Substitute Bride: Utterly Pampered by Her Billionaire Husband-Chapter 1134: Marriage

Where did he go?

As soon as Dianna woke up, she was looking for Cain Shaw, which made Jodie very displeased. Jodie didn’t know where Cain Shaw went either, but this was exactly what she wanted. It’d be best if Cain Shaw just disappeared and never showed up again.

However, Jodie didn’t express her thoughts. She had grown wiser now, and knew that saying such things would only further estrange their mother-daughter relationship.

"Dianna, Cain Shaw seems to have some matters to attend to. He said he would come to see you in a couple of days."

The hope in Dianna’s eyes slowly extinguished. She replied quietly with eyes like fluttering butterfly wings, "Oh."

"Dianna," Jodie held Dianna’s small hand, "You need to recover quickly. Cain Shaw will come to see you."

"Will he really come?" Dianna sounded unsure.

Jodie knew that the best approach was to let Dianna become disappointed in Cain Shaw on her own. She tugged at her lips slightly, "He will come."

Dianna looked at the ceiling, but why couldn’t she feel him anymore?

She seemed to not sense his presence; he seemed to have left.

He had said he would let her see him at first sight.

...

In the blink of an eye, a week passed. Dianna obediently stayed in the hospital to recover, and her health was improving well.

However, during this week, Cain Shaw still hadn’t come.

Dianna didn’t know when he would come. She hadn’t seen him for a long time.

She missed him so much.

Dianna took out her phone and dialed that familiar number to call Cain Shaw.

But soon, a mechanical and cold voice responded from the other end, "Sorry, the phone you dialed is turned off."

His phone was unreachable.

At this moment, footsteps were heard from outside, and Jodie came in. Dianna put away her phone.

The next second, the door to the VIP hospital room was pushed open and Jodie brought someone along—Yuric Thatcher.

"Dianna, your health is recovering well. The doctor said you can be discharged now. I’ve already arranged the discharge procedures, and Yuric is here too. He was really worried about you. We’re here to take you home together," Jodie said with a smile.

Yuric warmly and naturally took the large and small bags, then reached out to hold Dianna’s hand, "Dianna, let’s go home."

Dianna avoided Yuric’s hand, speaking coldly and distantly, "Thank you, I’ll walk by myself."

Dianna led the way out.

Being refused, Yuric was left standing there awkwardly. Then, Jodie approached him softly, "Yuric, Dianna has been spoiled by me. Please don’t be mad at her. Now that Cain Shaw is gone and we don’t know when he’ll be back, you must take this opportunity to hold Dianna’s heart tightly in your hands."

Yuric knew it was impossible; Dianna’s heart had long been lost to Cain Shaw, no matter how hard he tried, Dianna wouldn’t like him.

"Aunt, I will definitely try, but once Cain Shaw returns, he will surely take Dianna back again. We need to come up with a good plan to completely end Cain Shaw’s delusions!" Yuric urged.

"What good plan?" Jodie asked.

"Aunt, I want to marry Dianna!"

Jodie was stunned, "Get married directly? But Dianna..."

"Aunt, don’t hesitate anymore. I want to marry Dianna directly, so that when Cain Shaw returns, Dianna will already be Mrs. Thatcher, and he won’t be able to take her away. His absence this time is an incredibly good opportunity, we must seize it!"

"But Dianna’s character is stubborn, she definitely won’t want to get married..."

"Aunt, then we’ll keep it from Dianna at first. We’ll publicly announce the marriage news and use her recovery as an excuse to keep her confined at home. On the day of the grand wedding, we’ll let Dianna appear at the ceremony. Once the wedding is done, she will be a member of the Thatcher family!" Yuric said excitedly.

Jodie was a bit tempted because Cain Shaw remained a ticking time bomb. It would be better to block the news during Cain Shaw’s absence and let Dianna marry Yuric.

In this way, even if Cain Shaw came back, Dianna would already be Mrs. Thatcher.

Cain Shaw was a soldier, he couldn’t possibly snatch away a married woman, ruining another family, right? That would be a lifelong stain. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Jodie became increasingly tempted as she thought about it, she looked at Yuric and asked solemnly, "Yuric, will you cherish Dianna, love her, and protect her for a lifetime?"

Yuric devised this perfect plan entirely to retaliate against Cain Shaw and Dianna, wanting to destroy them and make them never be able to be together.

However, Yuric surely wouldn’t tell Jodie this; he confidently met Jodie’s gaze and vowed, "Aunt, rest assured, I will definitely be good to Dianna for a lifetime!"

Jodie believed the Yuric in front of her, she nodded and said, "Alright, Yuric, then Aunt entrusts Dianna’s lifelong happiness to you."

...

Jodie took Dianna home. She appeared calm on the surface, but soon she reached an alliance with the Thatcher family, and both families immediately announced the happy news.

The wedding date was set, worried about delays, the wedding was hastily scheduled for three days later on a lucky auspicious day.

This wedding news quickly spread throughout City of Crestfall, appearing on the front pages of all entertainment headlines, with the Thatcher and Young families releasing many photos: pictures from past family gatherings and captured moments where Yuric and Dianna stood together, appearing intimate and creating a successful illusion.

Dianna was at home recovering and hadn’t returned to school, still waiting for Cain Shaw.

She waited for Cain Shaw to come back.

That night, Dianna picked up her phone again and dialed Cain Shaw’s number, but quickly noticed something unusual because her phone had no signal, the call couldn’t go through.

What’s going on?

Dianna instantly became alert; the sensitive nerve in her brain was touched instantly, as if she sensed an unusual smell.

At this time, the room door opened, Jodie came in, "Dianna, it’s time for dinner."

Dianna looked at Jodie. Jodie had been in a good mood these past few days, especially today, she was positively glowing. Dianna felt that Jodie must have done something big during these days.

This big thing seemed quite significant.

Dianna didn’t expose it; the name "Cain Shaw" was a stumbling block between them that they couldn’t communicate over.

"Mom, why is there no signal on my phone?" Dianna asked.

Tomorrow would be the grand wedding; Dianna was to become a beautiful bride. To prevent any accidents, Jodie had ordered the signal to be cut off, "Oh, really? Could be a signal problem. Let’s have dinner first, and I’ll have someone check it early tomorrow morning."

"Okay." Dianna nodded and followed Jodie downstairs.

Once in the living room, Dianna glanced outside carelessly, and saw the place surrounded by black-clad bodyguards.