The Luna Is Gone by Angelique Quinn

Chapter 135

Diana’s pov

I watched him, unmoving.

Fisher slammed the table, “I’m fucking told you to take off the mask, didn’t you hear?”

“You have no right to demand that of me,” I said coldly.

“I’m in charge now. Dare you say I don’t have the authority?” Fisher stood up from the sofa, angrily approaching me. “Today, I want to see what face hides beneath that mask of yours.”

He reached for my mask.

I seized his wrist, voice colder than before, “I told you, you have no right to demand this.”

Fisher winced in pain.

“Damn bitch, let go of me! Ouch… that hurts!”

“Still want to see my face?” I asked expressionlessly.

Fisher, probably afraid, refused to plead before me and instead forced bravado, “I don’t want to see it! Damn, with that ugly face of yours, looking at it might bring me bad luck.”

Ignoring his verbal attack, I coldly huffed and released him.

Fisher, holding his wrist, stepped back.

Once steady, he glared at me with revenge and calculation in his eyes.

“I may not have the right to take off your mask, but I surely have the right to punish you.”

He ground his teeth, smiling in a sinister manner.

“Since your job performance is lacking, today, you’ll take on janitorial duties. I suppose that’s the only meager value you can contribute to this project.”

I looked at Fisher coldly.

Perhaps remembering my earlier ruthlessness, he instinctively took a step back. “What’s that look? Don’t you accept it? Let me tell you, I’m sent by William! I—” “I don’t object,” I impatiently interrupted Fisher, “I accept the punishment.

I had no desire to endure Fisher’s foolish remarks any longer.

obedient, Fisher became arrogant again.

including scrubbing the toilet bowl,”

office,

been waiting

shoulder, “Today’s experiment is up to

mimicking a sweeping motion,

identity–janitor.”

Moss was enraged.

insane? No, I’ll

shaking my

coupled with the recurring old injuries, doing heavy physical labor again,

I know

silently looked at me, disapproving

eventually, his shoulders relaxed a bit, and he said somewhat dejectedly, “As you wish.”

the laboratory

I seemed so indifferent to my own well–being. But

I’ve been doing janitorial work.

cleaning windows, sweeping, mopping, sorting chemical waste in the lab, tidying up

multiple times,

intentionally causing

help would only burden the

the cleaning, I was drenched in sweat and utterly exhausted. Seated

open the utility room door and yelled at me.

off here? Have you completed all the tasks assigned to you?” Fatigue made every breath

“Lies!” he sternly exclaimed. “Do you think I won’t check your work? The toilet in the restroom clearly isn’t properly cleaned.”

metallic taste in my throat and said, “I meticulously cleaned every

routine during the two

me

“Does this look

were now marked with water stains and dirty shoe prints,

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stains but also leftover food.

I

intentional?” I asked.

you haven’t completed the tasks I assigned

gave me a

The unexpected pain almost

you don’t clean properly next