CEO's substitute bride (Alyssa)

Alyssa sighed.

Back then she hoped that Jason would give her some. Even if it was only 1%, it would at least make

her feel like she was a Moore.

Now, it seemed that when she didn’t care about the shares anymore was also the time when Jason

wanted to give it to her. She suppressed a bitter laugh as she thought of all the times she had cried at

their words and crumbled at their insults.

How ironic!

Alyssa couldn’t help herself and actually laughed aloud. It was really ridiculous.

Although she knew that Jason had ulterior motives in mind, she still asked, “How many shares are you

planning to give me.”

“As you’re my daughter, you’ll receive more shares than your mother.” He said vaguely, patting his

chest. There was silence before he continued, “Don’t worry, I won’t treat you unfairly. After all, I’m your

father.”

Her shares were more than Aurora’s? Alyssa pursed her lips.

Hm… Since he had already mentioned the shares, how can she make it easy for him?

“Well, now that I’ve become the Young Madame of the Lawrence family, it’s only natural as you treat

me as such.” Alyssa said coldly. “If you really want to offer me some shares, I’d take at least 15%.

Anything less would be an insult to the Lawrence family, don’t you think?”

Although she didn’t have any shares in the Moore Group, she knew how those shares were publicly

distributed.

Jason had a 30% shares in the business. Skylar and her brother each had 10%. Aurora only had 5%

that totaled 55%. The majority vote was all part of the Moore family.

The remaining percentage belonged to the other shareholders.

If Jason agreed to give 15% of his shares, he’d be in great danger.

That meant that if Alyssa didn’t vote for him during the next shareholder meeting, he might not be able

to hold his position as chairman of the Moore Group.

There was silence from the other end of the line.

15% wasn’t a small amount.

“I’ve treated you well, haven’t I?” Jason chuckled, trying but failing to cover the anger behind his words.

“Your request is a bit too much, isn’t it? I mean, after all, we’re all family. How about you accept a lower

percentage and we can discuss increasing your shares in the future.”

Treated her well?

Alyssa simply smiled. “You’re getting old, Dad. You shouldn’t be getting angry all the time; it’s not good

for your health. Besides, I’m only saying it casually. It doesn’t matter if you don’t agree; either way, I

already have a job waiting for me. I got to go now.”

What happened to the Moore family?

It was rare for Jason to bring up the topic of shares when it came to her. In fact, he had never done it

before, so what was his purpose?

…

On the other side of the city, in the Moore Villa, things weren’t looking up.

Jason was so angry that he almost threw his phone across the room as soon as he hung up. Gritting

his teeth, he slammed his hand against the armrest and pushed himself up. The audacity! He had

never seen Alyssa act like this before.

Folding his hands behind his back, he paced back and forth in his office. His eyes glowed with so much

fiery rage for her. “Just because she’s now the Young Madame of the Lawrence Family doesn’t mean

she should act this arrogant.”

“Dad, you shouldn’t be angry over such a small matter.” Skylar comforted as she poured him a cup of

tea. “It isn’t worth it.”

However, the old man was too outraged to even take the cup of tea from her hands. Instead, he

pointed at her. “How many times have I told you not to go to those clubs? If you really want to go there,

then the least you could do is to be a little more careful! Look what happened! The Grant family had

already agreed to the marriage, and with all these scandals out, do you think they’ll still want you as

their daughter-in-law?”

The Moore Group had been short of funds recently. Originally, they planned to let Skylar marry into the

Grant family then ask them to invest in their business. However, now that her scandals caught fire, the

Grant family had dropped all sorts of investment plans.

That was why he shifted his hopes to Alyssa again.

Alyssa had been married into the Lawrence family for around three months right now, and she was

doing just fine. In fact, they assumed she had gotten along quite well. If they could gain her favor,

maybe they could get her to persuade Emmett to invest in them.

“Dad, Alyssa must’ve done that. She wants to destroy me.” Skylar said, but something flashed in her

eyes. “But I’ve already gotten back on her.”

Jason ‘s expression changed. “What did you do?”

“She destroyed my reputation, hasn’t she?” She crossed her arms over her chest. A smirk played on

her lips. “It’s only fair that I pay her back ten times as much, which is why I’ve lured her into Sky Light

Club and…”

Slap!

A crisp sound echoed across the study.

Skylar’s head swung to the side from the slap. A dark red mark appeared the sides of her face as her

fingers slide down her skin. Her face contorted into that of complete disbelief. “Did you just…Dad, did

you just hit me?”

Although Jason had gotten angry at her a few times in the past, he had never laid a hand on her.

However, he couldn’t help it! This wasn’t just child’s play! If the Moore Group couldn’t survive because

of this little mess up, they could face bankruptcy. Or worse, they could be bought up! This wasn’t the

time to be so petty!

In all honesty, Jason loved his ex-wife, as such, he loved the two children that she had left with him. His

favorite happened to be Skylar, who looked so much like her. Sometimes, he wondered if his wife was

alive, would she have taught her more?

Jason looked at his hand and he sighed. The furious expression on his face softened. “Skylar, no

matter what happens, Alyssa is the Young Madame of the Lawrence family. Although she may not look

important, the power she holds, is what we need right now.” He paused and continued. “Look at her!

She’s still alive and well; if we play our cards right, she could get us Emmett’s favor.”

“So what if she gets his favor? He’s nothing more than a cripple.”

Even now, Skylar still wasn’t convinced. To her, it didn’t matter what Alyssa status was now. In her

eyes, the later was just a country bumpkin whose own mother rejected her. To her, Alyssa was nothing

more than a fly in her windshield.

However, this wasn’t the time to bring out that ugly woman’s shortcomings when Jason was this angry.

“Even if Emmett is a cripple, he’s still the Young Master of the Lawrence family. Although he doesn’t

look much, he will soon inherit the Lawrence family fortune. If you play nice with Alyssa, all our

problems would be solved!”

“Then why don’t we just let her ask Emmett for some money?” Skylar slowly nodded.

Recalling the phone call he just had, Jason’s face darkened. “She’s got more confidence now. She

actually dared to hang up on me and even asked me for 15% of the company’s shares!”

“Then give it to her!” Skylar didn’t think it was a big deal. “Didn’t you want her to come to the Moore

Group to work? When the time comes, we could think of something to get her to return her shares.”

Hearing this, Jason fell into a deep thought before he smiled. “My precious daughter is so smart. Did I

hurt you when I hit you just now? It’s my fault…”

“Dad, I’m fine.”

…

No matter how much Alyssa thought about it, she couldn’t figure out what Jason ‘s goal was. But she

would never have thought that Jason wanted money from Emmett.

She was going to Nine Clouds Media for an interview today.

However, as she was heading out, she received another call from Jason .

“Alyssa, I’ve thought about your request, and I promise to give you 15% of Moore Group’s shares.

When are you coming to work?”

She frowned. Why would he agree so quickly?

15% was a large number and for him to give it to her within a few hours…

Should she accept the shares?

15% was more than Skylar’s share in the company… How could that woman agree to this?

There must be something fishy going on, but even then, Alyssa slowly nodded. Whatever happened,

she wasn’t going to be afraid.

“I’ll go to work once you transfer the shares to me.”