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.

said, "Go look for Linda and take on

was only gone for an hour,

boss. I was

me after Linda handed over her work to me. Naomi had clearly rested

do you have anything on tonight? Let's have dinner

replied dejectedly, "I really want to go, but I

to be 24-hours on call,

Rainie already, let's go to Club Zero tonight. We just escaped death, what else could be more important than celebrating? Don't

you. It's true. I'm working for Sebastian now,

secretary? Why do you need to be 24-hours on-call every day? Do you take

a script from a

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