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.

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manager quit. Everyone had supposed I

presence, Antonio invited Ruth into

said something one after the

with eyes could see they had matching profile

about them all

resign, anyway. I didn't care who

to HR, I finally could have a break. I made

of pomelo tea with honey in the

Ruth came before long.

of coffee and sat

a triumphant tone, she began, "Grace,

I'm back now. You,

lost. If you keep your mouth shut, I'll leave

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me a transformer toy. Don't

malice. My gut feeling told me

the tea

cold. It

drenched, and her hair was disheveled.

willing to do all this to

shouted, "Grace, what are you doing? Why did

hearing her scream, the employees came

out.

coffee on herself and rubbed

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