Laura and Ian shared a glance of worry. They didn’t want to join Drake in his lies, but they knew that there was no choice being offered here. They were all Drake’s puppets, and if they offended him, none of them doubted that he could easily ruin all they had accomplished in this company, and none was eager to leave the McArthur headquarters. This was the same thing going on in the minds of Jed, Ammar, Drew, and Armando.Thus….Laura nodded her head, while unable to look anyone, especially the supervisor and William, in the eyes. “Drake is telling the truth, Supervisor. William actually acted quite aloof to everyone behind your back. It was hard to really communicate with him so we kept our distance.Ian nodded his head as well. “I also noticed all of this.”There was silence after this, and Drake’s gaze shifted to the junior interns. He glared at them, daring to keep quiet any longer.Jed was the first to crack. “Um, Supervisor Bright, William was also rude to me and the others

Augustin chuckled over the phone. “She is an ordinary intern supervisor, yes, but she has a connection with the one man I dare not offend wantonly.”Drake was confused at this, but the confusion only lasted a couple of minutes before it clicked. “Fuck! Dad, are you telling me that Mrs. Bright is connected to Uncle Billiard!” his eyes were currently as wide as possible as the shock of this realization rang through his body. “How?! Wait, don’t tell me they have a secret affair?! How long? Since when?! Hold on though?! Isn’t Mrs. Bright married?!” He couldn’t forget the title with which he and everyone around the company used to address the intern supervisor.“Stop with the wild assumptions already. Are you trying to give me a headache?” Augustin sighed before correcting his son. “Your supervisor, Cordelia Bright, was the closest childhood best friend of Sarah McArthur, my dead niece. Cordelia’s mother was a good friend of Billiard’s wife, and they would have both their daughters play

William arrived at work the next day to find the departmental office space in a really weird mood. Everyone, as in both the junior and senior interns, seemed happy to see him.“Hey, William. How was last night?” Armando waved over at the new intern with a smile.William paused on his way to his desk for a moment, with confusion on his face as he doubted if Armando was really talking to him. “Don’t be shocked, Bro,” Drew called from his desk as well. “Armando is talking to you.” He sent a head nod with a slight smile as well.William blinked before nodding his head in response. “I’m doing well, I guess. Last night was…pretty uneventful for me.” He slowly walked the rest of the way to his desk. “What about you guys?”“We’re good.” Drew and Armando answered at the same time, causing them to glance at each other nervously. The tones they had used weren’t very convincing, but they tried to smile it away.William found it weird, but he decided not to bother with what was up with the

“Wait!”“Hold on!”Laura, Amma, and Drew suddenly spoke out at the same time. They then stared at each other, surprised to find themselves in a similar state.Ian froze as the needle was mere inches from piercing William’s skin. “What is it?!” He asked, a little pissed at the outburst.“Don’t do it, Senior Ian.” Amma shook her head with a distressed expression. She took a couple of steps backward while shaking her head. “This….this is not right. Am I the only one who sees we’re going too far?!”There was a moment of silence before Laura spoke with a former tone. “Nope, you’re not the only one, Amma.” She turned to Ian. “We should stop this before we reach a point of no return.”Ian chuckled with an exasperated tone. “Are you guys kidding me right now? What’s wrong with you guys? Is your moral compass suddenly going off or something?”“Senior Ian, I agree with the ladies as well.” Drew calmly spoke. “I’ve always wanted to put a stop to this the whole time, but….” He shook his he

William had arrived at the office as early as he was expected to be there weekly, and he began his task for the day in an orderly manner. If an outsider had seen him now, they would never suspect that he had been drunk to stupor last night, and had almost been a victim of an evil plan being executed. An hour later, the other six interns arrived, one at a time, as well. They went straight to their desks before giving each other glances, silently communicating with one another. Minutes later though, they got up and went to William’s desk, awkwardly hovering over him.Laura glared lightly at the junior interns, urging one of them to take the initiative. Amma then nudged Jed specifically before whispering to him. “Go on; talk to him already.”Jed shook his head with a frown, not wanting to be the one to talk. Unfortunately for him, Drew and Armando were also supporting Amma, encouraging him to speak to William first.Jed broodingly raised a middle finger at the three interns before