so humiliated more than the way I feel now. "Is she kidding me? Are they going to start dating now, huh? We are still married for fuck's sake!" I cursed angrily, throwing the glass across the living room and it ended up crashing into pieces. Slowly, I clenched my fingers tightly into a tight fist, glaring hard into space. I felt my throat burn hot down to my stomach, I could feel my blood boiling in rage, and my heart pounded so hard that I could swear I heard the sound of it. "That bastard!" I cursed angrily. Recalling the way he held Janice's hand and walked away made me so furious. How they both acted like I was some lunatic lurking around where I wasn't invited. The thought of the humiliation
Last Updated : 2023-09-07Her Substitute Groom 55
Chapter 55 Janice POV I had so much fun today. I wasn't expecting less when I knew it was Ace I was hanging out with, anyway. He has always been fun back then. After we left the concert today, Ace lodged me at the nearest hotel since he had something to take care of and couldn't drop me off at home. I would've gone by myself, but he insisted that it was dangerous so I should spend the night at the hotel and leave first thing tomorrow. 'You can mess with every other woman and go scot-free, but not Janice. Stay the hell away from her!' I've been trying to get those words off my head, I wanted to at least pretend that it wasn't bothering me, but the more I tried to, the more I found myself thinking about it. It was fucking literally living rent-free in my head. "Ugh! Don't think about it. He was just messing around," I rolled my eyes and dried my hair with the towel. As much as I wanted to deny this feeling, I couldn't help but notice the way his eyes were filled with rage as he pun
Last Updated : 2023-09-07Her Substitute Groom 56
Chapter 56 Janice POV "I risked my life out there to help him and all he could do was say those shit to me?" I mumbled as soon as I opened my eyes after a long sleep through the night. I tried not to think about it yesterday, so I was able to get enough sleep. "He must be crazy," I mumbled as I forced the duvet off my body and dragged myself from the bed, walking into the bathroom afterward. 'You can fuck with whoever you want. It's your body after all' I huffed when those disgusting words replayed in my head. "Who said that I was going to sleep with Ace? He didn't even lodge at the hotel with me. Why would he say that to me?" I mumbled, leaning over the mirror and staring at my reflection daringly. I suddenly wished Connor was standing in front of me so I could slap him for talking down on me. "Just forget it. He was just messing with you," I mumbled dismissively. After my usual morning routine, I left my room and headed downstairs to have breakfast, knowing that the maids mus
Last Updated : 2023-09-08Her Substitute Groom 57
Chapter 57 Connor Hughes 'Not everyone is like you. Ace is not a fuckboy like you' I scoffed unbelievably as those words replayed in my head and I felt like seeing that bastard and strangling life out of him. How could she compare me to that bastard of all people? If not that I already gave my words to Mr. Clement, I wouldn't have gone for this shooting. Mr. Clement is one of my business partners who just launched a perfume company and asked me to do an advert for him. Well, he paid a huge amount of money to me and since I love business, I had to take it. Well, coupled with it has been a while since I was last into shooting because of my busy schedule. Not that I had anything important to do here, so I thought it would be fun to do it. My phone rang and when I checked and saw that the call was from Janice, I rolled my eyes and tossed the phone on the seat. I wasn't in the mood to talk to her. After what seemed like forever, I finally got to the company and soon pulled over at th
Last Updated : 2023-09-08Her Substitute Groom 58
Chapter 58 Janice POV "Why do I even care if he gets arrested or not?" I mumbled unbelievably as I leaned against the wall, resting my head on it. Have been here for the past one hour and it didn't seem like this was going to end anytime soon. Earlier, I was worried he would get into trouble, so I had to track down his location to this studio, but it seemed to be the biggest mistake of my life. I wasn't even allowed to go inside. How could they be so mean? "Excuse me. I'm not a bodyguard, okay? Are you really not going to allow me inside or better still get me somewhere to sit?" I asked the bouncer, hoping he'd change his mind this time, but he only glanced at me and turned his face away as if I wasn't even here. "I told you I'm Mr. Connor's assistant. Can you let me in, please?" I pleaded with him because my legs were starting to hurt. "Where is your ID card?" He demanded, and I sighed briefly. How could I have forgotten my ID card at home? "I didn't bring it with me... But trus
Last Updated : 2023-09-09Her Substitute Groom 59
Chapter 59 Connor Hughes "You are not even going to look at me?" Liana's voice pierced through my ears, but I ignored her and stared out through the window. "Am I your driver? How could you sit in the back seat and ask me to drive you? You are so mean," She muttered the last part, obviously seeking my attention, but I wasn't in the mood for that now. All I could think of was Janice. Is she going to really hang out with that bastard? I asked myself. "Was I too mean?" I asked subconsciously, and Liana glanced at me through the rearview mirror. "Of course, you were. How could you allow a lady to drive all alone in the driver's seat?" She whined, and scoffed. She must've thought that I was talking about her. What do I care about how she feels? "Where exactly are we going?" She asked me. "To my apartment. Take the right route at the junction ahead," I replied to her, and she scoffed. "Are you kidding me?" She huffed as she pulled over at the side of the road, turning to face me with
