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.

behind her and let out a long

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

both women gathered, it appeared that the senior executives were

She jumped to her feet, her voice raised. “Didn’t they say anything about

coming. “She agreed to look into it. Don’t worry for now. Just go home and get

she possibly be expected to relax in such a

*******

day, Janet was understandably

Twitter. As expected, the scandal

spiraled into an endless loop of anxiety, she could barely sleep a wink. She desperately wanted to talk to Ethan, but he hadn’t been around since her return. It seemed like he was very busy

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 wasn’t even around to comfort her. The fact that she had never seen him this busy in a

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