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?"

ahead and eat. I'm outta

that he was distracted, Lucy wisely chose not to press further and simply walked

she stepped outside,

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of Paramount Airlines, her smile vanishing in

all morning just to bring him this meal,"

did I fail, but I almost

crazy idea did Candy come up

man's heart is

I actually bought it.

whipped out her phone,

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the phone back into her bag,

thought, "If I do this again, I

in thought, her phone buzzed. Chloe unlocked it

snapped a photo of his food and

that you've quit, come by every day and bring

made Chloe laugh in

"How dare he ask me to bring

her brain. She shot back: "Why should

my

tossed her phone aside, thinking, "Screw this

sat in the car, watching the scenery blur

three years of marriage, Chloe had

ate it. He said her food was as

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was.

that was just BS! He said it and

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