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!
came back with a crumpled shirt in his hand. “This is the evidence. My chest was also pinched red by you last night. Do you
he intended to take
Janet turned away in
to recall everything that had transpired, but
she wasn’t mistaken… She had, indeed, taken the initiative to kiss Ethan
her image. Janet had never expected that
hands, wishing that a hole would open up
do anything, okay?” Ethan said behind her, his voice deep and
the drink and realized that
drinking it, her stomach finally settled down. The bitter taste of
decided to ignore Ethan altogether and proceeded to freshen up for the day. She changed into a
watched her the entire time, a small smile
the Larson Group, Janet was called into the
submit for the autumn and winter series,” Ike said. “We’ve come to the unanimous decision to use Lind’s designs.”
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
was a good thing to show off her
are excellent as they are. Oh, but if you have any questions, then feel free to ask your seniors.” Ike looked through her portfolio
other designers present in the meeting likely disagreed with
think those designs are pretty ordinary,” Pamela
had joined the Larson Group a few years prior to Janet, and had been fully expecting that her designs would be selected this time around. Naturally,
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