Substitute Bride Of The Retarded Billionaire

'It's with great excitement we revealed to you that our business couple Luke Arnoult and Willa Arison have finally gotten engaged. We hope to see the happy couples get married soon...'

"What?" Gillian Arison's eyes widened in disbelief and her body shook. Her heart began to pound, and she shook her dizzy head in shock.

"Impossible. No, it can't be possible. Sister and Luke, how can?" Luke Arnoult, her boyfriend, and Willa Arison, her sister, how can they get engaged today?

It should be Gillian Arison and Luke Arnoult who got engaged. What are the reporters saying? What are they showing on the TV? What nonsense!

Gillian rubbed her eyes like crazy, and she saw that the image on the TV hadn't changed.

Willa Arison, her sister, was in an exquisite and expensive pink gown while Luke Arnoult, her boyfriend, was in a blue suit. The two people were holding their hands looking like a perfect couple.

Gillian froze, and she looked stunned; her whole figure seemed to have been dealt a huge blow.

Gillian's eyes began to dart around the room like crazy. Her steps halted upon seeing that the time was 7:23 p.m. Her pupils constricted in horror.

She had been asleep all day on her engagement day? No way!

Today was the official engagement of Gillian Arison and Luke Arnoult, Gillian's boyfriend since middle school year two. They had been in love for years, and she had been expecting today since forever but...

Gillian's eyes flashed toward her phone to pick it up. She dialed Luke's phone number, and soon he picked it up.

However, in the background were cheering noises which made her slowly come to the realization that the news report wasn't wrong. The two and their whole family had betrayed her!

Gillian's body shook and tears pooled to her eyes. So she wasn't dreaming? "Luke, what's happening? Why are you getting married to my sister? It should be you and me, ri..."

"Are you naive, or you're pretending to be, Miss Gillian Arison?" Luke sneered. "The only reason I've always been after you is to get close to Willa. Willa is the heaven, the heir and legitimate daughter of the Arison family while you're the mud, the infamous illegitimate daughter of the Arison. Why will I marry you when Willa is the perfect wife for my Arnoult family?" He taunted coldly.

"What? That can't be possible!" Gillian yelled and fell on the bed, shocked to the core by the news she had just heard.

She couldn't believe that the reason Luke had been with her was to get close to Willa. Why? Just why?

Luke had always told her that he loved her, regardless of her status or what others think or say! Before she could give a reply, the call was cut off by Luke. And by the time she'd dialed Luke's number once more, he had blocked her.

Tears streamed down Gillian's eyes, but she quickly wiped it away and dialed Willa's phone number, her body trembling.

As soon as Willa picked up the call, Gillian bellowed in anger, "Willa Arison, how can you do this? How can you be so shameless to get married to Liam? He is your brother-in-law..."

"My brother-in-law?" Willa scoffed in disdain as if she had just heard the funniest sentence. "Luke and I have been together for over two years, the family and the media could testify to it, what do you mean?" Willa calmly retorted.

Gillian's eyes widened in shock. "That. Didn't. Didn't you say it's just about the company's share? Isn't it to boost the two companies..."

"Aww, baby sister." Willa cooed. "That's why Luke is engaged to me today. To boost the company's share, my dear naive sister." Willa conveyed making Gillian pale. "If I were you, I'd use this timeframe to eat. After all, the drug will soon knock you out again."

Gillian's eyes widened in shock. "You. You drugged me?" She had been wondering how she slept on her engagement day when she had been prepared for it for the past three months.

It turns out. It must be the dinner she ate last night. Her dad and his step-wife must have known about it! No wonder they asked her to eat with them. It wasn't because they cared, and they wanted to celebrate her. No, it's because they have a wicked mission to do today.

"Yes, I drugged you." Willa interrupted indifferently. "And one more thing, my dear naive sister. The eldest daughter of the Arison family had gotten engaged to the Arnoult family, guess who's getting married to that Augustus' retard from the Albrecht family." Willa revealed wickedly.

