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 awkwardly and addressed him.

forget about the meeting

in since this morning. “Mr. Murphy, I’m really sorry. That was an oversight on my part,

since you’ve been employed at both 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

and answered

He walked around me

still feeling uneasy about the whole

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

at her, surprised and touched

phase as well. For us women, if we refuse to become housewives that are crippled without their husbands,

walk away but stopped after a few steps. She turned back to me and said, “Oh right, I have a tip for you. Mr. Murphy likes sweets, though he doesn’t eat them very often. You can carry some sweets with

unexpected. Armond has a

Mr. Murphy has gastric problems, so he can’t skip his breakfast in the morning.

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

he was still angry at me. Cautiously, I said, “Mr. Murphy, I’ve already reviewed these documents. They’re all

I placed my stack on

he might be in pain from

said apologetically, “Mr. Murphy, I’m really sorry