CHAPTER 18
Author: Anonymous Ink
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Jousha’s POV

I sat on my office desk with the clock ticking loudly due to the silence that occupied my office. Though I knew what the company did and what it is I still had a feeling of not belonging and not fitting into my new status.

I turned my office chair and sat with my eyes fixed on the glass walls of my office.

The transparent glass laid from the ceiling down to the very floor I was stepping on, I pushed my hands against the handle of my chair as I rose up swiftly and smoothly.

I took casual steps towards the glass walls when a knock banged on my head, intruding into my privacy and causing me an instant headache that made me hiss in irritation.

I sigh and speak in a subconscious stern tone. “Who is it?.” I questioned.

“I was sent to you directly after I applied on the website.” I heard the soft fragile tone of a woman from the other end of the door.

I took a deep breath, the cold air in my office was drawn into my nostrils, refreshing my energy almost immediately.

“Come in,” I
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