"What? You bitch!" Gillian's eyes widened in shock. Because the Arison family was at their lowest, they sought out the Albrecht family for help.

The Albrecht family had agreed to invest 50 million dollars in the Arison corporation as long as the eldest daughter of the Arison family got married to Augustus Albrecht. And Mr Arison had agreed immediately.

Augustus Albrecht, the genius heir and the youngest billionaire in the country, was the most eligible husband in the country.

However, after a plane crash three years ago, he became a retarded handicap, giving the wealthy Albrecht family a big blow.

Gillian couldn't believe that that was the plan. To have her marry into the Albrecht family in Willa's stead. "Willa..."

"Mom, Dad. Yes, I'll be right there." Willa said to the person on the other side.

Before Gillian could say a word, the call was cruelly cut off from the other side, leaving Gillian stunned, frightened, cold, betrayed, and angry.

She felt a shiver run through her spine at her family's heartlessness toward her. She thought they would care about her at a point, but it turns out that she was worth nothing to them.

A thought suddenly flashed in her mind. That's to escape the Arison family and evade the marriage with Augustus' family.

Gillian would rather not be married than get married to Augustus Albrecht.

Willa had gotten engaged to Luke Arnoult after all Gillian's hard work, which means her father knew about it and he had no intention to stop her from getting married to Augustus.

Their plan all along was to make her a substitute!

A thought on how to solve things came to her mind. That's to escape from the marriage.

Gillian picked up her phone and hurried toward the door while staggering weakly.

She pulled the doorknob; Alas! It was locked from the outside. She had been locked by her family! Certainly, they were afraid that Gillian would ruin things!

"Open the door. Open." She banged the door and weakly enunciated while painful tears streamed down her eyes.

"Sorry, Miss Gillian. Master Arison had ordered that we shouldn't open the door. If you're hungry, you can tell us what you want, and we'll serve it to you." The bodyguards outside her room said politely, but one wouldn't fail to capture the disdain in his voice

"The maids will serve it to you. The maid will. Serve it to you."

That was the last word Gillian heard before she collapsed and blacked out immediately.

'Escape!' Gillian's eyes widened, and she tried to spring up only to get pulled back by heavy shackles. "Ugh." She groaned in pain immediately.

Gillian's eyes widened in shock, and she quickly looked around, her heart racing.

She gasped upon realizing that she was in a dressing room, cuffed to the chair she was sitting on.

She found out that she was being prepared by four dressing staff.

Taking a look at herself, Gillian found out that she was in a white lace gown that was designed with diamonds and stone.

A bitter smile appeared on Gillian's face upon realizing that she was being forced to get dressed and prepare for the wedding with Augustus.

Gillian's heart tightened in pain. She understood that what the Arison family was subtly telling her was that she had to go through the wedding regardless of how she felt!

Her hand fell on the white dress and her face contorted with contempt.

Seeing the dress reminded Gillian of how naive she was. She thought she was smart but being in between such a shameless family like the Arison, she realized that she had always been nothing but a fool.

Gillian knew that the Arison family purposely made the dressing staff wear the clothes for her; they wanted to humiliate her beyond words.

Gillian's hand balled into a fist. If her hands weren't cuffed, she would tear the clothes into pieces.

Gillian couldn't help but recall the day she had happily visited one of the top boutiques to select a dress in preparation for her engagement with Luke Arnoult.

Mr Roger Arison for the first time had given Gillian a sum of money to buy a dress. That time Gillian had been overwhelmed with happiness thinking that everything was about to change for her, unknown to her that she was being made a fool.

Now she realizes that the only reason Mr. Roger Arison had given her money to buy a dress was all because of this. Was all because of today! They'd been planning it for a long time while she was immersed in the cruel illusion!

Tears welled in Gillian's eyes.

It turns out that waking up last night was a mistake. If she hadn't woken up at all last night, Gillian's naive self would have believed that she was getting engaged to Luke Arnoult! Only to receive a blow later in the day!

