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.

 

any design proposal. I had to submit the new design proposal to Michael before the end of the workday, yet I was at

in front of

blink of an eye, evening fell, and it was about time to get off work. All my colleagues had already started packing up, but my

work now. Let’s

she invited me to get off

stay for a bit since I’m

was still in the office now, so I would definitely get it from him tomorrow if I

Michael. Thus, I decided to stay and work overtime to avoid angering him again when I came

to concentrate and started on my work. In the next two hours, I sat in front of the computer and worked

new design proposal, I printed it out. Then, I walked over

“Come in.”

Upon hearing his voice, my heart inevitably skipped

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 they

“What is it?”

staring at him. Only when he looked up at me did I swiftly snap back to

This is the new design proposal I did

placed the document in

with mixed emotions before picking up

“Redo!”

only crude and concise word from Michael, cutting straight to the

already amended it according

I’ve wracked my brains the entire day for this design proposal! Besides, I’ve also made the appropriate amendments according to his requirements. Yet, he

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 bit of

eyes instantly filled with tears. By then, I could already tell that he was deliberately making life difficult for me. I initially thought we

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