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.
with any design proposal. I had to submit the new design
out in front of
colleagues had already started packing up, but my computer screen was still blank. I hadn’t
work
she invited me to get
go ahead. I’ve got to stay for a
He was still in the office now, so I would definitely get it from him
superior, but it felt particularly agonizing when it came from Michael. Thus, I decided to stay and
my face, I forced myself to concentrate and started on my work. In the next
I printed it out. Then, I walked over to
“Come in.”
from inside. Upon hearing
sitting at his table, perusing documents. His serious expression as he worked was particularly beguiling.
“What is it?”
when he looked up at
This is the new design proposal I did today. Please have
hastily placed
before picking
“Redo!”
only crude and concise word from Michael,
amended it according to
word “redo,” my heart lodged in my throat. I regarded him with chagrin in my eyes. What the hell? I’ve wracked my brains the entire day for this design proposal! Besides, I’ve also made the appropriate amendments according to his requirements. Yet, he merely gave
in working? All employees at Joyful Success are required to strive for perfection. If you can’t even withstand this
with tears. By then, I could already tell that he was deliberately making life difficult for me. I initially thought we could
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