Without saying another word, I hung up the call in a panic.

 

As I clutched my phone tightly, the tears in my eyes finally trickled down my cheeks. In the past two days, I had even considered confessing my feelings to Michael so that we could be together.

But these were merely wishful thinking because I knew that he would never be with me due to the vast difference in our statuses.

I sat on the toilet bowl and cried for a long time before coming out. After splashing water onto my face, I stared at myself in the mirror. There was anger in my red-rimmed eyes. I was mad at myself for being so pathetic.

He was unworthy of my love, but I couldn’t control my feelings. I thought I’d never fall in love again after Justin’s betrayal. However, the fact that Michael was with another woman upset me. The feelings were more intense than when I caught Justin and Mabel in bed.

I’ve fallen in love with you, Michael. What should I do?

As I was constantly distracted, I failed to complete the tasks assigned to me by our supervisor, Harry. As a result, I was reprimanded for two days straight.

Since joining Joyful Success a few months ago, I submitted quality work every single time. But these two days, I was always absent-minded at work, so much so that Harry was slightly disappointed in me.

I was called into his office again that day.

In his office, I spoke first. “Mr. Doyle, you wanted to see me?”

Harry looked at me intently, but the next second, he threw a document file in front of my feet and barked angrily, “Is this how you do your work, Anna? I put you in charge of writing the quarterly report, but look at what you wrote. It’s full of mistakes!”

I bowed my head in response to his admonishment, then repeatedly apologized, “I’m sorry, Mr. Doyle. I’ll redo it immediately.”

Bending down, I picked up the file and turned to leave.

However, Harry wasn’t going to let me leave just yet. “Hold up!” he called out and walked toward me, looking disappointed.

days, Anna? You’ve been making mistakes at work. You’re an experienced employee, but the work you’ve submitted was not even up to the standard

head guiltily at his words. I was also aware of how neglectful I had been for the past few days, leading to the sloppy work. However,

personal life affect my work. Yet, I couldn’t control my heart. Thus, I was caught in a

I’ll make sure this won’t

sense that his patience had run out. If I continued making mistakes like that, I could very well be

in frustration. “Forget it. Get back to work, and remember not

that, he dismissed me with a wave of his

“Thank you, Mr. Doyle.”

 

of his office. I have to

leaned over with a look of concern on her

along with. Even though we started off as colleagues,

was nothing. Just some mistakes regarding

embarrassing matter, so I didn’t want to reveal too

been these couple of days. Is something bothering you? These minor tasks were never

acting strange. Is it really that

PMS. That’s

a random

prying further and continued

to work overtime that night. So I was probably the only

disappointed with me recently. To keep my job, I had to stay back to redo the

my sore neck, I tidied up the documents on my desk, switched

was very dark by the time I walked out of the office building. Glancing at the time, I heaved a sigh and hailed a taxi home, seeing as I wouldn’t

came on a short distance away. I instinctively used my hand

how rude it is to shine his

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