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Chapter 103Janice POVI walked in on Carl smoking in his room, and I scoffed unbelievably. How could he still smoke in this situation?"Carl...""I want to be left alone," He cut me off without even allowing me to say anything, and I scoffed and rolled my eyes. At first, I was sympathetic toward him, but after hearing about everything that transpired between them in the past, I couldn't help the disgust I felt toward him at this moment. I understand how miserable Connor must've felt, the trauma he must've been through when he found them like that, and to think that he never felt remorseful about his actions. I didn't know what could be more cruel and disgusting."Why did you do that? Why your brother's wife of all women out there?" I asked him, trying to be calm. I was so disgusted with him that I couldn't even stand the sight of him. "I told you I want to be alone, Janice," He looked at me as he puffed smoke from his nose and mouth, his eyes were red and filled with anger. I was sup
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Chapter 102Connor's jaw dropped to the ground as he stared back at Carl. For a moment, this felt like a dream to him. This couldn't be true, right? This person wasn't his brother who passed away months ago, right?"Why do you look so shocked to see me? You probably thought I was dead, didn't you? Are you disappointed?" Carl asked as he walked over to stand in front of Connor, but he was still too shocked to say anything.Connor opened his mouth to talk, but words failed him as the only thing he could do was stare at Carl from his head to his toes. When their eyes met, he took his time to check out his eyes which was said to have been destroyed the other time. It almost seemed like nothing happened to the eye. Was this really Carl or was someone impersonating him?"It's good to see you again. Are you as happy as I am?" The corner of Carl's lips twitched up into a smirk as he stared back at Connor. Although he wasn't prepared for them to meet now, he needed some more time to prepare hi
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Chapter 101Connor POV'Carl is alive' Those words kept replaying in my head as I drove restlessly down the road. I had to confirm this myself because no way I was going to believe it without doing confirmation."Can you calm down, please? You are going to get the two of us killed," Chase uttered as he held on tightly to the seatbelt, but the only thing on my mind was to get to that house and confirm this.Thirty minutes later, I finally pulled over in front of the gate and stepped out of the car. I banged the bar gate impatiently while waiting for whoever was around to come and get the door, and after a few minutes, I saw a guy of about the same age as Claire, stepped out of the house."Who are you?" He asked as he strode down toward the gate where we were waiting."How may I help you?" He asked as he finally got to the gate."Where is Janice?" I asked him restlessly, and he gave me a long confusing stare."Why do you want to see my sister?" He asked me, and my jaw dropped to the gro
Her Substitute Groom 100
Chapter 100"What did you say you wanted to talk to me about Janice?" Connor asked desperately as soon as Chase pulled the car over in front of the restaurant."Why are you being so desperate, Connor? I'm not going to tell you, not until we have lunch together," Chase replied to him as he removed his seatbelt and stepped out of the car."If you tricked me into coming here, then I'm going to be so mad at you, Chase," He reminded Chase as they both walked toward the entrance door of the restaurant."I'm not trying to play you, trust me," Chase assured him, but deep inside him, he knew there was nothing to talk about. He only wanted to get him out of the office so he could eat good food even if it was just for the day. He hadn't been eating well, and he was just being like this as a concerned brother.Chase ordered food for both of them, but Connor could barely eat his food as he was being eaten up by his curiosity, dying to know what his brother brought him out here to discuss."Trust m
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Chapter 99"I'm sorry, Sir... It was a mistake," The video editor, a young slim lady quickly apologized to Connor as a different image from the presentation they were having that day at the office, popped up.It was on a Monday morning, and Connor's company was doing a presentation for the new product he was about to release, but the video editor who was in charge of the presentation seemed to have messed things up."What is the meaning of this?" Connor lost it, so he slammed his hands on the table and rose to his feet."What is the meaning of this nonsense?" He yelled at the lady, not minding his business partners around. This was something he could've handled carefully and calmly, but fuck it! He had a lot on his mind already and had no patience left in him to do this carefully."I'm sorry, Sir... I didn't mean to...""Were you blind or something? You were fucking paid for this, so what happened?" He thundered at the lady again, and she panicked."Sir, you need to calm down, please.
