Heartstrings On Fire

Chapter 1

Agnes Pritchard was just five minutes late, but she was summoned to the boss’s office for a one–hour lecture.

When she emerged from the CEO’s office, Agnes looked like a ghost. Her face and eyes red and swollen. Clearly, she had been crying.

Everyone in the secretarial office felt bad for her.

Agnes was a new intern assigned to the secretarial office. Her job typically involved writing drafts and sorting out files.

For some reason, the CEO always seemed to have a bone to pick with her. He could always find a reason to summon her to his office for a dressing–down. And every time Agnes came out of the office, she looked like she had seen a ghost.

Agnes finally managed to slump back into her chair.

Anita, another intern, rolled her chair over and voiced her indignation, “The CEO is so mean to you just because you look like an easy target.”

you do to piss off the CEO? Why’s he got it in for you? The first thing he does when he returns from a business trip

a business trip for two days, but his energy seemed to have doubled. She might have been stuck in there for another hour if she hadn’t been crying and

felt terrible, but

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it easy. The internship is almost over.

at Lakeside College; she was just here for a

a bit

We’ll figure something out

to reality, “Department dinner? Do I have to

“Of course, you do. It’s Yolanda’s treat. Rumor has it she’s got some special privileges. But that’s not the point. The

but in different departments. Rumor had

today in the office, her boss had told her to go straight home after work. After an afternoon of contemplation, she decided

be able to hold it together. She never understood why the cold, handsome man, in everyone else’s eyes,

exhausted, barely conscious. She might as well have