Not Your Doormat Anymore novel Chapter 90

Jason was clearly implying I was abusing my power to treat him unjustly. He was speaking the same way Rachel had before. It felt ridiculous to hear those words.

"Don't make excuses. So many employees saw you, and now you want to brush it off by saying that?"

Jason narrowed his eyes and said, "What exactly did they see? That woman might have planned to frame me because she knew she'd made a mistake. How am I supposed to prove my innocence when she staged the entire scene from the start?

"I'm a married man. How could she frame me like this? What am I supposed to tell my wife if she finds out about this?

"I'll call Mr. Ranford right now and ask him if he wanted to kick me out of the company so badly that he came up with this scheme to frame me."

He took out his phone, acting as if he were about to make a call to Dad, trying to voice his supposed injustice.

"Don't alarm my dad." I cut off his performance.

It was true I hadn't gotten any evidence to prove Jason and Rachel's relationship, and Rachel had been careful never to speak of it.

The reason I called Jason over today was to test the waters, but he was too shrewd to fall for my tricks.

"I'm sure you're aware of how serious things got that day. I'm just following the norm and casually asking if you knew anything. How could I actually doubt you?"

I smiled at him and said, "After hearing what you said, I can tell you have a loving relationship with your wife. We should all grab a meal together sometime." I added, "This box of supplements is for your wife—accept it as an apology for misunderstanding you."

Lindsey placed the gift box in front of Jason, and he gave a cold snort.

"Looks like an expensive one. Thank you," he said, satisfied with how things had turned out.

"You're a senior employee here—there's no way I would treat you unfairly. Do accept this as a peace offering. Otherwise, others might think I treat senior employees badly."

Just like that, we exchanged smiles even though we had been at odds seconds ago. Jason played along and left with the gift.