“My boss? You must be joki—” only then, Miley glanced down and realized that she had just answered the red telephone and not the white telephone. The red one was exclusively used by the boss, and it never rang before, and that fact didn’t even cross her mind until now. “S-Sir,” she immediately stood straight, “sir, what do you want, sir?”“Jessica Walker. Send her to my room,” an indifferent voice replied from the other side.“I’m sending her up right away, sir.”“You are going to escort her to my room.”Miley’s heart sank into her stomach and swam virulently in her gastric juices. “Y-Y-Yes, sir.”The call ended.Miley quickly glanced at Jessica’s employee tag and saw her full name: Jessica Walker. She swallowed her saliva and then briefly looked at Jessica with an annoyed expression. She then gave her belongings back to her and blurted, “Follow me.”“Follow you? To where?” Jessica’s frustration escalated because she didn’t think it was Regan who just talked with Miley. She wanted to

Jessica’s first day at the Creed Tech company was a mix of good and bad events. Some employees were quite friendly with her, whereas some didn’t shy away from expressing their negative opinion on her after hearing her qualifications. She couldn’t blame them because she didn’t even go to college and still somehow managed to get a 150,000 dollar job, so she could understand their envy. She could bear such an ill attitude shown toward her, especially because it was her first day, and she believed that they would change their minds if she were to prove her worth.Unlike Jessica, Natasha’s first day at Russell’s home was nothing short of terrible. Everybody except her sister and mother treated her as if she was a used tissue paper. Jennifer’s face especially scrunched with anger and disgust whenever their eyes met. Rails ran in Natasha’s heart every few minutes when she wondered how Jennifer would react if the truth were to be revealed.In a long while, this was the first day Natasha hadn’

The taxi dropped Jessica and Russell at her home. She paid for the ride this time. The driver asked for a little extra, and Russell was going to give him a dollar, but Jessica slapped his hand and didn’t let him give it.After the driver left, Russell asked her, “It’s only a dollar, so why did you stop me?”“Did he give us any discount when we asked him?” she quickly spoke back. “He asked for a lot more than what it would cost us on a bus ride. There’s a difference of 50 dollars. He’s already earned more than what he deserves. And I’m not going to take a taxi again to go to the office. Bus ride is better, though it’ll take longer to get home.”Just as they were entering the home, Jessica’s phone rang. It was Irene. She quickly stopped and answered, “Hey, how did your interview go?”“I didn’t even go,” Irene’s voice was loud, so even Russell could hear it. “We’ll talk about that later, but right now, can you come to my home?”“Your home? Now?” It was already getting dark by then.“Yeah

If Natasha had really loved Russell, this would have been a priceless moment for him, given that she and her entire family was now in his house, which was also their former house.However, Russell couldn’t feel anything but anger right now. A sort of boiling anger that prompted him to break all of Natasha’s remaining teeth.He really wanted to make her realize that it wasn’t just his love that was great but also his wrath.Then again, they were staying in his house now, so they were the same as guests in his eyes, as long as they behaved like guests. If they acted like Denver, then he would happily take them on, even though Arnold naturally had been subservient to the Pennell family over the years.Before Russell entered the building, he saw Skarlett brushing on the lawn. When she saw him, she spat on the grass. Ignoring her, he entered the house.Straight away, something he never thought he would witness was happening now.Jennifer was scolding Natasha in raw language while defending

William didn’t knock softly on the door. It was a series of quick and loud knocks that thundered in Russell’s heart.“Check who it is, Russell,” Natasha spoke neither softly nor loudly.(What is she…) Russell stepped back once more, realizing that Natasha was up to something really bad. (No… She’s trying to frame me. This mad woman!)The door was knocked again.“Russell? Are you awake?” William called for him.Russell probably wouldn’t have recognized William’s voice if not for hearing his voice very clearly when he was on the rooftop during the party night. The way William threatened Russell to give his phone to him ingrained his voice, and so Russell was able to tell it was William. (If he’s here, does that mean Liam is also here? What the hell should I do?)The door was knocked again. “Russell?”(Dammit. The longer I take, the more guilty I’ll look!) Russell didn’t think too much and hurriedly opened the door. “Mr. William, I…”“What’s that voice we heard?” William pushed the door