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and calls that I had intentionally been ignoring. I let out a si

r, but I didn't let that derail me. I knew Lucas very well, and since he had promised to come to my office

ned, and I watched as he walked towards me.

ether." He said, and I looked regretfully at my ph

like I was headed to the cafeteria. "Where are

." I informed him, feeling the pressure

sly the wise decision to take, as I knew the cafeteria would be buzzing with gossip and people staining my re

ing again. I was so going to kill Lucas. I just needed to make i

e some plans we need to re-discuss

t me just go like that. Maybe I should have been the one to ask about past partners from him before I'd agreed to the marriage, but I didn't forget everything was going acc

ng there, my mind going to the way I could escape the company without any employee seeing me

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my wish/prayer hadn't been answered. It was like I had been anticipated to arrive at that very time, with t

sing my footsteps, but I had to stop as two em

something when you behave like this." The man said, and I

tried escaping, but the woman stepped closer to me, mak

there moved around me, so I was in the middle of about thirty employees. What nonsense did people say a

as the wrong step as the fake smile donning their faces

t three years and never has the boss given any woman any second glance, regardless of all our ad

yes widen. 'You're not responding; I'll soon be in front of your c

oked over twenty years older than Jonathan. It was a wonder what they thought they could use t

t know he was the owner, since I had transferred in my freshman year and we met then. Old sparks were reignited, and now we're getting married." I explained

d, and she grabbed my

to be awarded for best actress. "I know. I didn't expect to meet him again. We were bot

at the interview, he had picked you. My instinct never fails me." She winked at me, and I smiled ba

wanted from me, my humiliation, I could guess, soon dispersed, and I checked my phone again. Sinc

ushed towards the entranc

feet away from me. In front of my company, where it had just been announced I was

? Why wasn't I a