Michael’s office was previously used for other purposes, so the soundproofing wasn’t all that great. For that reason, everyone heard our conversation. They most likely heard him hauling me over the coals loud and clear earlier.

I returned to my table morosely, still saddened by his attitude earlier.

 

“Are you okay, Anna?” Millie inquired in concern from across me upon seeing my despondency.

Sniffling, I feigned a nonchalant expression to mask the sorrow within me.

“I’m fine.”

 

I flashed Millie a forced smile, but even I myself found it utterly unconvincing.

“Gosh, Mr. Shaw was really blowing things out of proportion! It was just a design proposal, no? Was it really necessary for him to blow a gasket?” Millie muttered after stealing a glance at Michael’s office.

“Alright, that’s enough. You’d better hurry up with your work if you’ve got time to grumble. Otherwise, you might be the next unlucky person.”

 

While I no longer had anything to do with Michael, I was still perturbed to hear her speaking ill of him.

At my reminder, fear seemingly struck Millie. She hastily buried her head in work and dared not say a single word further.

 

mind a chaotic mess, I was simply hard-pressed to come up with any design proposal. I had to submit the new design proposal to Michael before the

in front of the

an eye, evening fell, and it was about time to get off work. All my colleagues had already started packing up, but my computer screen was still blank. I hadn’t

work now. Let’s

her table, she invited me to get

a bit since I’m

Michael’s office. He was still in the office now, so I would definitely get it from him tomorrow if I didn’t

but it felt particularly agonizing when it came from Michael. Thus, I decided to stay and work overtime to avoid angering him again when I came to work tomorrow. I must submit the new

next two hours, I sat in front of the computer

was finally done with the new design proposal, I printed it out. Then, I walked over to Michael’s office and knocked on the

“Come in.”

inside. Upon hearing his voice,

expression as he worked was particularly beguiling. Indeed,

“What is it?”

he looked up at me

did today. Please have a look at it, Mr.

hastily placed the

threw me a look with mixed emotions before picking up the document

“Redo!”

word

I’ve already amended it according to your suggestions

the hell? I’ve wracked my brains the entire day for this design proposal! Besides, I’ve also made the appropriate

this your attitude in working? All employees at Joyful Success are required to strive

that he was deliberately making life difficult for me. I initially thought we

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