Chapter 33: Duty

"Hey, Lucy asked, "Trouble with Chloe lately? Is that why you look so tired and distracted?""

Michael snapped back to reality. "It's nothing. Just thinking about tomorrow's flight."

Lucy didn't press further, simply asking, "So, you coming to eat?"

Michael glanced at the takeout box and cracked a rare smile.

"No, you go ahead and eat. Chloe brought me some food." Lucy froze.

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She stood frozen for a long moment before taking a deep breath.

"Never mind. It's a bit late for the cafeteria now, and I'm not that hungry anyway. Let's just go over the key points for tomorrow's meeting."

Lucy forced a smile, hoping Michael would notice her silent struggle and sacrifice.

But Michael totally missed her point. "Alright, I'll let everyone know in the work chat later."

Lucy felt really uncomfortable being brushed off like that.

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She hesitated for a moment and said, "Michael, everyone just saw Chloe getting close to you. This is still the office. Chloe shouldn't be doing that."

"I'm worried the colleagues will gossip about you and Chloe. With evaluations coming up, what if this messes up your

assessment?"

you go ahead and eat. I'm

was distracted, Lucy wisely chose not to press further

stepped outside, her

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out of Paramount Airlines, her smile vanishing

cooking all morning just to bring him

did I fail, but

crazy idea did Candy come up with this

heart is through

I actually bought it.

her phone, typed

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smashed the send button. Shoving the phone back

thought, "If I do this again, I must

was lost in thought, her phone buzzed. Chloe

a photo of his food and added

that you've quit, come by every day and

tone made Chloe laugh

thought, "How dare he ask me to bring him

brain. She shot

as my wife. Do

her phone aside, thinking, "Screw this

sat in the car, watching the scenery blur past, thinking Michael had lost

years of marriage, Chloe had cooked

said her food was

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was.

"So all that was just BS! He

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