When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I tried to clear up the awkward tension in the air by making some small talk. “Mr. Murphy, have you had your breakfast yet?”

I almost forgot that my current job entailed looking after his meals.

He left my question hanging as he turned and headed into his office.

I wondered what I should do. In the end, I went downstairs to get some pastries for him. When I returned to the office, Armond was gone.

I didn’t see Linda either. That was when I realized that there was a meeting this morning. I hurried to the conference room.

The person who was presenting his slides stopped talking when I entered the room. My embarrassment grew when I noticed that everyone in the room had turned to look at me.

Erm, awkward much!

I addressed my apology to everyone in the conference room. “Sorry for the interruption! And sorry I’m late for the meeting.”

Armond was seated at the front of the conference room. He shot me an intense gaze before motioning for the presenter to continue.

The meeting seemed to last for ages, and my hangover didn’t make things any better. When the meeting finally ended, I got up to leave and was stopped by Armond.

“Scarlett!”

down and turned my head. I smiled

you forget about the

been in since this morning. “Mr. Murphy,

without going through an interview with HR. But this doesn’t mean that you can gloss over the regulations in Murphy Corporation. Scarlett, you have to treat every job you take on seriously since

nodded several times and answered sincerely, “Yes,

a bad mood. He walked around

feeling uneasy about the whole

door. Sensing my dejected mood, she tried to comfort me, “Mr. Murphy is always this serious when it comes to working. You’ll get used to it

surprised and touched by her

For us women, if we refuse to become housewives that are crippled

a few steps. She turned back to me and said, “Oh right, I have a tip for you. Mr. Murphy likes sweets, though he

Armond has a sweet

his breakfast in the morning. It would

left after bestowing me with her advice. It took me a moment to get over my surprise at the new things I’d learned about Armond today. I then headed back to the office and collected a stack of documents meant for

said, “Mr. Murphy, I’ve already reviewed these documents. They’re all good to go; they just need your

without looking at me. He continued reading the documents in his hand as I placed my stack on his desk. That was when I noticed that one

to mind as I realized he might be in pain

in front of him, I pulled out a few sweets from my pocket and placed them on the desk. I said apologetically, “Mr. Murphy, I’m really sorry about what happened this morning. Please have a few sweets first to stave off the pain, and I’ll head out to get you