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.

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

horrible,” she said, pulling out a packet of 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

gathered, it appeared that the senior executives were already

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

agreed to look into it. Don’t worry for now. Just go home and get some rest. Try to steer clear of

into a tight smile. How could she possibly be

*******

day, Janet was understandably exhausted

on to Twitter. As expected,

of anxiety, she could barely sleep a wink. She desperately wanted to talk to Ethan, but he hadn’t been around

dragged herself out of bed to get a glass of water 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 wasn’t even around to comfort her. The fact that she

amount of make-up could rectify the dark circles under her eyes, or the pallid color

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