I Was the Substitute, Now He Begs

Due to the whims of her twin sister, Alison, Emily signed a four-year agreement to stand in for her and become the contract wife of CEO Charles. She quietly strove to be a good wife, only to be met with Charles’s coldness and disdain, and even subjected to relentless bullying by Evelyn, the mistress Charles allowed to run wild. When the contract expired and Alison returned, Emily took the payout and left for Seattle. In Seattle, Emily built a life from scratch and reunited with Samuel—the young boy she had saved from the freezing cold twenty years prior, who had since become the immensely powerful heir to the Reed Group. The two found a deep, mutual connection and a shared path forward. When Charles realized he had lost his true love and attempted to win her back through the use of his power, he found himself facing not only Emily’s unwavering resolve but also total defeat, crushed by overwhelming financial might.