Billionaire Husband Picks Me Home novel Chapter 23

Jane came out of the club and stopped the taxi on the roadside. After getting on the car, she breathed a long sigh of relief.

She had been in a cold sweat for the last few moments.

She almost had an accident.

Thanks to Jeffery's sudden phone call, she suddenly thought of this excuse and scared Larry.

It was already noon when she got back to the office, and her colleagues were ready to go out for dinner in twos and threes. They all nodded politely when they saw Jane.

When she returned to the office, Tina, from the secretary's department had not left yet. When she saw her return, she had a gloating expression on her face. "Where did you go? Come in, the CEO is looking for you."

Jane froze for a moment.

Looking for me?

Thinking of the life saving call she had missed at the club, Jane guessed that he called her for that.

She pushed open the office door and saw Jeffery sitting in a soft leather chair with his back to the door. It seemed that he had been waiting for her for a long time.

"Jeffery, are you looking for me?" She approached him and stopped at his desk.

Jeffery turned around and wore a cold face, looking terribly serious.

After a while, he stopped reading the documents in his hand and said, "As my personal secretary, you leave the office at your will the next day of your work. How should I punish you?"

"Sorry, I won't do it next time." Jane was shocked by Jeffery's expression. She lowered her head and admitted her mistake.

Jeffery didn't say a word. He stood up and walked to Jane.

As soon as he approached her, he smelled the slight scent of alcohol on her body and could not help frowning.

"Did you drink?"

"I......" She wanted to say something, but he suddenly reached out and pulled Jane over and pressed her on the desk.

Jane was caught off guard and almost fell down. She leaned her waist against the edge of the table and looked up at Jeffery, who was warpping her in his arms.

Jeffery's face slowly got closer and stopped when he was one finger away from Jane. "Who are you with? I don't remember that I arranged you to do the work of meeting customers."

Jane hesitated.

Her mind told her to tell him what had happened and let him teach Larry a lesson, but she felt like she owed him a lot already. Besides, she was already out, and nothing happened, and she didn't want to bother him anymore.

She shrank back and did not dare to look directly into Jeffery's eyes. She whispered, "I took it wrong. I took the wine... and took the wine as water."

Her explanation was not clever at all. Alcohol and water tasted differently. No one would get it wrong. Jeffery obviously didn't believe it.

He looked at her eyes and did not intend to stop. Jane was so guilty of his observation that she could hardly resist.

"Knock knock knock..."

A knocking sound came from time to time and saved her life.

Susie took out her mobile phone and showed a screenshot of a text message to Jeffery. "I have said that this woman is a whore. She would not let go of anyone as long as it is a man. Don't be fooled by her."

Jeffery took a look at it and handed it to Jane. The text message was very ambiguous and the words were even more coy. The sender was Jane, and the receiver was Larry.

Jane looked at the time and it was noon.

She recalled that time when she left in a hurry, she left her phone in the clubhouse. Undoubtedly, this text message was sent by Larry deliberately to defame her.

Only Susie would believe such an inferior trick. She took Larry as a precious man. Jane looked down on her, but was also afraid that Jeffery would believe it.

She looked up and saw Jeffery's eyes. He seemed to be asking her whether it was true.

Jane didn't know how to answer. After hesitating for a long time, she suddenly asked, "Do you believe it?"

She didn't know whether it was because Jane's words were too funny, Susie laughed out loud and looked at her with a sarcastic expression. She pointed to the contents on her mobile phone and scolded, "Now the witness and material evidence are all here. The message was sent by you by your phone. How could you..."

"I believe whatever you say." Before Susie could finish, Jeffery interrupted her and looked at Jane firmly, "I believe whatever you say, but don't lie to me."

"I didn't lie to you. I didn't send it. I lost my cell phone. It was not on me." Jane felt a little happy. Jeffery stood on her side, and made her suddenly feel that there was a pair of hands behind protecting her.

Susie simply couldn't believe her ears. When she received screenshots sent by Larry at noon, she was already furious. Furthermore, Larry had said that Jane didn't want to go over and get drunk in the afternoon shift. She wanted to rekindle her old love, Sussie was filled with anger.

"This woman told Larry that she still likes my husband and wants to make peace with him. She even wants us to work together to break down the company and seek for personal gains. Cousin, if you trust her that much, won't you trust your brother-in-law?"

"I know what kind of person she is. You'd better figure it out first what is your man like." Jeffery obviously did not want to listen anymore. Losing his patience, he pulled Jane out of the office, leaving Susie who was furious.