Luke Arnoult!

Gillian's heart clenched at the recollection of all that happened last night.

For almost a decade, Gillian and Luke have been together as sweethearts.

Gillian had always helped Luke through school and projects.

Not only that, Gillian constantly helped Luke work for Arnoult's company in secrecy until it was among the top companies as well-with Luke taking all the credit for Gillian's work.

Since Roger Arison didn't let her in the Arison's company because he was afraid that she would upset Willa's mood, Gillian never took a step into the Arison company despite that it belonged to her father.

Ever since Gillian graduated from high school, she had worked in the Arnoult's company with her all without getting a credit or taking any dime as a salary because Luke had promised that they would get engaged and marry each other soon.

Gillian had happily believed in Luke's happy-ever-after unaware that she was a fool.

It turns out that all the time she was suffering hard, Luke thought of her as mud.

So this was all she had suffered for. To get Luke on par with Willa, the precious heaven daughter of the Arison family, and then get herself discarded. How stupid was she!

"Let me go. Let me go." Gillian yelled stubbornly and began to struggle hard, making the dressing staff unable to make up her face or continue their preparation.

"Calm down, miss." The dressing staff tried to coax Gillian but on their face were traces of disgust.

After all, Gillian's mother was rumored to be the prostitute who drugged Mr. Roger and came between Mr. Roger Arison and Mrs. Kathy Arison's marriage, shamelessly giving birth to Gillian two months after Mrs. Kathy gave birth to Willa.

Gillian is just an illegitimate daughter, how dare she put on airs? Not only did she wake up late on her wedding day, but Gillian was also wasting their time by acting bratty.

"Hush younger sister, you have to calm down or else you'll ruin the effort of the dressing sister." Willa elegantly catwalk into the room and coaxed Gillian in a gentle tone that touched all the dressing staff.

Their admiration for Willa increased immediately while their hatred for Gillian became apparent.

They took a look at Willa, and they couldn't help but sigh in envy at how beautiful she looked.

Gillian was currently dressed in an off-shoulder white ball gown with a slit. She was looking beautiful and innocent, giving one the urge to protect.

Willa bent slightly in front of Gillian and smiled beautifully. "Younger sister Gillian, being so eager to see brother-in-law? Ah, I forgot that you might have to be the one to lead brother-in-law up there since brother-in-law is retarded." Willa whispered in concern.

"I know you're worried about brother-in-law but still, you have to get dressed; after all, this is your wedding, and you can't afford to be rash like before," Willa said in an innocent and soft voice that touched all the dressing staff's heartstrings.

Anyone who heard Willa will think that she was being nice and paying attention to Gillian, but the subtle meaning of her words is that Gillian is a rash person, and she's getting married to a retard.

The dressing staff's eyes were filled with contempt for Gillian immediately. Gillian woke up late for her wedding and when she did, the very first thing she did was yell that she should be let go. Indeed, Gillian is very rash.

Moreover, they felt that heaven was really fair and that Gillian deserved to get married to that retarded. After all, both of them are the same, useless to the core.

Gillian could clearly understand what Willa was subtly saying. After all, Gillian had been a subject of humiliation due to Willa's implicit words and schemes.

Gillain fumed in anger and pain. It was Willa who betrayed her with her boyfriend. Now Willa dares to spoil her image while pretending to be a nice person. "You bitch! You should've been the one getting married to Augustus today; I should have been on the stage yesterday, getting engaged to Luke..."

"Younger sister, how can you?" A shocked gasp immediately filled Gillian's ears, interrupting her words.

Willa's eyes reddened, and her body shook in feigned disbelief upon hearing Gillian's words. "Younger sister Gillian, tell me you're joking! How can you be interested in your brother-in-law up to the point of submerging yourself in such a cruel illusion? How? Why? He's your brother-in-law. How can you like him?" Willa cried out, her face turned pale, and her body shook as if she had just dealt a fierce blow.

