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

forget about the meeting today?”

attempt to clear myself of the funk I’d been in since this morning. “Mr. Murphy, I’m really sorry. That

Fuller Corporation and White Corporation before. That’s why I hired you without going through an interview with HR. But this doesn’t mean that you can

times and answered sincerely, “Yes,

bad mood. He walked around me and left the

still feeling uneasy about

waiting for me at the 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 after a few more

at her, surprised and touched

refuse to become housewives that are

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

Armond has

so he can’t skip his breakfast in the morning. It would be good if you have some gastric medication with you at

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

me. Cautiously, I said, “Mr. Murphy, I’ve already reviewed these documents. They’re

as I placed my stack on his desk. That was when

came to mind as I realized he might be in pain from his gastric problems instead of being

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