The Mysterious Billionaire and His Substitute Bride

The woman behind Janet snickered at her and whispered to her friend while they all waited for the elevator.

“That’s really her. Where was she hiding all this while? Now that those people left, she has come out as if nothing had happened.”

“She was probably waiting for the security guards to drive those people away. I think she must have availed a loan and doesn’t want us to know about it,” the man beside her echoed.

Janet was in no mood to argue with them. She turned around and decided to take the stairs. She didn’t want to think about it and decided to concentrate on work.

When Janet finally reached her desk, no one bothered to talk to her. Gerda was usually a chatterbox who spoke nonstop. However, she seemed strangely silent today. Janet’s colleagues glanced at her and carried on with their work. They all seemed eerily calm, as if a storm were brewing to destroy her life.

Janet had been sensitive ever since she was a little girl. Sensing everyone’s strange attitude, she took a deep breath and sat down to draw.

Time passed in a blur, and it was noon.

Just then, Janet’s phone chimed with Brandon’s message that seemed like an alarm bell, reminding Janet of what she had been trying to forget all day.

to do with you.” Janet’s

could she possibly tell him? After all, she had

lip and hesitated for a long

few minutes later, her phone chimed

Janet could sense Brandon’s anger

my family into signing up for a loan. I’ve

their interests first. She only prayed for Brandon to show

time, Brandon didn’t reply

phone for new messages. Every minute seemed like an hour —

her head began to

she didn’t rush to

to find out if he might help

ashamed to ask him

well. He was neither a relative nor