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.

to obey and check every single document in the boxes

minutes later, the documents were stacked on a nearby desk

sorted to perfection and Ivy couldn't

Ivy murmured, looking a

her eyes a bit as Ivy and the others were checking the

complaining under her breath, though, she smiled

doing something doesn't necessarily

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

on the tiled floor became more and more distant, triumph flashed

assigned this impossible task, Rachel hadn't moved from her

spent twenty-two hours straight sorting documents

organization skills had been honed during the three years she had

of documents during her incarceration, so

case, she wouldn't have been able to

by the minute, so, unsurprisingly, she ended up falling asleep right there

say that Rachel was busy in the

side was that Ivy didn't show up again, as she had failed

company needed all kinds of help from the forgotten archive

one assignment for a certain department, another one would come to give her a

was that most of the documents they asked for had been stored in that room

back to the Bennet family's house once and stayed for only

Knock, knock, knock.

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

said that so many times this week that it came out as a

"Miss Bennet..."

at the door, she noticed that Rachel seemed like she had lost a lot of weight

the tears threatening

stopped sorting documents and looked

what are you doing

in carrying a lunch

say anything, though, her eyes

was really worried for

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

a week and she looked tired to the

the dark circles under her

for two days and I was worried.I made you something