She didn’t know that I never hung my clothes on that balcony. That night, Valerie seemed to show off on purpose and posted several WhatsApp status in a row. I raised the corners of my lips and suddenly thought of a good idea.

I opened the 598-person company group chat created by Calvert and asked in it: [Who of you stole my underwear? A total of 15 pairs are missing. I kindly remind you that those are my dog’s underwears. I advise you to stop doing evil.]

I sent it at 12 o’clock in the morning. After sending it, the extremely quiet company work group chat exploded instantly because of my words.

[Boss lady, are you sure? Did you send it to the wrong group?]

[Everyone in our company group is decent. How could we steal underwear?]

[Could you meet a pervert, boss lady?]

[That pervert may be blind and can’t even tell the difference between a dog’s pants, hahaha…]

***

After the engagement, Calvert asked me to be in his work group chat in advance to be the boss lady in order to show his love for me. His childhood sweetheart, Valerie, also worked as a secretary in his company.

His group of colleagues were more familiar with me because most of them were my neighbors.

When they bought the house, they got the lowest price thanks to me. We lived close to each other, so everyone was equally suspected of stealing underwear.

I didn’t care what they said in the group chat. After all, the purpose of posting messages in the group chat was to make things worse.

Seeing them explode the group chat, I turned off the silent mode on my phone and went to sleep under the covers.

The next day, in order to watch the show, I deliberately went to Calvert’s company. When they saw me coming, everyone was quiet for a moment. Then a burst of discussion broke out.

“Did you see the message in the group chat yesterday? I wonder which ruthless person dared to steal the boss lady’s underwear. Our boss lady is really brave. She directly confronted in the group chat. Whoever stole it should return it quickly.”

“Don’t talk nonsense. Do we look like people who can’t afford underwear? How could we steal it?”

“Who is so useless that he would steal something like underwear and let the boss lady not find out?”

Someone came up to me and whispered out of kindness, “Carly, could it be that you are being targeted by some gangster pervert?”

I smiled and turned my head subconsciously to look at Valerie in a miniskirt. She was hiding in the tearoom. When people were embarrassed or guilty, they pretended to be in a hurry.

I deliberately raised my voice, “Alas, who knows? That pervert doesn’t even know how to steal. He thought he stole mine, but in fact, they were all underwears I prepared for my dog.”

Valerie paused and soon came over with an ugly face and pointed at me.

“Carly, we are all decent people. Why are you so disgusting? This is a company, a public place. You keep calling me a panty thief, don’t you feel ashamed?”

As soon as she finished speaking, the friends behind her who were on good terms with each other also echoed.

“That’s right! Who would steal your panties? Carly, you are a rich girl. Can you not be so vulgar and not presentable?”

“Everyone knows that those who come to work in our company are either rich or noble and they are not short of money at all. Who needs your used panties? You keep calling me a panty thief. You are still the boss’ wife. Aren’t you afraid of embarrassing our General Manager Calvert?”

As soon as the voice fell, the scene fell silent. Everyone looked toward the door of the office and I was no exception. Calvert kept pushing the door and when he noticed everyone’s gaze, he coughed awkwardly.

“Everyone, continue to work.” Then he waved at me. “Carly, come in.”

Calvert explained to me implicitly that my message in the group chat yesterday was a bit too much.

“The work group chat is a place to discuss work. Carly, even if you have something to say, you should tell me in advance, instead of talking nonsense in the group chat.”

He frowned. “Listen carefully to what you said. What about stealing underwear? How bad will it be for your reputation if it gets out. Is that appropriate for a girl?”

I rolled my eyes. Calvert had this bad habit. He usually spoilt me in everything, but he always thought I was his appendage, which was suffocating.

Of course, he thought it was inappropriate. After all, Valerie wanted to steal my underwear just to please him. I was about to speak back, but my eyes fell on the things in his drawer and I was stunned.

“You… How come this thing is in your office?”

The drawer was open. Inside was a worn underwear with curled edges. I recognized the lace on it very well. It was the sixth underwear I lost.

Calvert panicked and stuffed it into the drawer frantically. “Carly, you saw it wrong.”

Hearing this, my face suddenly turned cold. “I couldn’t have seen it wrong. That one is the same as mine.”

Calvert wanted to hug me in a panic. “My dear, Carly, listen to my explanation… That one is really not yours. It belongs to Secretary Valerie! She was changing clothes in my office that day and she took it off and threw it here. I didn’t notice it. I will definitely criticize her severely later!”

This excuse was too ridiculous. I looked at him speechlessly. “Do you think I believe it?”

Just then, Valerie came in with tea and apologized to me with a wronged look.

“I’m sorry, Carly. I can explain. Last time, I was careless and left my clothes in Mr. Marshall’s office… I’m sorry for making you misunderstand. It’s all my fault.”

