In the end, Elena begrudgingh transferred the money to David. 1 nimed to love, but her wiler stopped mar.
paused, glancing back as Elena wiped her tears away and stormed toward me, het face a mix of anger and bumiliation. “You came here just to gloat, didn’t you?”
1 stared at her, baffled. No matter her situation, whether she was struggling or facing some crisis, she always seemed to turn into a fight dog, bristling with hostility.
“No one’s that bored. This jest happens to be the closest route from Hastings Group back to campus,” I replied, lifting my laptop bag.
Elena altered second, clearly flustered. But she quickly recovered and smirked bitterly. “You must be thrilled, huh? I tried to ruin your chances at a job, but I didn’t expect that Alex would actually go out of his way to defend you
Trased a brow. “This situation isn’t my fault, and it’s not Alex’s either. If you want someone to blame, lock in the mirror.”
“You want me to blame myself? It’s all your fault, bitch! You just can’t stand to see me happy,” Elena scoffed.
“interpret it however you want,” said flatly, turning away. I had no interest in engaging with her any further. Work was already piling up on my plate. Between trying to work during the day and house–hunting at night, my brain was constantly on overdrive
And then, there was Jolene trying to make my life harder.
was already 10:00 pm. The office was
empty except for me. I worked on reports no one else wanted to bother with, yawning as I glanced at the clock.
“Almost done! One more hour to go! I muttered to myself, feeling almost burnt out. I was exhausted.
The sound of footstepsend me made me turn. To my surprise, it was Alex
Dessed in a perfectly tailored shit, he walked toward me with his usual composed demeanor, though his brows were slightly furrowed. “You’re still bere?” he asked.
I nodded, motoning to my screen. Tufinish in an hour.”
Alert’s frown despened. “Have you finished everything I assigned you? Why are you still here at this hour? Do you think the work you’re doing will generate enough profit to even cover your portion of the electricity bi?
His words made my temper flare “What’s that supposed to mean? just because I’m a recent grad doesn’t mean you get to look down on me
Alex’s expression softened slightly. “Who gave you all this work to do?”
Iblinked, confused. Ms. Harrington handed it to me this afternoon Wasn’t it from you?”
Alex e sent. After a moment, he walked to the water cooler, filled a cup with hot water, and returned to me.
before taking on a task, did a new occur to you to question its lople?
1 looked at him, unscreed where this was going
Mix took a sip of his water, his sharp gemeeting mine. “Do you really think I’d assign such important work to an intern?
Though his words stung, the clarity in our made me realize what was happening. Alex didn’t assign me the work–folene had dumped her workload on me. “Hut bad. You’re catching on,” Alex marked as I came to a redzation. He stepped closer, glancing at the content on my screen.
