The Mysterious Billionaire and His Substitute Bride

Janet returned to the Larson Group’s headquarters the next morning.

She heard some people laughing inside the design department. But the second they saw her come in, an ominous silence ensued in the room.

Everybody else in the office realized that there was a tension in the room, so they all glanced at the door.

“Hey! Shut up! Can’t you see that Janet is here already?”

“Wait… Is Janet the one who’s secretly married to Mr. Larson?”

“Who else could it be?”

Janet could hear them whispering among each other, and they all sounded surprised.

Deciding to ignore them, she went to her seat and sat down as if nothing happened.

poked her head out and went to the latter’s seat. Visibly excited, she said, “My queen! You’re finally back! Everyone

could tell from the look on Gerda’s face

the news?” she

was already discussing that

looked around, the people inside the department fell into deeper silence. The air felt tense and it grew worse with every passing

company building earlier, she could sense that people were looking at her differently. Some were curious; others were confused. But most of them were giving her a modicum of respect, and were cautious around her. It seemed that the entire company already knew

scared of you now!” Gerda declared as

“Why would they be scared? Do they think I’m going to bite their

“It’s because of your conflict with Patty. It didn’t end well, did it? Didn’t you

of our company. I

in the corporate world. In their world, any common fool who would go up

you’re completely different in everyone’s eyes now. They’re all nervous around you, because they’re scared you’ll take revenge on them,” Gerda