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.

door behind her and

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. It looks like she wants you to be

both women gathered, it appeared that

her feet, her voice raised. “Didn’t they

rubbed her temples. She could feel a headache coming. “She agreed to look into it. Don’t worry for now. Just go

smile. How could she possibly be expected to relax in

*******

whirlwind of a day, Janet was understandably exhausted by the time she

warning, she couldn’t resist logging on to Twitter.

She desperately wanted to talk to Ethan, but he hadn’t been around since her return. It seemed like he was very busy today, too; she hadn’t heard from him except for that

miffed when she stomped back to her room. Her career was practically blowing up in

No amount of make-up could rectify the dark circles under her eyes, or the pallid