Chapter 22

I got home. Antonio bought me scald ointment online.

"Grace, don't be oversensitive. Stop being gunning for Ruth. You'll see each other often in the future. I hope you two get along."

Did he think he could make me compromise with a box of scald ointment? Then, he could have both Ruth and me?

I applied some ointment and didn't reply to Antonio's message. That night, he didn't come back.

The next morning, I went to work and sensed my coworkers' weird stares at me.

After I sat at my desk, Amber Morgan, who was close to me, told me what happened.

She whispered, "Grace, they say you seduced Mr. Kaufman, and his girlfriend caught you in the act. The whole company knows..."

She handed me her phone, and I took it.

It turned out some of my colleagues were also at the restaurant yesterday. They established a group chat overnight to discuss how I failed to seduce Antonio.

Before I could explain, Antonio came to the office with Ruth.

"Everyone, this is your new department manager Ruth Eldred."

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So, this was what Antonio meant by "you will see each other often." He made Ruth my superior.

eyes were

of our department since the last department manager quit. Everyone had supposed I would be

Antonio invited Ruth into

something one after

with eyes could see they had

talked about them all

I didn't care

emailing my resignation to HR, I finally could have

with

Ruth came before long.

made a cup of coffee

tone, she began, "Grace, I

girlfriend. I'm

If you keep your mouth shut, I'll leave

an audio clip. The boy from the

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look in Ruth's eyes displayed malice. My gut feeling told me

she snatched the cup from my hand and poured the tea on her head. The cup was smashed on my foot and

tea had gotten cold. It streamed down her face.

was drenched, and her hair was disheveled. She

this woman was willing to do all

my way and shouted, "Grace, what are you doing? Why did you

the employees came to check

out.

coffee on herself and rubbed her

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