Lahat ng Kabanata ng Substitute Groom: Married to an Enemy : Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 40

Tears gathered in her eyes and she could not stop them streaming down. Ethan looked down at his wife when he felt hot liquid trickling on his bare chest. "Why are you crying?" He anxiously asked while he wiped her tears. "Did I hurt you?" He was a bit rough when he took her as he lost it. "No," all she managed to say as she sobbed. "Why are you crying then?" The sound of her soft sobbing was like a knife that cut through his heart. "Moriah, please tell me," pacifying her, he stroked her back. "Who — who is – is she to you?" She said in bouts of her sobs. "Who?" "Hazel," she whispered. A war waging inside her whether she should or not ask about his relationship with Hazel. But she refused this issue to remain there between them, a huge elephant in the room. Moriah heard Ethan sighed after a long silence. "Remember the time I left after our wedding?" he asked and Moriah nodded. "There was a huge problem in our company in Canada. I was supposed to fly to Canada the night we go

After a quite enjoyable meal at the restaurant, Moriah and Ethan retired to their bedroom. Moriah kept swatting Ethan's hand. "Keep your hands to yourself, Mr Miller!" "Mr Miller can't keep his hands off from Mrs Miller," Ethan teased her and turned her to face him. "Why are you still using Chen as your surname?" Ethan likes it when people call her Mrs Miller. "Mrs Miller suits you." His words brought a flurry of mixed emotion to Moriah. Confused and scared with her own emotion, Moriah whimpered. "You didn't like to be called Mrs Miller?" Her refusal to be called Mrs Miller unnerved him. "No," she hugged him and buried her face in his chest. "Why are you crying again?" Frustrated, he took a long breath and released it slowly. "Aren't you going to answer me, wife?" he asked again after a long silence. When she still wasn't answering after a long agonizing silence, Ethan realized that she was already asleep as she was breathing evenly. Ethan was bothered by Moriah's behavior. S

"Let's eat," Brandon said, sensing that Ethan would explode at any minute if the discussion about children continues. "Anyway, Moriah, I heard that you are a surgeon and one of the youngest surgeons in the UK. How did that happen?" Brandon's admiration for Moriah was apparent. "Ahmm… I – I had an academic acceleration." She stuttered, she didn't know how to respond to admiration without blushing or stuttering. "How? I mean… how did you manage such an academic feat?" He was fascinated when he heard about her from Fiona. "Er… Being an only child, my parents taught me Chinese characters and the English alphabet when I was one. At two I was able to read and write."  "W

In the airport, Cindy clung to Moriah as if she was her lifeline while they waited to board. "Don't forget about me, call me everyday," Cindy demanded like a spoiled child. "Sure," Moriah chuckled and hugged Cindy tightly. "Visit me on Christmas." Moriah said to Cindy"I will," Moriah is her only family now. Her parents died after she finished medicine. Her only brother died when he was 10 years old. Cindy looked at Jianyu and Anastacia who were seated next to Moriah. "Baba, mama, I will visit you on Christmas.”  "You're always welcome to visit us, anytime you want," Anastacia answered. "Cindy, bye, bye for now, we have to board the plane n

Christmas day had come, after dismissing her class, Moriah didn't miss a second and went out of the campus and hailed a cab."I'm already here. Where are you? " She looked around as she talked to Cindy on the phone. Since they have known each other they go out during the holidays and have some fun. One of their favourite things to do is ice skating. Today, they agreed to go ice skating. "Sorry, I'm not feeling well. Can we go skating tomorrow or the next day? " Cindy said."Okay, I'll be there in 30 minutes. Do you have a cold or fever, I'll buy some medications for you," Moriah walked fast towards the exit. "No, I need you to just come back. I missed you already," Cindy said."Alright, I have to hang up now," she hailed a cab and entered the cab immediately. She told the address to the cab driver in Mandarin as she wanted to practice her Mandarin. The cab driver was surprised to hear a foreigner like her, who spoke fluently in Mandarin. 20 minutes later the taxi stopped at her ap