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

on a nearby desk and every single one

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

murmured,

her eyes a bit as Ivy and the others were checking

breath, though, she

incapable of doing something doesn't necessarily mean others

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

floor became more and more distant, triumph flashed in Rachel's

had been assigned this impossible task, Rachel hadn't moved

spent twenty-two hours straight sorting documents and

honed 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

she wouldn't have been able to finish all that work in just under

feeling heavier by the minute, so, unsurprisingly, she ended up falling asleep

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

again, as she had failed spectacularly in her attempt to

that all the departments of the company needed all kinds of help from the forgotten

assignment for a certain department, another one

that room for many, many years, so it took Rachel a lot of

the Bennet family's house once and stayed

Knock, knock, knock.

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

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

"Miss Bennet..."

lost

threatening to spill at the sight before

and looked

what are you

in carrying a

could say anything, though, her eyes

really worried for

had always been thin, one of those lucky people that had trouble

just a week and

was pale and the dark circles under

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