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ll not able to truly comprehend what he had been told. It was all he could think about. He was not able to even pay attentio

en hoping he was wrong. But his supposition was confirmed when he had casually noted the empty desk to the head of the team, Jessica. Initially, he had been confused when she told him, assure

was

e of everything related to the personnel, he had to be aware of the potential firing of personnel. There were steps and procedures to r

ugh she had shown a confident front. He knew she was quite close to Elena. She had recommended her for many p

some occasions and eleven on some rare moment. Her other team members all left at eight, nine at the latest. And her work were good, exemplary even. He had noticed the lack of any

ents, the starting point to the processing of her dismissal. It had to be recorded somewhere and usually, it would be noted in the employee's file. But when he had last checked her file this morning, there had been nothing. T

es. Dismissed Elena. She must have been on the way out when she had passed him her box. But wait- Tensing slightly, his gaze went to where the inner pocket of h

ving, why did she

tention. She must have been heading out, leaving without his knowledge, when he had happened to be heading her way. He would have even passed her without recognising her si

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all of her stuff. The only reason he had not made the connection had been the small amount of items in the box. For someone who had worked for more than five years wit

t even of his choice. Everything had been chosen by his interior designer and, if pressed, he would not be able to pick out his office in a line-up of photos of similar offices. He could

so that he could give her some last minute instructions, he knew she must have headed back to her office when the time of the meeting had passed. His heart began to speed up and cold sweat was forming on his back

er face. Walking to the other side of her desk in measured steps, he acted like nothing out of the ordinary happened. He

erthought when, in reality, he hadn't stop thinking about it. Feeling his shoulders starting to hunch together from waiting for her answer, he forced him

urprised to observe that there was a slight smile on her face when she talked about Elena. Did she like her? "Appa

e didn't want his interest in her to be noted by anyone. Maybe the IT people might be aware of it since they do take care of the servers and if they were observant, they'd have noticed the number of ti

he's just pregnant. She told

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rd shock he'd had today. And this was the most explosive. The one that made his world shift

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hat they had slept together four months ago. The fact that she had been a virgi

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to Elena. Actually confirm that he was the person responsible for her pregnancy. Just the thought that she could possibly have slept with another man so soon after their night made him stop and glare at his burnt umber rug on which

frame was prominent even without being pink and heavily decorated with flowers and donut stickers. And despite the more conventionally beautiful

nd himself right beside his desk when he had last remembered being across the room. Stepping back from

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