The Day I Kissed An Older Man

"Chase, I called you several times. What's the matter with you?" asked the colleague.

Chase awkwardly scratched his head and flipped through the documents in his hand. "Huh? Did you just call me? Maybe I didn't get enough rest last night, so I sort of spaced out a little..." His attitude only made things more peculiar.

"Chase, I've finished editing the draft. Can you take a look?"

He nervously accepted the papers, still avoiding eye contact with Rita. "Um...yeah, sure. I'll take a look first, you can go back for now."

Under the watchful gaze of his colleagues, he slowly sat back at his desk. After a while, he tried to sneak a glance at Rita, only to find her staring at him with an amused smile playing on her lips. He immediately lowered his head.

"Hmm..." Rita chuckled and shook her head.

Chase's mental resilience was even worse than she had imagined. She had thought about playing a trick on him, but at this point, it seemed unnecessary.

deal with

lower her head, Chase breathed a sigh

who wrote that

submitted his work anonymously, and to a third-rate publication at

considering how many colleagues Rita had offended. Who could guarantee that

Chase felt emboldened again. It was all thanks to secretly following her that night that he managed to uncover such a big piece of news. It

company clearly valued employee conduct, not tolerate even the slightest

in this matter, and his sneaky actions of secretly taking photos of colleagues and manipulating them through editing were

as troublesome as him. He not only took advantage of his background to swindle articles from other colleagues but also did not

interns to gather material for him to claim as his own. He was a senior with no shame. It was truly unfair for such a