CEO's substitute bride (Alyssa)

Alyssa sighed.
Back then she hoped that Jason would give her some. Even if it was only 1%, it would at least make her feel like she was a
Moore.
Now, it seemed that when she didn’t care about the shares anymore was also the time when Jason wanted to give it to her. She
suppressed a bitter laugh as she thought of all the times she had cried at their words and crumbled at their insults.
How ironic!
Alyssa couldn’t help herself and actually laughed aloud. It was really ridiculous.
Although she knew that Jason had ulterior motives in mind, she still asked, “How many shares are you planning to give me.”
“As you’re my daughter, you’ll receive more shares than your mother.” He said vaguely, patting his chest. There was silence
before he continued, “Don’t worry, I won’t treat you unfairly. After all, I’m your father.”
Her shares were more than Aurora’s? Alyssa pursed her lips.
Hm... Since he had already mentioned the shares, how can she make it easy for him?
“Well, now that I’ve become the Young Madame of the Lawrence family, it’s only natural as you treat me as such.” Alyssa said
coldly. “If you really want to offer me some shares, I’d take at least 15%. Anything less would be an insult to the Lawrence family,
don’t you think?”
Although she didn’t have any shares in the Moore Group, she knew how those shares were publicly distributed.
Jason had a 30% shares in the business. Skylar and her brother each had 10%. Aurora only had 5% that totaled 55%. The
majority vote was all part of the Moore family.
The remaining percentage belonged to the other shareholders.
If Jason agreed to give 15% of his shares, he’d be in great danger.
That meant that if Alyssa didn’t vote for him during the next shareholder meeting, he might not be able to hold his position as
chairman of the Moore Group.
There was silence from the other end of the line.

15% wasn’t a small amount.
“I’ve treated you well, haven’t I?” Jason chuckled, trying but failing to cover the anger behind his words. “Your request is a bit too
much, isn’t it? I mean, after all, we’re all family. How about you accept a lower percentage and we can discuss increasing your
shares in the future.”
Treated her well?
Alyssa simply smiled. “You’re getting old, Dad. You shouldn’t be getting angry all the time; it’s not good for your health. Besides,
I’m only saying it casually. It doesn’t matter if you don’t agree; either way, I already have a job waiting for me. I got to go now.”
What happened to the Moore family?
It was rare for Jason to bring up the topic of shares when it came to her. In fact, he had never done it before, so what was his
purpose?
...
On the other side of the city, in the Moore Villa, things weren’t looking up.
Jason was so angry that he almost threw his phone across the room as soon as he hung up. Gritting his teeth, he slammed his
hand against the armrest and pushed himself up. The audacity! He had never seen Alyssa act like this before.
Folding his hands behind his back, he paced back and forth in his office. His eyes glowed with so much fiery rage for her. “Just
because she’s now the Young Madame of the Lawrence Family doesn’t mean she should act this arrogant.”
“Dad, you shouldn’t be angry over such a small matter.” Skylar comforted as she poured him a cup of tea. “It isn’t worth it.”
However, the old man was too outraged to even take the cup of tea from her hands. Instead, he pointed at her. “How many times
have I told you not to go to those clubs? If you really want to go there, then the least you could do is to be a little more careful!
Look what happened! The Grant family had already agreed to the marriage, and with all these scandals out, do you think they’ll
still want you as their daughter-in-law?”
The Moore Group had been short of funds recently. Originally, they planned to let Skylar marry into the Grant family then ask
them to invest in their business. However, now that her scandals caught fire, the Grant family had dropped all sorts of investment
plans.

That was why he shifted his hopes to Alyssa again.
Alyssa had been married into the Lawrence family for around three months right now, and she was doing just fine. In fact, they
assumed she had gotten along quite well. If they could gain her favor, maybe they could get her to persuade Emmett to invest in
them.
“Dad, Alyssa must’ve done that. She wants to destroy me.” Skylar said, but something flashed in her eyes. “But I’ve already
gotten back on her.”
Jason ‘s expression changed. “What did you do?”
“She destroyed my reputation, hasn’t she?” She crossed her arms over her chest. A smirk played on her lips. “It’s only fair that I
pay her back ten times as much, which is why I’ve lured her into Sky Light Club and...”
Slap!
A crisp sound echoed across the study.
Skylar’s head swung to the side from the slap. A dark red mark appeared the sides of her face as her fingers slide down her skin.
Her face contorted into that of complete disbelief. “Did you just...Dad, did you just hit me?”
Although Jason had gotten angry at her a few times in the past, he had never laid a hand on her.
However, he couldn’t help it! This wasn’t just child’s play! If the Moore Group couldn’t survive because of this little mess up, they
could face bankruptcy. Or worse, they could be bought up! This wasn’t the time to be so petty!
In all honesty, Jason loved his ex-wife, as such, he loved the two children that she had left with him. His favorite happened to be
Skylar, who looked so much like her. Sometimes, he wondered if his wife was alive, would she have taught her more?
Jason looked at his hand and he sighed. The furious expression on his face softened. “Skylar, no matter what happens, Alyssa is
the Young Madame of the Lawrence family. Although she may not look important, the power she holds, is what we need right
now.” He paused and continued. “Look at her! She’s still alive and well; if we play our cards right, she could get us Emmett’s
favor.”
“So what if she gets his favor? He’s nothing more than a cripple.”

Even now, Skylar still wasn’t convinced. To her, it didn’t matter what Alyssa status was now. In her eyes, the later was just a
country bumpkin whose own mother rejected her. To her, Alyssa was nothing more than a fly in her windshield.
However, this wasn’t the time to bring out that ugly woman’s shortcomings when Jason was this angry.
“Even if Emmett is a cripple, he’s still the Young Master of the Lawrence family. Although he doesn’t look much, he will soon
inherit the Lawrence family fortune. If you play nice with Alyssa, all our problems would be solved!”
“Then why don’t we just let her ask Emmett for some money?” Skylar slowly nodded.
Recalling the phone call he just had, Jason’s face darkened. “She’s got more confidence now. She actually dared to hang up on
me and even asked me for 15% of the company’s shares!”
“Then give it to her!” Skylar didn’t think it was a big deal. “Didn’t you want her to come to the Moore Group to work? When the
time comes, we could think of something to get her to return her shares.”
Hearing this, Jason fell into a deep thought before he smiled. “My precious daughter is so smart. Did I hurt you when I hit you
just now? It’s my fault...”
“Dad, I’m fine.”
...
No matter how much Alyssa thought about it, she couldn’t figure out what Jason ‘s goal was. But she would never have thought
that Jason wanted money from Emmett.
She was going to Nine Clouds Media for an interview today.
However, as she was heading out, she received another call from Jason .
“Alyssa, I’ve thought about your request, and I promise to give you 15% of Moore Group’s shares. When are you coming to
work?”
She frowned. Why would he agree so quickly?
15% was a large number and for him to give it to her within a few hours...

Should she accept the shares?
15% was more than Skylar’s share in the company... How could that woman agree to this?
There must be something fishy going on, but even then, Alyssa slowly nodded. Whatever happened, she wasn’t going to be
afraid.
“I’ll go to work once you transfer the shares to me.”