I looked at them with a playful look.

“Oh? You really leave your clothes? I want to know, under what circumstances would you leave your underwear in a man’s office?”

Valerie looked at Calvert in panic and Calvert’s face turned pale instantly. “Carly, don’t think too much. Valerie and I grew up together since childhood. If there was anything between us, we would have had it long ago. How could I be engaged to you?”

Here it came again. It was because of this sentence that I firmly believed that he was innocent.

But I had asked the hacker to hack into Valerie’s computer and saw the scandalous video of the two of them.

I knew that Calvert liked me very much and the look he gave me was gentle from the bottom of his heart. But I also heard his conversation with his friends.

“Carly is the pure goddess I always want to marry. If she doesn’t let me touch her, I won’t touch her at all. But I am a normal man, I also have desires and I must vent with other girls.”

So, Valerie, the childhood sweetheart who had always been behind him, became his plaything.

I heard that it was surprisingly quiet outside the office and there were a lot of breathing sounds. Someone was eavesdropping. It was obvious that Calvert didn’t want to tear his face off at the moment.

I sighed. “Okay, then just consider it my misunderstanding.”

I would let you go today. After all, we would play a big game another day.

When I turned around, Calvert breathed a sigh of relief. “Valerie, go and see Carly off.”

Valerie sent me downstairs of the company with her signature smile. On the way, she whispered in my ear.

“Carly, what’s the point of making such a scene? To tell you the truth, I stole your underwear. What can you do to me?”

She was not ashamed, but looked proud.

“Aren’t you curious about how I got in? Calvert gave me the spare key you gave him. Do you think Calvert didn’t touch you because he has always been virgin for you? You are wrong. You don’t know how crazy he is in bed and how much he plays. Those underwears you lost were just our toys to liven up the fun…”

Before she finished her words, my hands lost control and I slapped her in the face.

“You disgust me to death, Valerie. You look like a decent person, but how can you be so filthy? Don’t do such shameless things in the future. Even if you really need underwear and can’t afford it, you can tell me. I can give you a few new ones at most. Wearing underwear that has been used by others... Even though you don’t feel disgusted, I do!”

After slapping her, I felt sticky on my hands and I wiped them on her clothes. It seemed that the sticky thing was because her makeup was off.

I almost forgot to say that her careful makeup was also imitating me. It was a pity that she didn’t learn it like me, even her foundation was off.

When I got home, I got angrier and angrier. I immediately called a locksmith and changed all the locks in my house inside and out.

That night, just as I was about to take a shower and go to bed, I suddenly received an unknown message: [Platinum Hotel, 1808. Calvert is drunk. Carly, don’t worry, I will take good care of him.]

After reading it, I couldn’t help but raise the corners of my lips. The opportunity finally came.

I habitually ignored the provocation and boasting between the lines of Valerie’s words and only saw a great opportunity to catch a cheating husband waving at me.

I patted my beloved dog, Cooper, who was sleeping on the custom dog mat.

“Let’s go catch your dad cheating, Cooper.”

Cooper jumped up excitedly and turned back and forth in front of me. I smiled even more and touched its furry head.

“This time, you have to do a good job for your mom. When your mom gets rid of that scumbag, I will buy you new underwear.”

Before going downstairs, I dialed another number. My voice was as calm as a frozen lake.

“Secretary Taylor, call Mr. Marshall’s special assistant, Zachary and Manager Stephan from the Public Relations Department and wait for me at the door of 1808 of Platinum Hotel immediately. Remember to bring the hotel’s universal room card.”

The voice of Secretary Taylor on the other end of the phone was not hesitant at all.

“Understood, Miss Turner. I’ll be there in fifteen minutes.”

I smiled and added, “Remember to call a few reporters who are interested in doing good things, preferably live broadcast bloggers and make things more lively tonight.”

I wanted to hit the target with one blow, so that Calvert would be ruined and took the initiative to cancel the engagement.

When we arrived at the 18th floor of Platinum Hotel, Secretary Taylor, Calvert’s special assistant, Zachary, Manager Stephan from the Public Relations Department, who was famous for his swift and decisive actions and the anchor watching the camera were already waiting at the door.

They were eager to ask, “Miss Turner, is it time? Shall we go in and catch the adulterer?”

I hushed and moved closer to the door. I heard a few faint and indescribable sounds coming from inside and nodded to Secretary Taylor to kick the door open.

Breaking through the door, the erotic scene inside made people blush immediately.

Calvert was drunk. Several buttons of his white shirt were scattered and his belt was nowhere to be found. He collapsed on the bed in a disheveled state.

As for Valerie—she was wearing a white pajamas on her upper body, which set off her good figure.