ting co

im, his face was composed, his posture was relaxed, but his eyes were not. Every time Mr. Armstrong directed his atte

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id, leaning slig

to redesign the direction of the col

with the identity of the collection. Before deciding what to produce,

strong

intere

e didn't like the way Armstrong was looking at her, the way Mr. Armstrong addressed her directly. And he especially d

Designs were discussed. Marketing strategies were reviewed. Possible international markets were mentioned, and the team debated different approaches to the collection. Anne pa

rig

ing his notebook. "I think we'v

in front of her and began arranging them into neat piles. She reached for one of the docu

ganized way of doin

a polite smi

entire expression changed, the calmness disappeared from his eyes, his jaw tightened. For a m

Armst

immediately looked toward him. L

u to behave like that

ery word. His eyes were hard, and for the first time that afternoon, everyone could cle

as hap

lost his temper, especially over something so small. A

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ght.

She had barely been at the company for a day, and somehow she had already found

e walking away. Anne didn't return it, she si

e for several seconds. He was still angry, but as the silence of his office surrounded him, a

ssed a professional bo

He had seen Armstrong interact with employees countless times. Mr. Armstrong was naturally fri

frow

estions he was asking himself instead,

ne to my

hen she received the message. She look

ga

Lucas's office. After knockin

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ed the do

at her "Clo

of his desk, waiting. Lucas stared

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said quickly. "I honestly didn't eve

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ng that I encouraged h

that.' Lucas i

t sound like....." S

r carefully. Ann

exactly are yo

continued. "Are you trying to say that

brows l

who came at me when I was arranging

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d not something like this to spoil my first day

ession softe

lded he

iness Partner and I respect that.

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ally look

to respond, when h

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didn't turn arou

cond, he wanted to say something b

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tared a

ly said, "Y

nod

ned the door a

his chair. He rubbed his forehead, with anger but this time,

any harm, it was Lucas who

with silence because he didn't have an answer to the question he

er chair, she stared at her computer

ook he

pen and started tapping it

rst day at wor

y's relationship drama" She looked aroun

teve

sitting alone in his office. The Billionaire who always believed he could control everything was beginning to realize that there was one