ise

sounds of his roaring and the subsequent c

t of this suffocating p

Chloe called out from behind

impatience. She had already dropped the pitifu

her voice a low conspiratorial whisper, "Has Blaze-

inside me. "Miss Hayes, your job is

take better care of him. After all, I'll be by his side for a

king. I turned

ee breakroom where I had intended to g

s were in there, and their eyes immedi

gers, you worked here for five years, you must know the company so well! Not like

hrough the room. The gazes on me shif

. A slight cramp in my abdomen reminded me t

f professional politeness. "Miss Hayes, since you're so

ofessional setting, you address your boss by his last name and title. It's 'Mr.

ained from C

look like someone, you can become them. A copy is always a

myself, but I was al

le, my words clearly

acy and control above all else. Your little clever tricks are like a clown's performa

dless face and deliv

ur unique capital. And don't mistake my departure

unned colleagues a poli

, no one

my reflection in the closing doo

my resume online. I needed to find a job, a

had five years of top-tier project experience at th

lications I sent out vanished into

crept over me. S

n "soft-blacklisted" by the Robbins Group. Nothing was said explicitly, but everyone

chair, a chill run

g to block every path, de