A beam of sunlight fell on Janet’s face. She winced and rubbed her bleary eyes, realizing that it was already morning.

Her throat was dry, and there was a dull pounding at her temples. It appeared that she had been drunk the previous night.

Janet scratched at her messy hair and padded to the bathroom in a daze, intending to freshen herself up.

When she faced the mirror, however, she was horrified to find her neck and chest dotted with red marks, which were decidedly not insect bites.

“Ethan Lester!” Janet screamed at the top of her lungs, her face burning.

“You called for your husband?” Ethan said as he sauntered into the bathroom.

A thin sheen of sweat covered his sculpted face, and his gray shirt was damp at the chest. He must have gone running.

“What did you do to me last night?” Janet demanded, crossing her arms over her chest.

Ethan raised an eyebrow and looked pointedly at the hickeys around her neck. “You’re seriously asking me what I did to you? Shouldn’t you be asking what you did to me? You started it all. You clung to me and kept touching my body, rubbing my—”

“Stop it!”

Janet closed her eyes and put her hands up. “Did you think I would believe all these nonsense you’re spouting?”

There was no way she would do those things to him!

in his hand. “This is the evidence. My chest was also pinched red by you last night. Do you want to have a

he intended to take off

away in a

recall everything that had transpired, but only vague,

She had, indeed, taken the

She had well and truly ruined her image. Janet had never expected that she would lose all

face with her hands, wishing that a hole would open up below her and

voice deep and husky. “Here, drink this.” He handed

the drink and realized that it was honey

bitter taste of hangover had also

to ignore Ethan altogether and proceeded to freshen up

a small

as she arrived at the Larson Group, Janet was

the designs you submit for the autumn and winter series,” Ike said. “We’ve come to the unanimous decision

I move forward. I will value any advice you

thing to

for that. Your designs are excellent as they are. Oh, but if you have any questions, then feel free to ask your seniors.” Ike looked through her portfolio as he

response. She knew that the other

think those designs are pretty ordinary,” Pamela Daly

had joined the Larson Group a few years prior to Janet, and had been fully expecting that her designs would be selected this

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