Janet returned to the Larson Group’s headquarters the next morning.

She heard some people laughing inside the design department. But the second they saw her come in, an ominous silence ensued in the room.

Everybody else in the office realized that there was a tension in the room, so they all glanced at the door.

“Hey! Shut up! Can’t you see that Janet is here already?”

“Wait… Is Janet the one who’s secretly married to Mr. Larson?”

“Who else could it be?”

Janet could hear them whispering among each other, and they all sounded surprised.

Deciding to ignore them, she went to her seat and sat down as if nothing happened.

to the latter’s seat. Visibly excited, she said, “My

on Gerda’s face that

the news?”

I arrived at the company yesterday, everybody was already discussing that you’re the

looked around, the people inside the department fell into deeper silence. The air felt tense

were looking at her differently. Some were curious; others were confused. But most of them were giving her a modicum of respect, and were cautious around her. It seemed that the entire company

scared of you now!” Gerda

be scared? Do they think I’m going

end well,

did! Patty’s boyfriend is a department head of our company. I can understand why everyone chose to side with

healthy interpersonal relationships in the corporate world. In their world, any common fool who would go up against someone who had connections,

everyone’s eyes now. They’re all nervous around you, because they’re scared you’ll take

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