in the administrative wing, h
to the system, her jaw locked tight as she fo
el No. 5 hit her senses be
n front of Aubree's desk. Her red-soled
t to Aubree's keyboard. The dark brown liquid sloshed over the
d. She pulled a tissue from the box and meth
made Brittany's face
-plan office could hear. "Are you entirely useless, Au
e was going to defend a bottom-tier assistant against t
ee is not in my job description. And I am currently process
ed forward and snatched the damp r
office to threaten me, you
ilting her neck. A dark, purplish br
enthouse last night," Brittany whisp
ad been in that penthouse last night. S
the overpowering perfume, triggered
h hands over her mouth, shoved Brittany hard in
heels catching on the carpet. Sh
" Brittany shrieked at
the private executiv
r managers. His cold eyes landed exactly on the
ed into a mask of pure, trembling victimhood. She r
g his arm. "Your assistant ju
he restroom doors. His jaw ticked. He was absolutely certain Aubr
. She dry-heaved violently, her knuckles turning white. Her throat
ruthlessly against her face. The freezing t
ow reflection in the mirror.
n, her eyes immediately dropping to Aubree's slightly
eached into her pocket and pulled ou
d, forcing a weak, self-deprecatin
aze lingered for a second befo
those delayed financial reports. Don't tell me you let a spilled coffee ruin your entire workflow. Be
g into her palms so har
t meant she was one step away f
loor, half of her desk was empty. Her files, he
President's suite, sipping the iced American
esk buzzed. Mr. Vance's ro
rchive room immediately. You are reassigne
rounding coworkers whispered, looking
desk and swept her few remaining pens and a mug into it. Her
box toward the f
he gaps in the blinds. Ell was sitting at his massive maho
. A cold, dead smi
heavy metal doors of the freigh
buzzed in
. An encrypted message flashed on the bl
a has been intercepted
exhaustion in her eyes vanished, repl
lew across t
d as p
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