The Mysterious Billionaire and His Substitute Bride

Charis smiled coldly. She had to admit that Tiffany was one hard nut to crack.

She couldn’t push too hard, or she would risk exposing her true purpose.

Charis pursed her lips and tried for a casual tone. “It would be best if she proved herself innocent, of course.” She cast a pointed look at Tiffany, letting it linger for a couple of seconds. Then she gathered the documents she on the table and stood up. “Well, that’s it for today’s meeting. Thank you for your time, everyone.”

Tiffany couldn’t help breathing a sigh of relief as she watched Charis strut out of the conference room.

*******

Janet didn’t go home as she was told. Instead, she had been in Tiffany’s office ever since her return from the show.

When she had first stepped into their department earlier, she heard her colleagues discussing her plagiarism scandal. Apparently, the issue had prompted the senior executives to hold several meetings, all on short notice.

office. She closed the door behind her and let out a long breath, as though she had just survived a fierce

tissues from her desk drawer. She proceeded to dab at the sweat beading on her forehead. “Charis wants to fire you, even though we haven’t gotten to the bottom of this issue yet.

appeared that the senior executives were

her voice raised. “Didn’t they say anything

now. Just go home and get some rest. Try

lips stretched into a tight smile. How could she possibly be expected to relax in such

*******

was understandably exhausted by the

to Twitter. As expected, the scandal was

She desperately wanted to talk to Ethan, but he hadn’t been around since her return. It seemed like he

from the kitchen. She was still a little miffed when she stomped back to her room. Her career was practically blowing up in her face, yet her husband

say, Janet still felt horrible when she woke up the next day. No amount of make-up could rectify the dark circles under her eyes, or the pallid color of her