The Substitute Bride

"What's wrong with having the desire to lead a better life?" Wendy looked at Simon, puzzled. "As the old saying goes, 'Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.' With my own efforts and persistence, I had the chance to live a happier life. Is there anything wrong with it? Would you rather see that, I made every possible endeavor to marry Bowen just to live a painful and miserable life with him?"

Simon didn't say a word. Wendy would never understand the definition of true love. Whatever he said to her fell on deaf ears. On second thought, he had better keep silent.

This insane woman would be difficult to have a dispute with.

"Why don't you say something?" Wendy sneered at him, and said, "Simon Gu, don't be a hypocrite. You and I are one and the same. You decided to marry Aron's mother just because of her family's wealth, am I right? Weren't you also trying to give yourself a more comfortable life? You do not have the right to look down on me, you know."

"I'm totally different from you." Simon knew that his son, Aron, was listening on the phone this whole time. Unfortunately, he had run out of chances to make a clear explanation to his son. So at this untimely moment, he choose this way to tell him that he loved his son all his life.

"At that time, when I fell in love his mother, I didn't know who she was and what family background she had. I decided to court her as dictated by my true love for her. I really loved her. I still do, even though it's been many years. And I still feel sorry for what I did to her and our son." Simon smiled bitterly. As men speak kindly in the presence of death, he continued saying, "One thing that I regret most is that I was once obsessed with you. And that I helped you hide your crimes in order to get the shares of the company. Wendy Ye, you are a deluded and shameless poor excuse of a human being, with a general lack of emotion, remorse, kindness and love. You are a curse to humankind. How could I possibly have anything in common with you?"

"That sounds like a good explanation, right?" Wendy smiled with irony. "My beloved husband, at that time, to be able to take over the company, you did help me hide my crimes. But later, you connived with me, letting our daughter marry Charles just to get the financial support from his company. In your heart, money and business have long been more important than family bonds. You had better

ous expression on his face.

"What brings you here?" Yvonne blurted with hostility, acting as a cock in high spirits the moment she saw Aron.

"Where is Wendy Ye? Where is you mother?" he panted. "Let her come out here to face me!" Aron shouted at his sister. But Yvonne stood in the doorway deliberately to stop him from coming in. She shouted in return, "Who do you think you are? Is this a place where you can come at will? Get out of here now!"

Yvonne ordered him arrogantly but with a guilty conscience. Wendy just killed her father. If she let Aron come in, he would, no doubt, find some clues that lead to the murder of Simon.

"Get out of my way!" Aron's eyes were red with fury. Ignoring Yvonne, he directly shouted into the room, "Wendy Ye, you evil bitch! Come out and face me!"

Wendy didn't want to come out, but when she finally heard Aron's voice, she came out and stood in front of Aron calmly and asked, "What are you doing here?"

"Where is my father? What have you done to him!?" Aron came close to Wendy's face. "You had better show him to me right now. Or else, I will make sure that you suffer."

"What did you mean by threatening me like that?" Yvonne started shaking out of fear and guilt. She was too scared to say a word. But Wendy remained calm. For her, killing someone had gotten as easy as winking. How could she act so composed? She said to Aron, "He is a man who is restricted by nothing. He can go anywhere he wants. How can I stop him? Just ring him up if you are looking for him."

"I'm asking you what you have done to my father!?" Aron asked out of rage.