Pamela eyed Janet warily. She never would’ve 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. I’m 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 director’s office. She knocked on the door politely and announced, "Mr. Lyman, it’s Lind. I snickered, thinking that Janet had come around so soon. "Come in. What’s up?" he asked, feigning a concerned expression. Janet opened the door and smiled slightly. "Mr. Lyman, could you come out here please? There’s 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 spread ing a rumor that we have an affair. She e ven went so far as to tell people that we . went to a hotel la st night. Janet’s voic e was calm y et powerful. Everyone coul dn’t help but look at her. As she spoke, she took out her pho ne and held it up. In fact, I’s flirtatious hints were borderli ne harassment, which annoyed Janet. She wante d to put a stop to this, so she took this as . an opportunity to make him g ive up on her. After he listened to the recording, It’s express ion immediately darkened. Now that Janet had spoken out about h im in public, his plan to win her ove r suddenly seemed II wishful thinking. He never thought that Janet, who seemed to be a meek push-over, was actually a t ough, capable woman. He had no choice but . to snort as though the rumor was comple tely ridiculous. He cleared his throat lo udly and announced, "Everything that was . mentioned in the recording is purely unfoun ded. I had a meeting last night that ran all the way until midnight. If you don’t believe . me, why don’t you ask my wife to testify ? Lind and I are not involved with each other except in matters regarding work. The crowd immediately bur st into whispers now that the rumor was dispelled. Since I even dared to mention his wife, it meant that there was real ly no affair between him and Janet. With a serious look in h is eyes, I pointed at Pa mela and frowned deeply. "Since you have so much extra time to gossi p, why don’t you focus on work instead? If I hear that a rumor this spreads again, I’m . going to repor t it to the co mpany leader. All the color drained from Pamela's face. She knew tha t she was doomed this time

No boss would ever t olerate 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 d emoted and transferred to a n insignificant department. Janet cocked h er head to the side slightly. After a short pause , she asked, "Was i t Mr. Lyman’s doing?” . “Of course! You can’t just spread a rumor about your superior. In fact, I think Mr. L yman actually showed her mercy. At least he . didn’t fire her. But I have a feeling that Pa mela won't be staying with the Larson Group for very long," the colleague said in a sing . -son g vo ice. Janet smiled slightly. She figured that the real reason why I didn’t notify the authori ties was because the matter would also smear . his na me. "Lind, I think you did well. Pamela isn’t th at capable a worker, but she can get really jealous. She was always stirring up trouble . and trying to put her other colleague s down. Now that she’s gone, I think o ur department will be more peaceful. Another colleague handed a little pastry to Janet and patted her on the shoulder. "I support what yo u did. You were so brave yesterday. A faint, warm smile pulled at the corn ers of Janet's lips