Chapter 1 Playing Hard to Get

It was her first night in the Li family.

The candlelight was swaying around and the red gauze curtain covered the bed. Sitting obediently at the head of the bed, Alina was restless.

After the young master's face was disfigured, Lena refused to marry him, so her father forced her to be the substitute bride.

Without a wedding ceremony or blessing, she was thrown into the villa of the Lis family like a clown.

The Lin family made her heartbroken.

While she was deep in thought, the door of the room was slightly opened.

She looked around and saw a tall and strong man coming in.

This was her newly married husband, Stephanie Li.

Alina quickly looked at him up and down. His face was angular and handsome. His dark eyes were sharp, like a beast that looked down upon all living beings, and his aura was intimidating.

There was a ten-centimeter-long scar on his face, which crossed the left half of his face, adding a lot of ferocity to his plain face.

At one glance, Alina quickly avoided eye contact with him.

The man suddenly said, "you pretend to be Lena."

He had to admit that this fake one was more stunning than Lena.

Alina looked at him and made several gestures with her lips slightly moving.

Stephanie Li frowned deeply, "What do you mean?"

Alina's hands froze. Then she realized that the man in front of her didn't know sign language, so she didn't know what she was talking about. Embarrassed, she took out her phone and typed a few words for him.

Stephanie Li's eyes froze.

"Jerry is getting bolder and bolder. How could he allow his dumb illegitimate daughter to be the bride without informing me?"

Illegitimate daughter.

Mute.

With these two words again, Alina's breath became short, as if her neck was strangled.

In a daze, Stephanie pinched her chin hard until there were red marks on it. "Do you think the Li family is easy to bully?"

No.

Alina wanted to retort, but she couldn't make a sound.

Her mood dropped to the bottom. It seemed that she couldn't stay in the Li family anymore.

Thinking of the high fees on her grandmother's operation list, she couldn't help trembling and her eyes gradually lost focus.

Seeing all this, Stephanie Li pursed his lips and ordered, "Come here."

"Now that you're married, you should do your duty as a wife and do what you should do."

"According to what he said... Is he going to keep me here?"

Before she could be happy, she felt a little nervous when she thought of what she was going to do.

She didn't dare to complain at all and lay down on the bed obediently. She still didn't dare to look into his eyes.

A cold chuckle sounded, "What are you thinking? I mean I want to take a shower. Come and help me!"

Alina's face turned red and her eyes were filled with anger.

How dare he play tricks on her!

She stood up and walked into the bathroom in a fit of pique. Her cold fingertips inadvertently slid across the man's skin, but he rudely grabbed her wrist and mocked, " Alina, are you playing cat and mouse with me?"

Seeing her shaking her head in confusion, her clear eyes dodged like a frightened deer.

Stephanie Li's breath paused, and he couldn't help but think of the pair of clean eyes in his memory.

He also thought of what the Lin family had done. Sooner or later, they would destroy this cleanness.

The corners of his mouth rose slightly, and his eyes were as sharp as blades. "Since you are in such a hurry, I will try my best to satisfy you."