I didn't know what to say, and we lapsed into silence. I felt afraid to continue the conversation. "Hendrix, I have something to attend to, so I'll hang up."

I couldn't help but feel sad as I did so. Since when had I become a coward? I disliked this feeling.

It was preposterous!

Back at the company, Sebastian was angry with me. "Arianna, I need an explanation."

We only had an hour of break time at noon, but I had been gone for two hours because I needed to make a police report. I was late even though I rushed back. His brows were tightly furrowed, and his displeasure was clear.

Although I had told him everything, he was still angry. "I don't care what it is. If you leave your post during work hours, you are an irresponsible employee."

I apologized repeatedly. Knowing that he was angry, I chose to remain silent.

quietly as he reprimanded me. As I remained silent, he stopped, looked at me, and said, "Go look for Linda and take on some tasks. I will consider you as being

was only gone for an hour, but would still be counted as

the boss. I was wrong, so

handed over her work to me. Naomi

on tonight?

to go, but I

to be 24-hours on call,

disappointed and said, "What do you need to do? I called Tina and Rainie already, let's go to Club Zero tonight. We just escaped death, what else

mean to refuse you. It's true. I'm working for Sebastian

every day? Do you take care of his daily needs?" "Kind of, actually..." After all,

script from a TV drama?

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