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

in front of the computer,

All my colleagues had

we’re off work now. Let’s

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

for a bit since I’m

the office now, so I would

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

my work. In the next two hours, I sat in

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

“Come in.”

inside. Upon hearing his voice, my heart

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 were at work was

“What is it?”

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

proposal I did today. Please have a look at

hastily placed the document in my hand

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

“Redo!”

only crude and concise word from Michael,

why? I’ve already amended it according to your suggestions

eyes. What the hell? I’ve wracked my brains the entire day for this design proposal! Besides,

is this your attitude in working? All employees at Joyful

tell that he was deliberately making life difficult for me. I initially thought we could have an amicable parting, but I never expected him to be such a

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