Braelyn’s POV
Genny didn’t move an inch until Joey was gone.
After he told Amber of his supposed engagent, she was equally stunned, unable to believe him.
"But you..." She stuttered, blinking slowly, unable to find the right words to say. Joey forced a smile.
"My mind is made up, besides, it’s for the family, and I genuinely hope it will work. You have let go of this obsession with chasing soone who will never look your way. You should do the sa before it is too late." He sounded genuine like a silent plea
Joey’s eyes still carried that tender look often seen in those who are in love. He still loved her but was ready to push everything behind
Amber clenched her fist with her head bowed. "I can’t.." she managed to say with a broken voice. He nodded as if he understood the pain
"I guess you have made your decision." He said in finality before his gaze shifted to our direction. Genny and I imdiately hide. I could feel the tension in her bones as she leaned against the wall clutching her blouse
"You don’t think he saw us. Do you?" She asked. I glanced at her and couldn’t help but find her actions weird. Genny was a gossip monger, without a doubt, but this felt more than just a hunger for gossip.
"Are you alright Genevieve?" I asked her, and she froze, giving a shocked expression.
"Don’t I look fine..." She narrowed her eyes on . My lips parted then closed. I was unable to find the right words. I wanted to ntion how she acted out of habit and how her subtle body reaction suggested sothing but she decided against it
Maybe I was just overthinking.
"It’s nothing. My head is hazy.." I brushed off everything. She didn’t push to say what I really had in mind despite knowing clearly I was lying.
After a while, we peeked from behind the wall again, and Joey was gone, leaving just Amber, who was staring into the empty space. Genny nodded at then we strode down the hallway
Our soft footsteps snapped Amber from her dazed state. Her head snapped behind her and as soon as she saw . She turned ugly as she had just seen her biggest enemies.
Amber didn’t say a thing and just stared like she was planning my murder. Her gaze gave chills. I tried my best to ignore it and continue on my way out.
Just before we were about to step out she finally spoke..."Just because he favours you doesn’t an anything. You truly have no idea what you are getting yourself into "
Her words struck . Before I could freeze, Genny grabbed my hand and pulled away until we got outside, the afternoon sun struck our eyes, and luckily, it wasn’t hot because of the season.
Genny stopped then glanced at . "Don’t think about that. She is just talking like a loser." She cautioned before we split ways
*****
I headed back to the company and swamped myself in work until closing hours ca.
A soft text notification drew my attention from my laptop. I imdiately realised it was already 5:30...30 minutes past closing ti, and I was completely engrossed in work to even realise how much ti had gone by...
Juliet didn’t even ntion a ti either.
It was a text notification from Lucien.
Lucien: I am already waiting in the car. Don’t tell you are working overti.
I sighed then imdiately sent a reply
Lynn: I am heading down now
With that being done. I quickly got ready to close for the day. Outside on the secretary’s desk, I ran into Juliet who had just finished packing up.
"Are you heading for the elevator ma’am?" She asked politely following behind with a soft smile
"Yes..." I replied. We walked down the hallway, and I noticed so junior staff from my departnt whispering about sothing. The mont they noticed they clamped their mouths.
My gaze shifted to Juliet who was following behind . I gave her a quizzical look and she imdiately understood without even asking her directly. She jogged right to my side and said with a low voice...
"Rumours have it that the Voss collaboration the company is partnering in with Miss Alia Sinclair is facing so challenges ...I am not sure of the details, but it doesn’t look pretty..." She explained. We arrived at the elevator and I pressed the call buttons
"Joan is the one who is handling the project, isn’t she?" I asked. My brows furrowed rembering how exhausted Alia looked lately. It was a bit surprising she might be facing challenges with her project because after all, she was hailed as a business genius and not just that.
Originally, according to whatever twisted plan they had, I was the one who was ant to handle the project, but I pushed it to a junior staff mber, Joan. Although she had less experience, she was good at her job. This made the situation more fishy...
What has gone wrong and why wasn’t Raphael stepping in yet? Was he unaware of the situation?
"Joan is the one handling it. They were actually hitting it off together without a problem so everything is rather confusing..." Juliet replied. The elevator doors slid open and we both stepped inside
Since it was closing hours it was pretty packed. The others recognised as Raphael’s wife and created so space for Juliet and .
Juliet was still whispering to . "Although I firmly believe it might be nasty rumours since it is a major contract but there was one piece of information that made this uncomfortable." She said looking aggrieved
Her voice was very low; even in this cramped space, it was hard for the others to overhear us. "What other piece of information?" I asked genuinely curious now
Sothing flickered in her gaze. It looked like pity and hesitation. That look made my stomach twist. Although our relationship was mostly formal, Juliet acted as my secret ears for rumours. The look she had on her face right now was familiar.
She had that look whenever she heard sothing nasty about .
Juliet leaned towards my ear and then covered her mouth as she whispered. "They say you are the one trying to sabotage her and deliberately spreading the rumours." My eyes went cold imdiately.
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