My Substitute CEO Bride

Gemma just wanted someone to vent to. Nonetheless, Ryan did not give her the chance to continue venting. Instead, he Venmo-ed her 500 dollars.

At that moment, Gemma was shocked. 500 dollars was nothing to her. Back in Horton City, she would spend several thousand or even tens of thousands on a single meal. However, after spending a summer in Bint City, she realized that 500 bucks was not a small amount for ordinary people.

The part-time job ads posted on the roadside only paid about 12 dollars per hour. She could not believe that a stranger from a game would give her 500 bucks.

Even so, Gemma did not accept it immediately. Instead, she screenshotted it and asked: [What's this for?]

Ryan typed back: [Consider it payment for playing games with me. I often look for gaming buddies when I'm bored!]

After much thought, Gemma accepted the money and replied: [What do you do for a living?]

Ryan: [I work as a club attendant!]

At 17 or 18, it was the age of budding romance.

Gemma quickly became infatuated while chatting with Ryan. Later on, she fell deeply in love.

When she started college, Ryan gave her 20,000 dollars to help with tuition fees. In fact, with the help of her brother, she had already regained financial independence. However, she wanted to see how far Ryan would go for her, so she blocked him. She only unblocked Ryan the next day and teased him: [Did you get scared, Ryan? Did you cry a lot?]

Ryan was confused: [What?]

Gemma: [I blocked you!]

Ryan: [When?]

Gemma: [Hmph, you didn't send me a message all day yesterday?]

Ryan: [Ah... I got drunk with some buddies yesterday. I just woke up!]

It was not until later, during a game of Truth or Dare, that Gemma brought up the old story again. She found out that Ryan had not actually been drinking that day and had realized she blocked him.

He even cried and skipped work for the whole day. Gemma could not help bursting into laughter. She then apologized sweetly to the big fool.

As their relationship went on, Gemma noticed that Ryan often went out drinking and spent money recklessly with his friends. He would spend almost his entire monthly salary.

Gemma longed for a future with Ryan. She wanted him to be ambitious, so she turned into a greedy and materialistic woman who often asked him for money to buy luxury goods.

Ryan never uttered a word of refusal, but he was not completely clueless either. He decided to take things forward with Gemma.

Gemma readily agreed. Hence, during the holidays, Ryan took the high-speed train to Bint City. That day, Gemma went to the high-speed railway station and even bought a bouquet of roses.

Ryan was no different from their

video calls. He was not handsome but not ugly either. He even looked silly and somewhat cute. The two of them stood at the station, gazing at each other from a distance, which formed a unique scene.

The single people nearby even envied them greatly.

Gemma thought that in the future, the two of them would live happily ever after.

Yet that night, she was warned by her eldest brother at the gate of her college.

He told Gemma, "The family no longer cares whether you live or die, but they absolutely won't allow you to have any contact with other men!"

Gemma understood that she was

being monitored by the family. She

knelt down and begged her brother, "Giddy, I promise not to have any relationship with him. I'll keep a certain distance from him!

Only her brother truly cared about her. After the ban was issued, her brother found an old classmate to send her money. If it were not for her brother, she would have truly spent all of Ryan's money.

As he looked at his little sister, whom he had doted on since childhood, Gideon Yoner finally softened his tone. "Before you graduate from college, you must sever ties with him!" Hence, Gemma and Ryan had a three-year relationship, but Gemma dared not overstep any boundaries. In the end, she even became indifferent to him.

She thought Ryan might resent her, but Ryan never made unreasonable demands. She asked him if he had ever thought about being intimate with her. Ryan simply said, "You're still young. Something that precious should be saved for marriage!"

Gemma almost shed tears.

Was there still such a pure-hearted man in this day and age?

Gemma asked again, "Have you ever slept with other women?"

Before this, Gemma had never asked about Ryan's romantic history.

Ryan merely scratched his head and smiled. "To be honest, you're my first love!"