Speak of the devil – the man himself was staring at me with his steely eyes.

I dropped my head as fast as I could and locked my neck. Why, oh why, is God playing tricks on me again?

Every time I badmouthed Michael, he would unfailingly appear somewhere close enough to hear it. Just when I thought things were finally getting better between us.

Millie, too, detected his overpowering hostility and went back to work. From what I could see, the ladies in the company seemed to fear Michael more than they liked him.

That was no surprise, though. His scrupulosity when it came to working would scare anyone off. A trivial mistake would cost someone her job.

 

“If I hear another word of gossip during work, you’d better send yourselves packing!”

He gave us his signature stare before uttering those threatening words.

Even with my head down, I could feel his piercing glare.

 

Only after I heard the closing of his door did I dare to lift my head again. His despotic aura followed him into his office.

“Oh my god! The way he looked at us was so scary! Anna, did you see those eyes?” Millie asked with her lips trembling.

 

working hours again, or

of it, Michael was being lenient with us. I highly doubted that we’d be given a second chance if the CEO was someone else. Thus, Millie and I were considered lucky. However, I wondered if his leniency was

and kept

to the supermarket as usual. Doing things on my own most of the

we’d always hang out at night. But now

living room. The top two buttons of his shirt

up and

up and

thought

his request and wanted him

exhaustion didn’t he understand? What was he trying to

did, but did I say I’m going to let you go? Anna, you started it. Do you think it’ll be that

did men like that even

could see that anger was bubbling in my eyes, yet he brushed

me well, and who knows, maybe one

in this scruffy affair. This man was like

point arguing with him, I

him. None of my reasonings or pleads would affect him. Any attempt to

sat on the couch and watched TV while I cooked. He never once

with house chores after a day of work. It was weird that he felt like kin to

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