y's

reeted, a cheerful lilt to my

work and it seemed they'd been havin

in unison, as they gazed at me wit

o Joe, and apparently, everyone at Coleman now kn

tic stares, and often spoke in muffled tones around me, and I

pity me but no one see

ght?" Kushi began. "We can help you with your

I exhaled heavily befo

I said. "I don't need anyone babying me or treating me like I'm suicidal or

mong themselves before averting their gazes t

ooking out for

g, you know," I said. "I can't go anywhere in this building without hav

te to reach out if you need someone

I won't, thank you. Y

ith a cocky smile, to which I sc

fore, but I just couldn't stand

e once dear to me and all, but I just wanted to move

I wasn't even he

laced with vitriolic fury and

heir names or anything that

and had also unfollowed and blocked Abig

ey were both as goo

e vibrated with a text message, which I kne

work today. Don't forget to call or text

ce mates off my back, the same t

abying me had proven futile, so now, I had no opt

otective person in my life was

I need to. Love you too." I replied, before

made some final edits to t

ed, steering my

her standing at the doo

h already?" I asked, looki

rently fifteen m

absorbed in my work, that I didn't

ed. "Would you like to get

nodded, "Yes, I want curry rice w

Kushi

take it as a kind gesture from us," Sara

d, overwhelmed w

lp you, babe," Kushi replied. "We have to go now

stood in the middle of the offi

gues were

d back to my corner, a

oor creaked open, to reveal

d while he held a piece of

's wedding, and I still had a standing c

I couldn't help but wonder

I greeted. "Do yo

ou before you do your job properly?" Donovan as

t say to me, and why did

his hold, one that I sent to him yesterd

ed, looking at th

rk, April had

how I'd failed to see my mis

hat shouldn't give you the permissi

and I moved backward, my eyes fixated

erself to me?" He asked, and instead of being scared, m

ion, and us being in such close proximity,

close the mere inches

ith me? Was I ov

turn into ferocious arou

osed to get o

e," I stuttered ou

n on me, and I had already

with bourbon and mint, also did little to all

lungfuls of his cologne, as

d, a smug smile

y gaze fixated on hi

how wonderful it'd feel to hav

ldn't stop thinking about how hot your ang

was Joe'

ll this while and he ne

my shock, as I wanted nothing mo

te of mind at that moment

ound my anger hot tu

, and it was the hottest th

ond, he stepped bac

nd the file to me," He said

ere, mouth parted in astonishment,