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

to take off

away in

transpired, but only vague,

indeed, taken

Janet had never expected that

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

her, his voice deep and husky. “Here, drink this.”

of the drink and realized that it was honey

settled down. The bitter taste of hangover had also disappeared

and proceeded to freshen up for the day.

the entire time, a small

soon as she arrived at the Larson Group,

“We’ve come to the unanimous decision to use Lind’s designs.”

will value any advice you give me.” Janet had never imagined she would land such a big project so soon. She had been working here

she didn’t think it was a good thing to

are. Oh, but if you have any questions, then feel free to ask your

knew that the other designers present in the

ordinary,”

joined the Larson Group a few years prior to Janet, and had been fully expecting

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