Michael’s office was previously used for other purposes, so the soundproofing wasn’t all that great. For that reason, everyone heard our conversation. They most likely heard him hauling me over the coals loud and clear earlier.

I returned to my table morosely, still saddened by his attitude earlier.

 

“Are you okay, Anna?” Millie inquired in concern from across me upon seeing my despondency.

Sniffling, I feigned a nonchalant expression to mask the sorrow within me.

“I’m fine.”

 

I flashed Millie a forced smile, but even I myself found it utterly unconvincing.

“Gosh, Mr. Shaw was really blowing things out of proportion! It was just a design proposal, no? Was it really necessary for him to blow a gasket?” Millie muttered after stealing a glance at Michael’s office.

“Alright, that’s enough. You’d better hurry up with your work if you’ve got time to grumble. Otherwise, you might be the next unlucky person.”

 

While I no longer had anything to do with Michael, I was still perturbed to hear her speaking ill of him.

At my reminder, fear seemingly struck Millie. She hastily buried her head in work and dared not say a single word further.

 

new design proposal to Michael before the end of the workday, yet

spent the entire day zoning out in front of the

was about time to get off work. All my colleagues had already started packing up, but my computer screen was still blank. I hadn’t written even

work now. Let’s leave

Millie was done tidying up her table, she invited me to get off

stay for a bit since I’m not done with

so

at being reprimanded by my superior, but it felt particularly agonizing when it came from Michael. Thus, I decided to stay and work overtime to avoid angering him again when I came to

started on my work. In the next two hours, I sat

was finally done with the new design proposal, I printed it out.

“Come in.”

sounded from inside. Upon hearing

I entered his office. He was still sitting at his table, perusing documents. His serious expression as he worked was particularly beguiling. Indeed, the saying that men were most attractive when

“What is it?”

at him. Only when he looked up at

did today. Please have a look

my wits about me, I hastily placed the document in my hand on his

a look with mixed emotions before picking up the document and scanning

“Redo!”

crude and concise word from

already amended it according to

chagrin in my eyes. What the hell? I’ve wracked my brains the entire day for this design

I said so! Anna Garcia, is this your attitude in working? All employees at Joyful Success are required to strive for perfection. If you can’t even withstand this

as his words fell, my eyes instantly filled with tears. By then, I could already tell that he was deliberately making life difficult for me.

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