Although Willa's whole person was pitiful. Inwardly, she was overjoyed with how things were playing out. She expected that Gillian would lash out at her, which was what she intended.

A drop of tears trickled down Willa's eye. "Is that the reason younger sister Gillian has been throwing tantrums since yesterday? Is that the reason younger sister refused to attend Luke and my engagement? Haven't you always claimed to be Augustus' pampered secret sweetheart ever since you were young, how can you want Luke now?" Willa explained pitifully. A cunning glint flickered past her eyes. She knew that it didn't matter if she was lying or not.

Augustus is a retard; there's no evidence to prove that Willa is lying or not. Besides, Willa had claimed that Gillian told her that so even if the truth gets revealed in the future, Gillian would be the one to be blamed.

Gillian's lips couldn't help but quiver at how shameless Willa was. Although Willa and Luke had been the ones to cheat, Willa is implying that Augustus and Gillian had always been sweethearts and Luke had always been Willa's sweetheart, which was a lie.

Willia also claimed that Gillian isn't attracted to Augustus anymore and now wants Luke, which was the reason Gillian had been causing a tantrum.

Willa is also implying that Gillian had refused to attend yesterday's engagement because she was now crushing on Luke.

Willa's words had indirectly switched all the blame to Gillian and made herself and the Arison family the pitiful party, causing everyone's heartache.

The eyes of the dressing staff when they landed on Gillian's body were filled with hatred. They wished they could tear Gillian apart.

'She's so shameless! When Augustus was a famous Billionaire, she was eagerly parading as his secret sweetheart, but now that he's retarded, she was quick to switch her love for him. She's such a shameless vixen like her mother.

Rumors had it that Roger Arison sold his daughter for money, but it seems that it's a lie. The truth is Gillian had always been Augustus' secret sweetheart. Mr Roger had only joined the two together.'

Seeing that the dressing staff acted out according to how she wanted, Willa was extremely satisfied.

However, Willa suppressed it all and continued to immerse herself in her sadness. She shook her head and took hold of Gillain's hand while staring at Gillian with red-rimmed eyes. "Although my heart belongs to Luke, had younger sister told me the truth before the engagement, I would have given my younger sister and Luke my blessings. After all, to me, my younger sister and my family are irreplaceable. Even if it hurts, I'll sacrifice my happiness to make younger sister happy." Willa conveyed pitifully.

Everyone felt indignation overwhelmed them due to Gillian's heartlessness.

'Willa is such a pure angel. Despite that she loves Luke, she'll eagerly give her blessing to Luke and Gillian so that a man won't come in between her family. How I wish I was a man, I'll protect her forever. She's so different from the other daughters of the wealthy family.

Gillian is such a shameless vixen. If I was her, I'd choose to hide myself and jump into the river.

Gillian is so useless. How dare she think she's worthy of Luke Arnoult? Luke Arnoult and Willa Arison are the perfect golden couple in the business industry. There's no space for her.

She's just like her mother, a shameless vixen who only knows how to come in between someone's marriage.

Uh. How can this vixen be such a contrast to the innocent Willa and the Arison family as a whole? She's unworthy of Gillian. So selfish!'

Hearing the conversation of the dressing staff, Gillian felt her heart drop dead. Ever since she was young, she had always tried to tread carefully. However, every step of her still ended up infuriating Willa.

But now Gillian was tired. She was tired of it all. She had held herself low-key but for what? All for naught. Now hearing how they kept shaming her innocent mother, Gillian's brain buzzed with anger.

"Let go of me, you, feigning disgusting bitch!" Gillian bellowed and angrily slapped Willa's hand away.

So disgusting! Willa is a sly bitch! Gillian understood what Willa was trying to do! Willa was trying to trash Gillian on her wedding day.

Although the family had made her a substitute bride, they won't stop until they tear her into pieces. And the thought made her heart hurt...

CRASH!

"Ahhh!" The sound of Willa's scream and Willa crashing on the floor attracted everyone's attention. Tears pooled in Willa's eyes, and she bit her trembling lips hard as if to stop herself from bursting into loud tears.

