Trial Marriage Husband : I Am CEO's Plaything

The budget plan she prepared for Manggis Hotel and the Cendana Hotel looked very different. The difference was too significant so that it could provoke a misunderstanding between the two hotels.

Not believing what the manager said, Lisa reached for the document in question and then researched it again. The black and white writing clearly displayed on A4 paper really showed a significant difference in the estimated budget amounts. 

How shocked Lisa was when she read it! 

As far as she knew, she had examined her work well.

"I'm sorry sir, but I've finished this and researched it twice. There is a difference here, but I swear I didn't do this!" Lisa explained, defending herself. She knew she was innocent but the manager still didn't believe her explanation.

"Don't argue with me, I'm not blind! It's obviously your fault!" The manager snapped, his voice echoed throughout the room.

"Sir, I did not make a typo as written in this report! I wouldn't lie if it was work, I would admit my mistake if I did it, but it's definitely not my work!" Lisa's anger started to boil as she was agitated by the stubborn manager.

There was no mistaking it, her guess about Johan deliberately setting her up so that the manager would blame her was true. The last person to touch on her budget file and print it out was Johan. Lisa was pretty sure now that the man intentionally hurt her.

Lisa turned her gaze at Johan who was standing beside her with a cold and sharp gaze, as if she were a hungry tiger ready to pounce on its prey. "Johan! You must be the one who changed the budget arrangement that I made, right !?"

She pointed at Johan's face with flaming anger. The woman was ready to beat him up if she had the chance.

"Lisa! Don't accuse people of what you did! You made the draft budget from start to finish. I had permission to be absent because of family matters. Even though I know you hate me, you have to be professional!" Johan said defensively.

The man looked very convincing to the manager. Neither did he look shaking nor was he covering up his guilt, as if he was completely innocent. 

"You, don't play innocent, Johan! You asked me for a file to print, then you gave it to the manager! Who else, if not you, might change the contents of the file?" Lisa replied, insisting on defending herself.

In return, Johan just smiled and said, "What? Didn't you ask me to give it to the manager? I'm not messing with anything. You said yourself that you want me to give the draft to the manager after I printed it. Stop accusing me!" 

Lisa's palms clenched tightly, trying not to explode in front of the manager because of what Johan said just now. Her teeth chattered as she telled, "You have two faces, aren't you! You are really cunning. You can just leave this office, maybe you'll sell better as a soap opera player!"

The atmosphere in the room was getting more and more chaotic. There was no sign for the two hostile co-workers to reconcile. Both of them insisted on convincing the manager that they were innocent. 

Hearing the endless yelling and accusations left the manager dizzy and upset. He pounded the table loudly to break up the commotion in the room.

"That's enough! I don't want to hear about this unsolved argument! Johan! You're back where you were. Lisa, you stay here, I'm not done talking!"

"Fine sir…" Johan looked calm and completely immovable as he strolled out of the manager's room. Before he opened the door, he exchanged glances with Lisa and gave her a sly smile.

Lisa was very upset and angry at him. She must find evidence to prove the accusations she had dropped against Johan, convincing the manager that she was not guilty at all.

But the chance for the manager to trust her seemed very slim. Judging from his expression and gestures alone, the manager trusted Johan's words more than hers.

"Lisa, since you came to this office, how many problems have you caused? We, from the finance department, are ashamed to have made you work for us!"

Hearing the manager's words also made Lisa annoyed. The problem she had faced since the first day she worked this job seemed endless, making her constantly angry and disappointed. She was still unable to think with a cold head.

Lisa thought about resigning from the Cendana Hotel once, but she couldn't do that now. She still had to try to find evidence that would prove Johan's unfair actions.

"Sir, even if you fire me someday, I will stand with my belief that I will not lie to my boss. If I was proven wrong, I would definitely admit it. The problem is, this budget draft is not my fault!"

"I don't care. Anyway, if there is a problem in this collaborative project, you are the first to take responsibility!" The manager said curtly.

"Fine if that's what you want, but give me a chance to gather evidence and prove my innocence!"

The manager was silent for a moment, considering Lisa's request as a mature step. He sighed and then said, "Okay, prove your innocence!"

Without saying much, Lisa walked out of the manager's room, slamming the door loudly. She was very upset with both the manager and Johan. But she was more annoyed and furious with that one weirdo.

If it weren't for her carrying another life in her womb, that woman would have given up. She didn't want to rely on the money that her ex-husband promised her. She believed she could raise the child alone.

For the sake of the child she was carrying, Lisa must survive at the Cendana Hotel and find the truth to defend herself. To hell with that childish weirdo. Just because his love was rejected, the man retaliated as if Lisa had committed a crime against him.

Lisa wouldn't sit still. She also wouldn't let her guard down. No, Lisa wouldn't be gentle with Johan anymore. She would find a way to expose Johan's rotten nature to the manager. 

"To hell with Johan and his two faces!" Lisa mocked herself.

But her heart was a little upset. What if the manager wouldn't believe her, even rejected the fact that Johan was guilty and that he wasn't as good as he looked? What if her manager rejected the evidence she gathered?

Ah, she shouldn't think about this.. Lisa surely could deal with it later. The most important thing now was to gather evidence that Johan really sabotaged her!