Trapped By Tainted Love

Rachel was stuck in the archive room all night long.When the clock struck nine the next morning, a group of people including Ivy thundered into the room.

lvy put her hands on her waist as she said, "Time is up.I need those materials right now!"

The smug smile on her face showed that she was sure Rachel wouldn't have completed her task.

Rachel stifled a yawn and pointed to the nearest corner.

"They're right there," she said in a flat tone.

Ivy turned to look at the corner and saw two middle- sized cartons.

As they were not sealed yet, she could see they were full to the brim.

The smile froze on Ivy's face.

This couldn't be! That kind of workload would take three people a week to finish.

How could Rachel tackle it in such a short time? She glared at Rachel.

"That's impossible! How did you finish all that so quickly?"

Rachel leaned back and crossed her arms.She looked at Ivy with one eyebrow raised.

"So you are aware that the task you assigned me was too much for such a short deadline?" Her voice was light, as if they were having a friendly conversation.

Ivy looked stunned for a moment and just a little bit guilty.

She snapped out of it quickly though and retorted, her voice raised as if that could make her seem more confident.

"Nonsense.It was just a figure of speech.Anyway, you're not fooling anyone.Do you think you can just stuff random documents into the boxes? I will check them all, one by one.If I find anything amiss, I will report you to Mr.Sullivan! Then you can kiss your job goodbye! "

"Be my guest," Rachel replied, shrugging and waving her hand towards the boxes.

Seeing Rachel so calm and composed, Ivy was on high alert.She had endured the disdain and contempt of the upstairs employees too long.

It wasn't easy to get out of this depressing, underground archive room and finally have the authority to order someone- Rachel, that is- around, just like everyone else had done to her before.

'Rachel should just be a good dog and do as I say!' lvy thought, fuming.

She gritted her teeth and barked an order to the people behind her.

hurried to obey and check every single document in the

nearby desk

Ivy couldn't find a single flaw

outrageous," Ivy murmured, looking a

eyes a bit as Ivy and the others

heard Ivy complaining under her breath,

something doesn't necessarily mean others can't do

gave Rachel a

of her high heels on the tiled floor

this impossible

spent twenty-two hours straight sorting documents and

during the three years she

had a lot of practice sorting out all kinds of documents during her incarceration, so she had come up with an

the case, she wouldn't have been able to finish

exhausted, her eyes feeling heavier by the minute, so, unsurprisingly, she ended up falling asleep right there on the

that followed, to say that Rachel was busy in the archive would be

again, as she had failed spectacularly in

the company needed all kinds of help from the forgotten archive

a certain department, another one would come to

room for

week, she had only been back to the Bennet family's house once and stayed for only a few minutes, just enough to shower and

Knock, knock, knock.

even looking up, Rachel called out in a hoarse voice, "There is a list on that basket over there.Write down what you need, and I'll check

so many times this week that it came out as a recorded message on

"Miss Bennet..."

Rachel seemed like she had lost a lot of weight in just the few days they

stung by the tears threatening to spill

sorting documents and looked up

what are you doing

walked in carrying a lunch

could say anything, though, her eyes

was really worried for

always been thin, one of those lucky people that had trouble putting on weight even if they wanted

weight in just a week and she looked tired to the

pale and the dark circles under her

been home for two days and I was worried.I made you something to