The Mysterious Billionaire and His Substitute Bride

The following week, Janet took precautions to avoid running into Ike, but Ike kept on hinting at her from time to time.

One morning, she went to the convenience store downstairs to buy some coffee.

As she waited in line, two women glanced at her and started whispering to each other. “Isn’t that the woman from the design department who hooks up with Ike?”

“Yeah, I think so!”

Janet overheard their loud whispering and frowned deeply. “What are you two talking about?”

The two women were shocked by her sudden confrontation. They quickly shook their heads and smiled embarrassedly. “Nothing, nothing. We mistook you for someone else, that’s all.”

But that wasn’t the last Janet heard of this. She soon realized that someone from the design department must have spread unpleasant rumors about her and Ike.

And those rumors spread like wildfire. Some colleagues who used to be nice to Janet even started to keep their distance from her.

Previously, Janet was viewed as a well-mannered, kind young woman in the design department.

that someone had spoken ill of Janet behind her back,

was Pamela who had

would select Janet’s design, Pamela had been hostile to

was

careful but quiet observation, she found that it

many colleagues from the company. That was where she shared her made-up

break, Janet went to the tea room and took a bottle of soda.

her mischievously then whispered to the colleague next to her, “I

He’s such a jerk.” The colleague shook her head and sighed. She had thought that Janet was a

using him because he’s her immediate supervisor. Some women would do anything to get promoted, am I right? I wouldn’t be surprised if she used to be a married man’s mistress when she was in college. I’ve heard a lot about her ‘frivolous’ life

from her water calmly, as though she

in college?

Let me join you!” Apparently, Janet had come back and was leaning against the door, smiling