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Chapter 98Janice POVMrs. Hughes didn't deserve any of the pain she was being through, and seeing her earlier broke my heart. She was a nice woman who never deserved the treatment she was given. I could understand how eager she must've been upon realizing that her son whom she had been mourning for months was alive, and the heartbreak she must've suffered when he pretended not to know her.The sound of the knock on the door pulled my attention."Who is there?" I asked."It's me. Can I come in?" My heart missed a beat and I rose to my feet when I heard Carl's voice from outside. I swallowed nothing, my heart hammered hard against my chest and I fondled with my fingers. I couldn't stop him from coming inside the room and I couldn't also send him away."Can I come in?" He asked again, and this time, I was left with the only choice of letting him in. The door opened, and he walked inside. As usual, he was wearing a pair of black short trousers and a black casual shirt."I've been home ov
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Chapter 97"What are you saying, Chase?" Mrs. Hughes' eyes narrowed in shock after Chase told her about what happened back at Carl's house."Mom... I...I...I saw Carl... I saw Carl... I really saw him," Chase stuttered, his heart pounding hard against his chest, his lips quivered fearfully. "Stop joking around with me, son... How is that possible? Your brother is dead... Carl is fucking dead!" Mrs. Hughes felt like she was losing her mind, this was hard to believe because the last time she checked, her son was dead. He had died months ago and it couldn't be possible that he was the one Chase saw, but Chase was sure of what he saw. He was sure that person was his brother whom they thought was dead."Mom, why are you not believing me?" Chase ran his fingers through his hair crazily like he was about to lose his mind. Apparently, he had already lost his mind and thought he was going crazy that moment that he saw Carl."How am I supposed to believe you, Chase? How am I supposed to believ
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Chapter 96Janice POV"Sweetheart, let's go inside," Carl faced me and smiled at me, but that smile meant something else and if I could do anything, I would start running right away from here.Chase was too shocked to talk, so he just stared wordlessly. I had expected that reaction, anyway. I mean, this dude was believed to have been dead, and popping out of nowhere now was really shocking."Come on," My heart missed a beat when he placed his hand gently around my shoulder like the gentleman he never was, and I was left with only one choice, and it was to follow him.I wished I could disappear at that moment as he led me back into the house. My heart pounded hard against my chest, my breath hitched momentarily and I felt suffocated as the thought of the hell that awaited me behind those closed doors hit me hard.Nobody was in the living room when we got there, so he led me to the room, and as soon as we got inside his room, he slammed the door close and locked it."Ca... Carl... I did
Her Substitute Groom 95
Chapter 95Janice POVCarl called me about an hour ago to inform me that he was on his way, and I didn't wish for anything more than for him to not make it here. Of course, I knew this was extreme, but what was I supposed to wish for when he had made my life into a living hell?After breakfast with my parents and Jeff, I returned to my room since I couldn't go anywhere else aside from being here.Sitting on my bed and just staring into space while wallowing in my own thoughts, a knock sounded on my door, and when I ushered whoever was at the door inside as I was too lazy to go open it myself, the door opened and Jeff walked inside."Jeff?" I called surprisingly."Someone is here to see you, sis," My heart skipped when he said that, and immediately, many thoughts came parading my mind. Who could that be? Could it be that it was Connor that came back again? I asked myself and swallowed nothing."Who is it?" I asked curiously as I stood from the bed."He is outside the gate. I was on my
