The Mysterious Billionaire and His Substitute Bride

Chapter 33

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!

look on his face, Ethan walked away and came back with a crumpled shirt in his hand. “This

he intended to

Janet turned away

had transpired, but only vague, hazy flashes surfaced

She had, indeed, taken the

never expected

lower lip and covered her face with her hands, wishing that a hole would open up below her and swallow her into an

Ethan said behind her, his voice

took a sniff of the drink

finally settled down. The bitter taste of hangover had also disappeared from her

and proceeded to freshen up for the day. She changed into a turtle-neck dress and rushed

entire time, a

soon as she arrived at the Larson Group, Janet was called into

series,” Ike said. “We’ve come to the unanimous decision to use Lind’s designs.” He held up a

this great honor,” she gushed. “I’m new here, and I know that I still have much to learn. Please guide me as I move forward. I 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 for less than a month, after

thing to show off her abilities before establishing good rapport with

for that. Your designs are excellent as they are. Oh, but if you have any questions, then feel free

that the other designers present in the meeting likely disagreed with

ordinary,” Pamela Daly muttered under

few years prior to Janet, and had been fully expecting that her designs would be selected this time

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