Chapter twenty one
Author: Annet
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"Helen, have you seen the new manager?" Lily asked.

The last thing Helen wanted right then was to pull her gaze away from the new project proposal request she was reading through, especially as the meeting was about to start. After leaving Aaron, Helen secured a position as a copywriter at a reputable marketing firm and she put all her attention on her job, if only to forget her heartache.

“Helen,” Lily grumbled at Helen's silence.

She turned a full smile ready for her. “I’m sorry,” Helen apologized.

“I just got this brief from Henry, and I have to get up to speed before the meeting starts. I don’t know why he would send it so late to us.”

“Marlow took a few days off,” Lily answered, referring to the team's head, Henry’s secretary. “And a bunch of people also got sick on the executive floor. They’ve been out of the office for days. A flu bug is going around.”

Helen lifted her head and gave Lily full attention. “What bug?”

"The flu. It started in the media and operations team. Mariah
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