My Husband Forced Me to Be a Surrogate for His Boss to Get Promotion — but His True Motive Turned Out to Be Even Worse

He leaned back.

“You’ve got grit. That’s worth more than experience. You’re hired!”

I actually cried in the parking lot.

Within a year, I was promoted to project coordinator.

The money was good. Ethan was thriving.

And then one Monday morning, I walked into a conference room for a partnership meeting, and there they were.

Monica and Doug.

They looked terrible. Monica was thin and tired.

Doug’s hair was thinning, and his suit was wrinkled.

They didn’t recognize me at first. I’d cut my hair. Lost weight.

Started dressing like someone who had their life together.

“Good morning,” I said, setting my notebook down. “I’m Rachel, project coordinator. I’ll be taking notes for today’s briefing.”

Doug’s face went white.

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