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

he was distracted, Lucy wisely chose not to

moment she stepped outside, her

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Airlines, her

to bring him this

I fail, but I

idea did Candy

way to a man's heart is through his stomach. What

I actually bought it.

angrily whipped out her phone, typed a few lines in

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the phone back into her bag, she

thought, "If I do this again, I must be

her phone buzzed. Chloe unlocked it and saw a

photo of his food

you've quit, come by every

commanding tone made Chloe laugh

dare he ask me to bring him lunch

brain.

my wife. Do

tossed her phone aside, thinking, "Screw this duty! He's

sat in the car, watching the scenery blur past,

years of marriage, Chloe had

never ate it. He said her

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was.

all that was just BS!

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