Chapter 1

Agnes Pritchard was just five minutes late, but she was summoned to the boss’s office for a one–hour lecture.

When she emerged from the CEO’s office, Agnes looked like a ghost. Her face and eyes red and swollen. Clearly, she had been crying.

Everyone in the secretarial office felt bad for her.

Agnes was a new intern assigned to the secretarial office. Her job typically involved writing drafts and sorting out files.

For some reason, the CEO always seemed to have a bone to pick with her. He could always find a reason to summon her to his office for a dressing–down. And every time Agnes came out of the office, she looked like she had seen a ghost.

Agnes finally managed to slump back into her chair.

Anita, another intern, rolled her chair over and voiced her indignation, “The CEO is so mean to you just because you look like an easy target.”

The first thing he does when he returns from a business trip is chew you out?” Agnes hadn’t quite pulled herself together yet, her mind still

two days, but his energy seemed to have doubled. She might have been stuck in there for another hour if she hadn’t been crying and begging for

at Agnes and felt terrible, but

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she just patted Agnes on the shoulder, “Agnes, take it easy. The

majoring in news management at Lakeside College; she was just here for a month–long winter

a bit

too much about it. We’ll

reality, “Department dinner? Do I have

“Of course, you do. It’s Yolanda’s treat. Rumor has it she’s got some special privileges. But that’s not the point. The

in different departments. Rumor had it she had connections and was assigned to the Tim Group for her internship.

office, her boss had told her to

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