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

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

Ivy couldn't find

outrageous," Ivy murmured, looking

rest her eyes a bit as

Ivy complaining under her breath, though, she smiled and

you're too incapable of doing something doesn't necessarily mean others

burst from anger.She gave Rachel a look full of hate and stormed out of the

on the tiled floor became more and more distant,

this impossible task, Rachel hadn't moved from

sorting documents and writing

been honed during the three years she had spent in

all kinds of documents during her incarceration, so she had come up with an efficient

have been able to finish all that work in just under twenty- two

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

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

up again, as she had failed spectacularly in her attempt

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

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

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

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

Knock, knock, knock.

up, Rachel called out in a hoarse voice, "There is a list on

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

"Miss Bennet..."

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

tears threatening to spill at the

stopped sorting documents and looked up

what are you doing

carrying a lunch

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

was really worried for

people that had trouble

in just a week and she looked tired

the dark circles under her

you haven't been home for two days and I