“Gisele!”, a sharp voice called from the next room.

I shook with a start and frowned in confusion. I was on break and didn’t understand why Elaine was calling me. Still, I went to her office.

I stood in front of Elaine’s office and knocked timidly, then went in when I heard the muffled “Come in”.

“Yes, boss? You called”, I said, opening the door and standing in front of her desk.

“Sit, please”, she said, making me raise my brows in confusion.

Since I had started working here, Elaine had never been polite to me. Nevertheless, I pulled the only other chair in the room and sat cautiously, making sure not to let any expression cross my face.

“How are you liking working here?”, she asked, making me sit upright in my chair.

going to fire me? Was that why she called me into her office for the first time since the 5 months I

seeing my scared expression. “I’m not

and smiled tightly, too tongue

understand

top of mine. I looked at our hands

me look up at her. “I know this is strange. You’ve been working here

tightly again, wondering where the heck she was going at if she didn’t

working here” – that was not true – “You impress me a lot Gisele. That’s why I have a proposition for you”, she paused again, making me want yet to shout ‘what the heck do you want?!!’, but of course I couldn’t. Even though the job didn’t pay all that well, it still helped

  before I

I would love to take care of you, if you let me”, all the

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