Your World

on a break

ted the assistant,

so excited was she, and hastened to read the message she

used little pou

languish and tell me wha

If our talk last night didn't

blissfully, bi

t's pathetic," remarked the yo

nt to hear

at she was fine, that he

was late for work myself thi

o see this Theo in real life before you continue this weird re

patient expression, "if all goes well, I'm goi

e prepared, he won't let you go,

ot per

iful, intelligent, wonderful, the kind of woman a

at each other, then Lily re

nk of it, ar

about

him. I know you and you

sion for me, Lily. It's lik

er words, Lily pulled a famous author's book with totally wo

courses are very expensive and I

ather say about your

keeping my fingers crossed. I've bee

and guide her as much as possible through her manuscripts. He hadn't gone so far as to pay for private tuition, and besides, the young woman was too proud to ask him - af

admit that she didn't

nd straighten

k's o

anded to her by her b

to do is send the

sto

me in

turning their attention back to t

emoji depicting a ve

to get back to work. Se

tonight,

and wanted to make notes in her notebook for new ideas on a new book in case the previous one fai

e, gave an imperceptible cry of surp

dante, as they secretly liked to call her. She was a woman who had recently passed her forties and was sti

ee me?" asked Ashley of the austere

not a

e, or maybe it was just a grimace,

oing,

th an encouraging nod. "I'

he embittered secretary, glancing dismissively

return, which amused her friend

us," she silently prayed, but

he young woman, then after giving her a sly, envious loo

authoritative voice that immediate

, but above all the intelligence, of those around her. She could do nothing against those above her, except envy them to the point of madness, but for those under her power, whom she could reach at any moment, it was a completely different story. Which is why, of course, she'd chosen t

t falsely affable smile which, by contrast, re

," said the young woman,

ine day,

located in the center of the floor, a choice her occupant had made herse

ll, how are

ou?" asked Ashley in turn, b

too. We're

, may I ask why you

banalities, however pleasant they may be. Especial

compliment. You're

for someon

it casual with

comes down to it, age i

d years you have left to live, i

hem to the point of

tay that way f

, the time of all the craziness, I

talk about what had led to her being summoned to her office, and yet that was precisely what they continued to do. A

woman, continuing to play

and strong. And you'l

nce was her superior, her private life was none of her business, and she had no intention of te

ed their exchange and felt the emotions rise up in her with each of his words like living water, totally different from the present. She for

expression that you'

without thinking, because it was t

s your lover whisper to you? What does your Theo say

, but Ashley nevertheless tried to answer a