Ticket for Cheating novel Chapter 60

Chapter 1

To test my husband’s work abilities, Dad arranged for me to conduct a surprise inspection of the company he manages.

The moment I walked in, some blonde bimbo in a barely-there dress was staring at the industrial paper shredder like she’d discovered fire.

“OMG, this machine is like, so cool! It eats paper!”

Before anyone could stop her, she grabbed a contract off someone’s desk and started feeding it in.

A coworker dove across three desks: “WREN, NO! That’s a millions-account!”

Too late. SHRED SHRED SHRED.

“Oopsie! My bad!” She giggled, then immediately knocked over her venti frappuccino all over the main server.

Sparks flew. The lights died. Twenty computers crashed simultaneously.

The entire office sat in stunned, furious silence.

I grabbed a shell-shocked intern: “What mentally unstable person hired this walking disaster?”

He whispered back in terror: “That’s Mrs. Morrison-the boss’s wife. She… she technically owns half this company.”

Mrs. Morrison?

I speed-dialed Dad right there: “Cancel the test! Give Jaxon one hour to pack his shit and get out-him and his precious little ornament!”

He wants to cosplay CEO while babysitting his pet disaster? Not on MY family’s payroll!

Dad sent me to the company to evaluate Jaxon.

He said it was routine inspection, told me not to stress about it-just think of it as getting familiar with the business early.

I figured it was just going through the motions.

So I told the receptionist I was an auditor from corporate, and she respectfully swiped me through with her keycard.

But the second I entered the office area, I spotted this woman.

She was dressed super innocent-white sundress from Target and everything-crouched in front of the paper shredder, looking totally

fascinated.

“OMG, this machine is like, totally insane. Can it literally shred anything?”

Without thinking, she grabbed a document from the desk next to her.

The cover was stamped in red letters: “MERGER CONTRACT.”

She didn’t even hesitate-just started shoving the contract toward the shredder.

A guy with glasses nearby went absolutely pale.

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He basically threw himself at her, nearly tackling her to snatch the contract away.

“Holy shit, Wren! Weren’t you supposed to be gaming in the office?”

His voice was shaking with terror.

“What are you doing out here? This contract goes to print this afternoon!”

The woman got bumped by him but wasn’t mad at all-just giggled and waved her empty Dunkin’ cup around.

“Gaming got boring. I’m literally dying of thirst.”

The coworker let out a relieved breath, clutching that contract like his life depended on it.

He lowered his voice, practically begging:

“Then please, go grab some water and drink it back in the office, okay? Doesn’t Jaxon’s office have its own Keurig?”

The woman pouted.

“That coffee tastes nasty. I want some of that good stuff from the break room.”

She totally ignored his about-to-cry expression and headed toward the kitchenette.

Watching this whole trainwreck, my temples were pounding.

I grabbed a young-looking intern nearby.

“Who is she?”

The intern glanced at me, then quickly looked back at the woman’s retreating figure, eyes full of dread.

He put his finger to his lips.

“Shh, keep it down.”

He leaned close to my ear, voice barely a whisper.

“That’s our boss Jaxon’s wife, Wren.”

My heart dropped, and suddenly all of Jaxon’s weird behavior lately made perfect sense.

The intern kept talking.

“Word is she actually owns this company, so she’s like, the real queen bee around here.”

“You just start? You’ll get used to it.”

He sighed, his face showing the kind of bone-deep exhaustion that only comes from being put through hell.

“Usually she just hangs in Jaxon’s corner office, gaming and binge-watching Netflix. Doesn’t really mess with us.”

“Jaxon must be out at client meetings today, so nobody’s babysitting her. That’s why she’s out here wrecking everything.”

Listening to him, my head was buzzing.

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She’s the boss’s wife.

Then what the hell am I?

The intern noticed my expression and looked concerned.

“You good? You look kinda rough.”

I shook my head and forced a smile:

“I’m fine, just… wow.”

“Can’t believe the company has people like that. Real eye-opener.”

The intern shrugged with a bitter laugh.

“You get used to it. At least she doesn’t actually do anything major. We all just deal and pray she gets bored and goes back to her office.”

I stayed quiet.

Doesn’t do anything major?

That contract she almost shredded? That would’ve tanked a billion-dollar deal.

Who’s gonna eat those losses?

I watched Wren bounce out of the kitchenette, literally skipping and humming some Taylor Swift song.

I pulled out my phone, about to call Dad.

But then I thought better of it and put it away.

Just leaving now would let Jaxon off way too easy.

Dad sent me here to evaluate his abilities.

Looks like his abilities AND his character are completely fucked.

I wanted to see just how far this company had gone down the drain under his management.

I straightened my blazer and walked to reception.

“Hi, I’m Brielle from corporate, here for project auditing.”

“Could you set me up with a temporary workstation? Somewhere quiet would be perfect.”

“Also, today’s inspection is confidential-I’d prefer Mr. Jaxon doesn’t know I was here.”

The receptionist nodded respectfully,

I found a corner desk and sat down, keeping an eye on Wren from across the room.

She was studying the fire alarm with her fresh Starbucks, looking like she was seriously considering whether to yank that thing.

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