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!”

slowed down and turned my head. I smiled awkwardly and addressed him.

about the meeting today?”

nodded sheepishly before shaking my head in an attempt to clear myself of the funk I’d been in since this morning. “Mr. Murphy, I’m really sorry. That was an oversight on my part,

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 gloss over the regulations in Murphy Corporation.

and answered sincerely, “Yes,

mood. He walked around

still feeling uneasy

she tried to comfort me, “Mr. Murphy

my head to look at her, surprised and touched by her kind words. “Thank

refuse to become housewives

for you. Mr. Murphy likes sweets, though he doesn’t eat them very often. You can carry some sweets with you. Who knows, it might cut down the number of

was unexpected. Armond has a sweet

skip his breakfast in the morning. It would be good if you have some gastric medication with you at

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

still angry at me. Cautiously, I said, “Mr. Murphy, I’ve already reviewed

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 of

might be in pain from his gastric problems

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