Chapter 35: Clarification
The Substitute Wife: My Poor Husband Is A Billionaire
Pamela eyed Janet warily.She never wouldâve thought that Janet would dare to make a scene in public.
"You lunatic! How dare you record me? I was having a private conversation with a colleague! This is an
invasion of my privacy!"
She was so anxious that her voice turned shrill.
As she berated Janet, she tried to grab the phone from her.
But Janet acted quick and dodged her advance.
Looking at Pamela sharply, she said, "You defamed me first.Iâm going to call Mr.Lyman right now.We
can confront each other in his presence."
Then she strode out of the tea room and went straight to the directorâs office.
She knocked on the door politely and announced, "Mr.Lyman, itâs Lind."
I snickered, thinking that Janet had come around so soon.
"Come in.Whatâs up?" he asked, feigning a concerned expression.
Janet opened the door and smiled slightly.
"Mr.Lyman, could you come out here please? Thereâs an emergency you need to deal with."
Was she actually asking him for help? Awesome! I cleared his throat and smiled greasily.
"Of course!"
He then followed Janet out and found a group of people waiting outside his office.
Pamela was among them, looking nervous with eyes darting around and fists clenched tightly.
"What happened?" I looked around him in confusion.
"Mr.Lyman, somebody here has been spreading a rumor that we have an affair.She even went so far
as to tell people that we went to a hotel last night."
Janetâs voice was calm yet powerful.
Everyone couldnât help but look at her.
As she spoke, she took out her phone and held it up.
In fact, Iâs flirtatious hints were borderline harassment, which annoyed Janet.She wanted to put a stop
to this, so she took this as an opportunity to make him give up on her.
After he listened to the recording, Itâs expression immediately darkened.
Now that Janet had spoken out about him in public, his plan to win her over suddenly seemed lI wishful
thinking.
He never thought that Janet, who seemed to be a meek push-over, was actually a tough, capable
woman.He had no choice but to snort as though the rumor was completely ridiculous.He cleared his
throat loudly and announced, "Everything that was mentioned in the recording is purely unfounded.I
had a meeting last night that ran all the way until midnight.If you donât believe me, why donât you ask
my wife to testify? Lind and I are not involved with each other except in matters regarding work."
The crowd immediately burst into whispers now that the rumor was dispelled.
Since I even dared to mention his wife, it meant that there was really no affair between him and Janet.
With a serious look in his eyes, I pointed at Pamela and frowned deeply.
"Since you have so much extra time to gossip, why donât you focus on work instead? If I hear that a
rumor this spreads again, Iâm going to report it to the company leader."
All the color drained from Pamelaâs face.She knew that she was doomed this time.
No boss would ever tolerate a subordinate slandering his name.
The next day, as soon as Janet arrived at the office, the colleague sitting opposite to her suddenly
winked at her.
"Did you hear? Pamela was demoted and transferred to an insignificant department."
Janet cocked her head to the side slightly.
After a short pause, she asked, "Was it Mr.Lymanâs doing?"
"Of course! You canât just spread a rumor about your superior.In fact, I think Mr.Lyman actually showed
her mercy.At least he didnât fire her.But I have a feeling that Pamela wonât be staying with the Larson
Group for very long," the colleague said in a sing -song voice.
Janet smiled slightly.She figured that the real reason why I didnât notify the authorities was because the
matter would also smear his name.
"Lind, I think you did well.Pamela isnât that capable a worker, but she can get really jealous.She was
always stirring up trouble and trying to put her other colleagues down.Now that sheâs gone, I think our
department will be more peaceful."
Another colleague handed a little pastry to Janet and patted her on the shoulder.
"I support what you did.You were so brave yesterday."
A faint, warm smile pulled at the corners of Janetâs lips.