Janet’s laptop screen instantly went black. A slight sizzling sound came from inside it, and it coughed out a puff of smoke. The air smelled of coffee and burnt metal.

Janet hurriedly tried to wipe the coffee off her laptop with some tissue, but it was too late. When she picked it up, the whole laptop was dripping with coffee and couldn’t be turned on.

“Oh, my God! I’m so sorry! The coffee was so hot, and you cup was made of glass, so I dropped it accidentally!” Kaya’s hands flew to her mouth and she kept apologizing.

“Let me see if the data in the hard disk can still be restored.” Angry but helpless, Janet didn’t know what else to say. She quickly took the laptop to the Technology Department downstairs.

The technical staff carefully pried out the hard disk from the laptop and inspected it. A brief moment later, they shook their heads and told Janet that it was completely soaked and was irreversibly damaged.

Standing beside Janet, Kaya apologized again. “I take full responsibility for this. I’ll buy you a new laptop, I promise.”

right that you pay for it. But all my drawings were in this computer. Now the data is damaged beyond restoration. What are you going to do about that?” Janet’s tone was calm, but her eyes flashed

lowered her eyes, unable to utter another

the woman in front of her

necessary to be so aggressive?” Kaya pulled a long face, as though she

Tiffany happened to pass by and overheard their conversation. She

on? Go outside if you two want to fight. Don’t disturb your officemates.” Tiffany shot the two women

what happened. I’ve been working overtime every day this week and I’m exhausted. On my break, I made myself some coffee and offered Miss Lind here some, but it was too hot that I

especially stressed the fact that she had been working overtime for a week. Her voice dripped with sarcasm, which made Janet feel that something was wrong. It sounded

Kaya in a bad light, but now it just didn’t seem like a mere

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