Josephine opened her eyes after Ethan left the room, feeling a little disappointed in his reaction. After


    all, she had decided to pretend to struggle a bit before giving in and offering herself to him if he made a


    move on her. To her surprise, Ethan was a gentleman.


    Her hands circled the edge of her nket as she cursed herself for having a dirty mind. In the


    meantime, she was fascinated by Ethan’s character. He’s an excellent man. I’ll cherish such a kind


    man like him from today onward. After tossing and turning on the bed for a while, sleep finally took her.


    She snuggled under the nket and fell asleep.


    The next morning, Josephine’s preset phone rm woke her from her sleep without mercy. She


    groggily reached out a hand from under the nket and turned the rm off. A momentter, she


    realized that it was another working day. At that, she reluctantly opened her eyes. Why do I have to


    leave my bed? I don’t want to go to work!


    Even though Josephine was reluctant to wake up, she was dedicated to her job. After rolling out of her


    bed, she applied light makeup on her face. The bruise on her face had faded and her skin had been


    restored to an intact state. Everything seemed fine, aside from the little scrape at the corner of her lip.


    Josephine thought to herself, I’ll just go to work without bothering anyone. I should let Ethan sleep. I bet


    he stayed uptest night. When she opened the door, the sight of a well- groomed man on the couch


    greeted her. She blinked in surprise. “Why are you up so early?”


    “I want to give you a ride to work.” Ethan smiled at her. However, Josephine turned down his offer.


    “There’s no need. I’ll take a cab to work. You should go back to sleep.” Ethan rose to his feet. “No way.


    I won’t allow it on my watch.”


    Atst, Josephine had no choice but to allow him to send her to work in his eye-catching sports car.


    She thought about the matter over on the way to the office. Now that everyone knows Ethan and I are


    seeing each other, I don’t think we should do it in secret anymore as if we are ashamed of our


    rtionship. That’s right! I’ll make our rtionship public.


    The sports car eventually rolled to a stop in front of thepany. Ethan wasn’t able to apany


    Josephine due to him having an appointment with the realtorter. And so, she got out of the car and


    waved goodbye. “Be careful on the road.” Ethan nodded. “I’ll pick you up after work.”


    With that, he took his leave. Meanwhile, tons of envious eyes fell on Josephine. Holding her head high,


    Josephine walked into thepany lobby at a steady pace. Her colleagues from other departments,


    whom she seldom dealt with, approached her and greeted her. “Good morning, Josephine!”


    “Congrattions, Josephine!” “I’m looking forward to your wedding!” “Mr. Quarles is a handsome guy.


    You’re so lucky to have him.” The statements took Josephine aback. What’s next? Are they going to


    urge us to start a family? She cleared her throat. “Calm down, everyone. Let’s not discuss personal


    matters at work.”


    After that, Josephine returned to her seat. Just as she sat, people gathered around her. “Josephine,


    why did Mr. Quarles leave the group chat?”


    “Do you think he’ll rejoin the group chat?” Josephine chuckled and replied, “I’m not sure. Let’s get back


    to work, everyone. We’ve got a long day ahead.”


    Wren got Josephine a cup of coffee to go and set it on the table. After taking a seat beside her, Wren


    smiled. “Mr. Quarles did a good job! The way he announced himself in the group chat and told Katrina


    off was like a p in the face to her! Even her supporters didn’t dare contradict him.”


    Josephine had to admit that Ethan’s behavior was satisfying. After all, people around the office didn’t


    dare stand up against Katrina. Even Josephine herself got ridiculed by Katrina a few times. Katrina had


    iting!


    Later, Josephine headed to the copy room. Katrina’s voice caught her off guard. “Josephine, you must


    be very proud.” Josephine turned around and queried, “What do you mean?”


    I’m the victim in the story. It’s all thanks to Ethan showing up in the group chat and backing me up, or


    else they wouldn’t have stopped in the first ce.


    “Did you take Mr. Quarles’ phone and make everything up? A man like him will never bother to join the


    group chat, so it must be you! You have ess to his phone, so you might’ve taken it and pretended to


    be him in the group chat.” Katrina allowed her imagination to run wild and she was confident with her


    theory. After all, she remembered Ethan as a man of few words from their encounter back then.This is from N?velDrama.Org.