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.

every

the documents were stacked on a nearby desk and every single one had

been sorted to perfection and Ivy couldn't find a single flaw

outrageous," Ivy murmured, looking a tad

eyes a bit as Ivy and the others

under her breath, though, she smiled

something doesn't necessarily mean others can't do

was looking ready to burst from anger.She gave Rachel a look full of hate

floor

the moment she had been assigned this impossible task,

straight sorting documents

during the three years she had spent in

kinds of documents during

have been able to finish all that work in just

feeling heavier by the minute, so, unsurprisingly, she

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

Ivy didn't show up again, as

of the company needed all kinds of help from the

soon as she finished one assignment for a certain department, another one would come to give her

had been stored in that room for many, many years, so it

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

Knock, knock, knock.

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

this week that it came out as

"Miss Bennet..."

she had lost a lot of weight in just

eyes stung by the tears threatening to spill at the sight

and looked

are you doing

in carrying

she could say anything, though, her eyes betrayed her,

was really worried for

people that had trouble putting

weight in just a week and she

was pale and the dark circles under her eyes were more prominent than

for two days and I was worried.I made you