Chapter 333 The CEO's Substitute Bride

• Flint had once laid outside her door through a night of high fever, only to grab her hand in the hospital while murmuring something like "Crysie." Back then, Lucille, convinced she was nothing more than a stand-in, had forced Flint and Crystal together.
• Now, standing outside that suffocating "stand-in" mindset and viewing things from an outsider's perspective, she could see how many of those situations had been of her own making. She had been the one pushing Flint toward Crystal as if trying to solidify her role as a mere stand-in.
• She moved slowly into the kitchen, poured herself a glass of water, and downed it in one gulp, hoping the cool liquid would help clear her mind.