Mr. CEO's Substitute Bride

Chapter 1120 - 1116: You Can’t Just Pounce and Force a Kiss Because You Like It

"Mom, have you finished your meeting?" Even though he knew his mother used the meeting as an excuse, Evander Lancaster still asked on purpose.Violet Zimmerman’s displeased voice came through, "Evander, what nonsense did you tell that girl again? You scared her away!"

"I wasn’t talking nonsense, I was just telling the truth. She’s just too timid. A doctor who’s afraid to use a scalpel!" Evander leaned back in the driver’s seat, a smug smile on his lips but an innocent tone in his voice.

"Evander, I don’t care what you think, by the end of this year, you must find a girlfriend!" Violet had no patience for her son’s excuses, and her stern voice came through the receiver.

"Mom, I’m not in a hurry. Why are you so anxious? If you want to play with grandkids, hasn’t my sister-in-law already had two...?"

"Don’t give me that nonsense! Evander, I’m not joking. If you don’t have a girlfriend by the end of this year, you can forget about living carefree. I’ll use my connections to shut down your hospital!"

With that, Violet hung up the phone abruptly, giving her son no chance to argue.

In the office, Joseph Lancaster stood up from the chair in front of the desk, walked around to Violet Zimmerman’s side, and placed his hands on her shoulders, smiling as he consoled her, "So what if they’re scared off? Why are you so angry, it’s bad for your health."

Violet raised her hand to cover Joseph’s, her shoulders slumped as she sighed, her earlier forcefulness gone, "Evander is thirty now. Robert had already given me a grandchild by his age. You tell me, he hasn’t even had a girlfriend, how can I not be anxious!"

"What’s the hurry? Maybe his match just hasn’t come along yet." Joseph gently massaged Violet’s shoulders, soothing her good-naturedly.

Suddenly, Violet thought of something and turned her head to Joseph, "Do you think... could Evander be like the rumors say, not interested in women, but in men?"

"What nonsense," the idea made Joseph burst out laughing, "there’s nothing wrong with our son’s preferences!"

Violet turned back, staring ahead with some confusion, doubting aloud to herself, "If Evander’s preferences aren’t an issue, then why hasn’t he been willing to have a girlfriend all these years..."

Joseph’s gaze tightened. When Evander was small, they had a great relationship, but since high school, he seemed to harbor some animosity towards him, could it be...

"Joseph, are you listening to me?" Seeing Joseph unresponsive, Violet turned her head again, "Oh, I’m listening," Joseph replied instantly against her gaze, his expression turning gentle.

...

At this moment, in a certain company in T City, Sophia Hamilton walked out the company’s doors and tossed the large cardboard box in her hands into a trash can. She turned back to glance at the company’s entrance, her pale, doll-like face unable to hide her frustration.

"Hmph! Fire me then, I’d rather lose my job than let you, an old pervert, get your way!"

A twenty-five-year-old girl with a doll face, which should be a good thing, but Sophia Hamilton has suffered a lot of grievances because of her not-age-revealing young face.

Wherever she worked, she always dealt with sleazy supervisors who acted all concerned, just to find a chance to take advantage...

Since graduating college, she’d gone through several jobs, and each time it ended with her "offending" her boss and getting fired. This time was no different; the department manager coaxed her to work overtime with him, then tried to take advantage when they were alone. In the end, he just barely avoided getting his face bashed in by Sophia... And today he used some excuse to fire her.

Sophia felt incredibly unlucky today, having just lost her job, her beloved car also got its rear scratched.

Standing in the parking lot, she looked around, initially thinking of going to the security office to check the surveillance and see who hit her car, but ultimately decided against it. Her car was in such bad shape, and the perpetrator’s vehicle probably wasn’t much better off. Selling her car wouldn’t even cover the paint job on a luxury car.

She resignedly opened the car door and sat inside, deftly turning the steering wheel as her mini QQ car pulled out of the parking spot.

It was midday break, and the street traffic wasn’t as heavy as during rush hours. Sophia drove her beloved car forward unimpeded. It hadn’t gone too far when her mini QQ started acting up, jolting as if the gas pedal was clogged, occasionally disobeying commands...

She was at a three-way junction, a road where vehicles merge. Planning to check it out at a repair shop up ahead, but as she was merging, the QQ acted up again, bouncing forward excitedly.

With a "bang," it crashed into the rear end of a car coming from the right side.

Sophia...

She took a deep breath after recovering, inwardly sighing, what terrible luck.

Unbuckling her seatbelt, she quickly opened the door and got out, wanting to see how the car she hit looked. But as soon as she saw the car’s logo, she was dumbfounded.

Bentley, oh damn, could she be any unluckier? She couldn’t afford it even if she sold her QQ!

"How are you driving? Don’t you watch the road?" Evander Lancaster slammed his car door and walked over, not looking pleased, being rear-ended even while driving normally was truly frustrating.

"I’m sorry, my car had a bit of a problem..." Sophia apologized with a forced smile, hoping the handsome guy in front of her wouldn’t hold her accountable due to her sincere apology. After all, a car that fancy would cost quite a bit to repaint, not to mention... her own car left a big dent in his rear end.

Her car only had basic liability insurance, which wouldn’t cover much. If she had to pay out of pocket, she’d likely go broke.

Evander glanced at the QQ stuck to his car’s rear and then at Sophia. He was initially full of anger, but seeing the girl’s doll face turn pale drained most of his anger.

Hands in the pockets of his casual pants, he raised an eyebrow, smirking as he said, "Little girl, I know my car is quite eye-catching, but your QQ can’t just forcefully kiss it because you’re smitten, right?"

Sophia...

Staring at Evander, his "flippant" gaze made her realize.

Such flippant talk screams pervert, and Sophia’s most despised thing in life is men trying to take advantage of her!

Without caring that she had just crashed into his luxury car, she lifted her chin defiantly and retorted, "Kiss? Hmph, have you seen yourself?"

Sophia sized Evander up and down, seeing him dressed in ordinary casual clothes, not nearly as sharp as the white collars in her office, and kept mocking, "You don’t look like someone who can afford a luxury car. Maybe you stole it or you’re just some boss’s driver."