THE CEO'S SUBSTITUE BRIDE

“Get back here, you wench!” bellows a woman dressed in black and white maid’s dress as a girl with a head full of red hair as hot as a flame made her way across a great big yard with a little boy in her arms and another boy with the same hair trailing behind her.“Hurry Dean! They might catch you.” Yelled the little one whilst in his big sister’s embrace. These three were Jade Hales Anderson, Jake Hales and Dean Hales. They were running away from what others would call a home but what they call a hell on earth.Just behind them were the different house helps and a few guards chasing after them. “You had better not let them catch you, Jade. Otherwise, that would be the end of your good life.” Whispers a lady as she stands at a window watching all the drama. To her left was another beautiful lady who looked a lot like her.It was Dinah Thompson Hales, Jade’s step-mother. She was quite the lady as she was blessed with the looks of a siren. She was also the main cause of suffering for th

“No.” The stern response seemed to echo in the café that had been closed and Dominic felt it cut through his ego. Jade looked serious and she wasn’t star struck like he was expecting. She turned and went to the kitchen with Sylvie hot on her tail. “That annoying, pompous, feather brain! A date? A date? Over my dead body!” grumbled Jade as soon as she got into the kitchen. She got a cup and started with the coffee preparations. Sylvie looked on and smiled as she watched Jade grumbled her way through a cup of coffee. She was cursing her way through the walk as well and Sylvie being the being that she was, heard every single word.Being you ask? Well, that’s for another day.Worried that Jade would pour a hot cup all over Dominic, she rushed back out and ran into Neil, literally. Neil looked down at the little girl who’s head almost reached his chin. Being a shifter gave Neil and all shifters a genetic boost so his build was twice that of any normal thirty-year-old. It also meant tha

“What a weird day this has been!” Jade said as she walked home. She had finished up cleaning and locked up while Sylvie, who had a date, had left earlier than her.‘Lucky.’ Jade had thought.At twenty, Jade had never dated or fallen in love and this was something that she was craving for. It’s just that love can’t be forced.“How nice it would be to love and be loved! Sigh, I better hurry home.” She said as she scurried along. As she approached the building where they lived, she couldn’t help but fill like she was being watched. Deciding not panic, Jade decided to breathe deeply and act like normal.‘Yeah, act normal. Act normal! Nothing will happen.’ She thought as she tried to fake a bravado.Footsteps all of a sudden erupted behind her and this had her choking up! Jade came to a standstill and felt her blood run cold.‘A burglar? A kidnapper? Forget being calm and acting normal, I’m out of here!’Jade took off and she ran! She ran and never looked back. Back to where Jade had run