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.

1/5

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.

Chapter 33: Duty

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?"

go ahead and eat. I'm

distracted, Lucy wisely chose not to press further and simply

outside, her

2/5

stepped out of Paramount Airlines,

cooking all morning just to bring him this meal,"

fail,

idea did Candy come up with this

man's heart is

I actually bought it.

her phone, typed

Chapter 33: Duty

with Michael, and smashed the send button. Shoving the phone back into her bag, she hailed a

thought, "If I do this again, I must

in thought, her phone buzzed. Chloe unlocked

his food and added a

come by every day and

commanding tone made Chloe

me to bring him lunch every

moved faster than her brain. She shot back:

your duty as my

tossed her phone aside, thinking, "Screw this

the car, watching the scenery blur

marriage, Chloe had cooked

never ate it. He said her food was as boring as

Chapter 33: Duty

was.

"So all that was just BS! He

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255