Lahat ng Kabanata ng Her Substitute Groom: Kabanata 71 - Kabanata 80

Chapter 71"Babe, you're done?" Connor asked with a smile on her face when Janice walked back inside, but he was stunned when she quickly grabbed her purse."We need to leave, Connor. I don't want to stay here again," Janice said with a trace of fear in her as she looked around the restaurant like she was being chased by someone."Are you OK, Sunshine? What happened? Why are you sweating?" Connor stood with confusion written all over his face as he looked around too."Did you cry? What's wrong, babe?" He became even more worried and tried to touch her, but she stepped away from him and he raised his eyebrows in shock. She was fine just now before she left, so what the heck happened in the restroom that made her like this? Connor wondered confusingly."I will just take a cab home if you're not ready to leave yet," she said hurriedly then hurried off to the door and stormed out of the restaurant before Connor could process everything that was happening."Wh... what's going on?" Connor m

Chapter 73"Ugh! You know you're driving me nuts right now, babe... You need to talk to me, OK? Who was that man?" Connor asked, rubbing his fingers gently on his forehead while trying to be cool. He was burning inside, his blood felt as though it was set on fire, and he was finding it difficult to wrap his head around the shit that was happening, but still, he wanted to believe that Janice wasn't cheating on him. That was the last thing he would believe, but how sure was he?"Babe, talk to me," he held her shoulders and shook slightly as if trying to force words out of her mouth, but his jaw dropped when she yanked his hands off and stepped away from him."Why are you following me? Why the heck are you here?" She snapped at him even though she knew she was wrong. "What!" He exclaimed, his face laced with shock and confusion. Of course, that was not what he was expecting to hear from her."Yes! Why the fuck were you following me? The fact that we are together doesn't give you the rig

Chapter 75Janice POV "What would you like to have? You can order anything. Bills on me," I watched as he puffed smoke from his mouth. The Carl I used to know was not a smoker, but now he was. He reclined on the chair, his eyes not leaving me as though he was monitoring me with his gaze. "Nothing. I'm not here to eat. What do you want from me, Carl?" I asked him even though he already warned me to stop calling him that. Well, you weren't expecting me to start calling him the name I didn't know him by, right?"I told you to stop calling me that, wife...""Point of correction, Carl. We were never married, so you can't call me that," I cut him off, and he took a deep breath as he closed his eyes. Silence assumed the atmosphere for the next few minutes and I wondered what he was thinking. I had many questions to ask him. What happened that day? How come he was alive? Where he had been all this while, and how he turned out like this. I was curious to know the answers to my questions, but

Chapter 77"Why didn't you call me when she was leaving? This would've been avoided if you had called me. What if something happened to her over there?" Connor yelled at Chase angrily."I'm sorry. I tried to stop her, but...""That is why you have a car. You should've followed her or called me immediately. How could you allow her to leave just like that?" Connor tried to lower his voice this time because it was partially not Chase's fault. Janice was an adult too and Chase couldn't have treated her like a kid by questioning her whereabouts."I'm sorry for yelling at you. I'm just... confused," Connor apologized to Chase as he crashed against the couch in the living room and ran his fingers through his hair frustratingly. He hasn't gotten a good sleep since the previous day that Janice has been missing. How was he supposed to be at rest when his woman was missing?"We should report to the police. I think they'll be able to help," Chase suggested."It's not yet twenty-four hours, so tha

Chapter 79Janice POVLocked inside the room for hours, my phone taken away from me, I could only cry my eyes out as I sat on the bed in the large room assigned to me, hugging my knees to myself. I felt like my life was a ticking-timed bomb waiting to explode. As the thought of Connor flashed through my mind, I shut my eyes and allowed my tears to fall freely down my cheeks. He must be broken after what I did to him, but if only he knew it was never my fault and I never meant for that to happen.My heart skipped a beat when I heard keys clicking from outside, and in the next few seconds, the doorknob twisted and the door opened. My heart almost left my chest when I saw that the person was Carl."I'm so sorry for not being here since. I had something to deal with," He apologized to me as he walked inside the room and sat on the bed with a smile lingering on his face."Are you crying?" He asked then rolled his eyes and reached out his hand to touch me, but I flinched, so he took his ha