Gillian gasped, and her body couldn't help but tremble in shock. She only slapped Willa's hands, how is that enough to make Willa crash to the floor?

"Gillian!!! How can you act so cruelly to your sister? Are you insane?" Luke Arnoult strode into the room, chided Gillian, and glared at her coldly. He quickly pulled Willa up and hugged her tightly. His expression was filled with heartache, stabbing Gillian's heart imm

ensely.

Instantly, Gillian understood what was happening. Willa must have realized that Luke was nearby, which was the reason Willa acted out such an incredible play.

Gillian's heart tightened with pain as she stared at the handsome face she had known for years. They had been so close a few days ago. They had happily talked about their future a few days ago but somehow, it felt as if they were nothing but a stranger.

Now it had gotten to the point where Luke would choose to support Gillian's sister rather than Gillian, the woman he loved.

A disparaging chuckle spilled past Gillian's lips. Oh, is she kidding, the two had already gotten engaged. Gillian is no longer the woman Luke loved. Rather, Willa is. Willa had always been.

Willa grabbed Luke's hand and shook her head softly, her eyes pooled with tears and her lips quivered. Her delicate actions repeatedly stir sorrow into everyone's heart. "No Luke. Don't blame younger sister, it's not younger sister's fault. It's just that younger sister loves you too much. Younger sister, I'm sorry, it's elder sister's fault. I was the reason younger sister wasn't able to be with the man she loved. Wuu. Wuuu." Before Willa could complete her words, she burst into soft tears, her body shaking delicately in Luke's embrace.

Although it might sound like Willa cares about Gillian. In truth, the subtle meaning behind her words is that Gillian pushed her because Gillian believed that Willa was the one who came in between Luke.

Luke felt his heart get stabbed by the pain. He hugged Willa softly before his cold gaze bore at Gillian's body. "Gillian, you disgust me. I can never be interested in such a shameless evil woman like you. The innocent Willa had always been the woman in my heart. Not in your dream will I get entangled with a vicious vixen like you. Not in life." Luke shot coldly.

Gillian's face paled immediately and her body trembled. Although she thought that seeing Luke protect Willa and ignore her was already a stab in her heart, hearing Luke say such crude words to her was a big stab in her heart. Luke, the man she had loved for years, had just called her disgusting. He had just called her vicious. He had just called her a vixen. Hot tears welled in her eyes and a gripping pain enveloped her. A few days ago she had believed that her life had been successfully made up, but now she realized that she had plunged into the abyss!

Willa's lips curved in a smirk which she quickly hid by lowering her head. She had just begun with this bitch!

"Luke..."

"Don't you ever let my name fall from your lips. I hate when a vile and disgusting person like you pronounces my name." He bellowed, causing her heart to rip louder with pain.

Upon seeing what Gillian had just done to Willa, a fuming Roger Arison, and Kathy Arison stepped into the room.

Roger Arison raised his hand and all the dressing staff members dispersed from the room.

Roger Arison walked toward Gillian in a large stride and raised his hand fiercely.

Immediately, a crisp slap fell on Gillan's face.

Gillian's face whipped to the side due to the impact and tears pooled in her eyes, her heart and face dripping with pain.

Willa groaned silently and reached out toward her dad anxiously. Unfortunately, before she could, she collapsed on Luke.

"Dad, no, you misunderstood younger sister. Younger sister was only annoyed at the fact that Luke and I got engaged. You know sister had a fiery temper. She didn't push me on purpose. Don't hurt younger sister." Willa quickly cried out.

Even though it sounded as if Willa was defending Gillian. In actual fact, Willa was subtly telling them that Gillian had attacked her because she was annoyed at the fact that Willa and Luke got engaged.

"Willa, that wench would continue to take a mile after an inch. How many times did she bully you in the past without you saying a word? Stop protecting her anymore!" Kathy seethed. How dare Gillian that whore daughter hurt her daughter? She wished she could dismantle Gillian and tear her into pieces!

