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.

and check every

minutes later, the documents were stacked on a nearby

and Ivy

Ivy murmured, looking a

rest her eyes a bit as

breath, though, she smiled and opened her

too incapable of doing something

to burst from anger.She gave Rachel a look full of hate and

tiled floor became more and more distant, triumph flashed

she had been assigned this impossible

sorting documents and writing yearly

had been honed during the three years she had spent

all kinds of documents

able to finish

so, unsurprisingly, she ended up falling asleep

that Rachel was busy in the archive would be an

up again, as she had

departments of the company needed all kinds

she finished one assignment for a certain department,

was that most of the documents they asked for had been stored in that room for many, many years, so it took Rachel a lot of time to dig

in the past week, she had only been back to the Bennet family's house once

Knock, knock, knock.

list on that basket over

week that it came

"Miss Bennet..."

seemed like she had lost a lot of weight in just the

by the tears threatening to spill at the sight

sorting documents and looked up

what are

walked in carrying

though, her eyes betrayed

was really

lucky people

she had lost weight in just a week and she looked tired

and the dark circles under her eyes were more prominent than

haven't been home for two days and I was worried.I made you something