My heart lurched at Millie’s suspicious look, and panic struck me. Oh God, what’s the meaning of this? Why is she asking me such a question? Don’t tell me she has learned about my relationship with Michael?

“W-What do you mean? What kind of relationship could I have with Mr. Shaw?”

I regarded her with a flustered expression, my voice tinged with a hint of guilt.

 

“Ah, stop lying to me! Mr. Shaw came to the office yesterday and personally applied for leave on your behalf. Everyone was shocked and wondered about your relationship with him.”

Millie eyed me nosily, her gaze radiating curiosity.

 

“I-I was going to phone Mr. Doyle to apply for leave yesterday, but I somehow rang up Mr. Shaw instead,” I hastily clarified while looking at her sheepishly.

Phew! I thought she has learned about my relationship with Michael, but it seems that all the uproar is just because he helped me to apply for leave.

“Anna, I just feel that your relationship with Mr. Shaw isn’t that simple. Don’t tell me the two of you are actually dating?”

Millie didn’t believe my explanation, her eyes brimming with delight as she said that.

“What nonsense are you spouting, Millie? How could I possibly have anything to do with him? I’m just an ordinary employee. Please stop saying such a thing, for it’ll certainly bring me trouble if others overhear such speculation.”

While she was merely postulating, the panic within me snowballed. D*mn it! Now that she’s starting to suspect my relationship with Michael, it may truly come to light in the future!

“Alright, alright. I was just joking, so why are you so panicked? The more flustered you are, the more people will suspect you!”

with Michael, but I was inwardly freaking out. Dear Lord, if even

thing in the future. I don’t

buried my head in my work. Truth be told, I was a little bent out of

realizing that she had gone overboard with her allegations, she merely cast me a hesitant glance

were a chaotic mess the entire morning. Thanks to Millie’s comments, I simply couldn’t

I went to the washroom. When I entered the washroom, I accidentally bumped into two colleagues from my

I didn’t mean to bump into you,” I promptly

That hurts,

after apologizing. However, the female colleague whom I

flooded me from her biting reprisal. Jeez, I only knocked into her lightly. It’s not like I slammed into her. Does it

apologized just now,” I placidly murmured, lifting my head

apology? Does it negate the fact that

I

 

say you can leave? Why are you in

the hotter. I whirled around and regarded her frostily. “I’ve already apologized earlier, so what else

on me. Argh! Is it really necessary for her to be so unforgiving when I

you think that you can do whatever you want in the office and act as though everyone is beneath you

to me, her voice turning

finally realized that she was targeting me because of Michael. What the hell? Don’t tell

“That’s your assumption!”

would only end in a deeper misunderstanding.

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