Roger Arison's eyes flashed with anger. He had owed the mother and daughter pair too much because of Willa's existence. Yet that bitch simply grew uncultured as days passed! If he didn't put her into her place today, she'd never learn to put others into the eyes!

Roger Arison grabbed Gillian's hair fiercely and gnashed his teeth in anger. "You vile beast, not only did you carry a disgusting torch for your brother-in-law, how dare you harm your sister? Gillian Arison, I tell you that you better follow my plan and not mess up the wedding with that retard, or else I'll see to it that your mother's hospital supply was cut off." He threatened in a cold voice.

Gillian felt as if her heart was submerged in cold water. It felt as if she was suffocated, making her unable to breathe. Somehow her whole body and heart hurt a lot!

So the family had it planned out already when she was still submerged in her illusion. That's why Willa came to parade in front of her and even played such scheming tricks. It was to make Gillian look bad regardless of what the Arison family did to her!

The Arison had long planned to make her a substitute for Willa, switching the truth for lies to make her look bad in front of everyone.

As if that wasn't enough, they even used her comatose mother to threaten her.

The thoughts made Gillian's heart ache extremely.

Roger Arison was pleased with himself upon seeing Gillian's pale face. His face scrunched up in disdain, and he coldly ordered. "Apologize to Willa."

Gillian's eyes glowed with a cold light. It's enough that she had been accused and schemed at but the last thing she'll do is apologize to the green tea bitch! How many grievances had she gone through because of Willa?

"I'm sorry, but Willa's fall had nothing to do with me, why should I apologize?" she rebuked sharply. Although her voice was still weak and soft due to the drug that was yet to wane, her arrogance was clear in her tone.

Luke's eyes spewed with fire, and he shot Gillian a glare. "Gillian, what did you just say?"

Gillian's lips curved with a disparaging smirk. She must have been blind all these while to follow and believe Luke's goading. Someone like Luke was clearly not worthy of her or her emotions!

Gillian raised her neck arrogantly, "I said the last thing I'll do is apologize to Willa. Willa falls on her own, what does it have to do with me? You both clearly cheated on me. It's hilarious how both of you are painting white as black! You two are shameless!"

"Gillian!" Luke's eyes spewed fire. This was the first time he had ever suffered such a humiliation. He had always been placed in a high position, when had he suffered such? He wished he could tear this wench apart!

A triumphant smile appeared on Willa's face, but it disappeared in the next minute; instead, her eyes turned moist, and she grabbed Luke's hand softly. Her figure swayed delicately.

"Luke, don't be annoyed at Gillian. Younger sister loves Luke too much. Ultimately, younger sister would resort to any methods to get Luke's attention. Dad, Mom, younger sister is just being bold, we're family, there's no need for younger sister to apologize to me." she explained in an innocent frail tone.

Luke, Kathy, and Roger's expressions darkened immediately. Despite that Gillian was arrogant, Willa was still supporting Gillian. However, Gillian was still arrogant regardless. How can they bear to watch it? Today they promise to make Gillian, that vile beast, yield!

"Gillian Arison, do you think it's up to you to tell whether you'll apologize or not?" Roger Arison sneered, making Willa's heart burst with joy.

Gillian's face paled, and her eyes crinkled in disappointment. She understands that Roger Arison planned to resort to force. "Dad..."

Ring.

The sudden ringing of Gillian's phone interrupted Mr. Roger's words.

Gillian stretched her shaky hands to pick up her phone but upon seeing that the call was from the hospital her mom was admitted to, Gillian's thoughts began to spurn chaotically.

However, before Gillian could pick up, Kathy Arison snatched Gillian's phone, received the call, and placed it on the speaker.

"Hello, Miss Gillian. When are you paying the patient's bill? This month's bill hasn't been paid yet, and the patient hasn't received treatment since two days ago. I'm afraid that if it's delayed for another 24 hours, the patient's life will be at risk." The nurse's calm voice sounded.