Chapter 255

The employees whispered among themselves, their tones dripping with sarcasm.

Brian glanced at the food on the desk and told Emily, “Clean it up.”

“Yes, Mr. Lodge.”

Emily briskly gathered the dishes and tossed them into a trash bin. Then, the security guards carried the bin away.

Brian took a seat in his chair. He suddenly remembered how Ariana used to bring him lunch.

Back then, Ariana was so timid that she never entered his office. She would leave the lunch at the door, afraid of bothering him, and quickly leave.

In the beginning, Brian threw all of it away.

After Ariana discovered that, she never brought lunch again, fearing it would trouble him to dispose of it.

But thinking of Ariana now.

suddenly turned to Emily. “Was I

were a bit harsh,”

Ariana so badly that even “harsh” wasn’t enough to describe it.

“What is Ariana doing right now?”

Torrey… She seems to have gone to college first thing this

walk properly Who let her

“Well…”

also wondered what Ariana

asked Brian, he would have had

home and rest. She

If Ms. Torrey

in last–minute cramming? Considering her abilities, she’d fail

academics had certainly fallen behind. Brian doubted she had any chance of graduating.

I’ll speak to the

phone and

came in this morning to request medical leave. She already went home.”

momentarily stunned. She ended the call and turned to Brian, who looked just

home?” he asked.

25 BONUS

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