The Mysterious Billionaire and His Substitute Bride

Janet looked up with difficulty.
A middle-aged woman had opened the car door. She was wearing a red down jacket and a white knitted scarf. She looked
very... ordinary.
“Oh, you’re tied up!” The woman spoke with a strong Seacisco accent. As she spoke, she immediately helped Janet up, untied
the rope around her wrists, and ripped the tape off her mouth. “Get out of the car quickly. You’ve run into some bad people.”
Janet clambered out of the car as quickly as she could. Her lips were chapped and her hair was a mess.
After helping Janet out, the woman hurried to pick up all the thumbtacks on the ground. She grumbled, “How troublesome! I have
to pick them all up as soon as possible, lest they puncture the tires of other cars.”
Still in a state of shock, Janet looked around in a daze. There were many cars coming and going. Perhaps this place was near
the highway, so there weren’t that many pedestrians.
When she came back to her senses, she helped the woman pick up the remaining thumbtacks and handed them to her. She
thanked the woman and asked incredulously, “Did you break their tires to save me?”
The woman carefully tucked the thumbtacks into her pocket and said with a kind smile, “It’s not a big deal. I just happened to be
in the area, buying some groceries. When I saw that you were shoved into a car by two men, I knew I had to help. My family
used to run a Boxing Gym, so I know some combat skills. I hurried to buy these thumbtacks from a hardware store and planted
them here to burst their tires. There are many human traffickers in the area. You should be more careful.”
Janet smiled at her bitterly. She didn’t expect Tyler to be so cruel and lawless.
The middle-aged woman shrugged and said, “Anyway, I’ve got to go now. You’d better leave here, too. Go somewhere safe.
Those human traffickers might come back soon. Maybe they’ll bring reinforcements.”
“What should I do? Tyler’s a bad guy. I can’t let him get away with this!” Janet glared at the man who was lying unconscious on
the ground. She wanted to stay and make sure he got what he deserved, but she was also afraid.
“Don’t worry. I’ll call the police. You’d better leave now, young girl. I know some combat skills. They can’t hurt me.” The woman’s
tone was very calm. She pointed down the road and said, “There’s a shopping mall up ahead. There are many people there. No
matter how bold these human traffickers are, they won’t dare to strike there.”

The woman in front of Janet was tall, strong, and powerful. She was clearly not weak and looked like she could take care of
herself. So Janet made up her mind. “Be careful.”
After saying goodbye, she ran down the side of the road.
The second Janet turned around and left, the kind smile on the woman’s face disappeared in the blink of an eye.
She kicked Tyler’s face hard with her foot, and then she tapped the Bluetooth ear bud in her ear to call Ethan. “Boss, Janet’s
safe now. Don’t worry.”
Laney was still in hospital, so Ethan had hired an older but experienced female bodyguard from Shadow. She was to protect
Janet in the interim.
“Good. I’ll send someone there now. Where are the two human traffickers?” Ethan asked coldly.
“They’re running northwest. There’s nothing but orchards in that direction, and it’s snowing tonight. The temperature will drop
below zero. They won’t make it very far. We can catch them before night falls.”
Hearing that, Ethan immediately sent someone to take Tyler away, while simultaneously ordering his men to chase after the two
remaining human traffickers.
*******
After running for what seemed like forever, Janet finally arrived at a shopping mall packed with people. By then, she was panting
heavily and sweating despite the cold weather.
As soon as she made it safely inside the mall, she took out her phone and called Ethan.
As soon as he got off the phone with the female bodyguard, Ethan had immediately set off for Janet. That was when she called
him.
“You’re safe now. Find a cafe and sit down. I’ll be there soon.”