Chapter - 104"Can't you guys do one thing right? Do I have to spoon-feed you on every step of your work?" Karen scolded while the lady stood in front of her with her head hung low."Here, Go back and do it again," Karen tossed the file back on the table and asked the lady to leave. The lady also didn't waste time. She grabbed the file in one swift movement and walked out from there as fast she could.This has been the scene in the office since morning. Karen has been on a rampage since she got to work. She has been going around scolding the ladies over trivial affairs. Even Jennifer was not spared from the sarcasm.'Don't you think the way she is acting is rather violent than usual? It's at least up by a notch or two of what we are used to,' Hazel wrote on the department chat group, but this time they were attentive enough to start the chat on the group Karen was not a part of.'Yeah, do you think it's because of her husband, again?' Jennifer wrote. She usually avoids talking about o
Chapter -105In the restaurant,Alex brought Margaret to the restaurant in front of his company. The food here was delicious, and above that, he knew about the place. Going to a place you know about can save you from embarrassment. Trying out a new place with your date was a bad, bad idea. If the food turns out bad, your date might end up taking you as a cheap niggard even if you didn't mean it.So, Alex brought Margaret to what he felt was a safe place. Alex ordered the food while Margaret just went along with his choice."So, how long are you going to work here?" Margaret asked as the two of them settled in comfortably."At Theation?" Alex looked at Margaret, "I don't know, but I don't think it will be long," Alex said."But didn't you love working there?" Margaret was a bit surprised to hear Alex, "Why the sudden change of heart?" Last time, he was very much in love with that place."I do like it there," Alex nodded his head, agreeing with Margaret, "But things change. Now I think
Chapter - 106"Chief, are you alright?" Sitting beside Karen, Hazel was the first to reach out to her. She handed over the tissues to both Karen and Jennifer."I am fine," Karen said, taking the tissues. Then she turned towards Jennifer, and wiping her dress, she apologised to her, "I am sorry. I don't know what happened all of a sudden and...""It's alright," Jennifer grabbed Karen by the arm and stopped Karen from wiping her dress, "Is there something bothering you?" Jennifer asked. She was not bothered about some water spilling over her. She was more concerned about the unusual behaviour Karen was exhibiting, not just today but for some days now."I am fine, just a bit tired," Karen said as she smiled at Jennifer and stood up. She looked at the other ladies, "I will just be back," Karen said and excused herself from there.~ ~ ~ ~ ~"Aaw...Aaw...Aaw... What are you doing? It's hurting me. What will people think?" Alex jolted her hand aside and rubbed his cheeks vigorously."Awww...
Chapter - 107Karen, who could only hear the end of her sentence, was confused, "Rival?""Auhh... Let's leave that discussion for some other time," Margaret conveniently brushed off the topic, "What I am more intrigued about is the thing that got you startled. C'mon, tell me what is troubling you?" Margaret asked as a smirk appeared on her face."Just some company stress. Nothing I haven't dealt with before," Shaking her head in denial, Karen replied. She wasn't just going to let it all out in front of Margaret from the get-go. They hardly knew each other by name, and more so, Karen felt a bit intimidated by Margaret. She felt Margaret was trying to pry into her."Yeah, Alex told me about it," Margaret said as she took a step closer to Karen, "But why do I feel that you are not being honest with me?" Margaret asked as she bent forward a bit, looking straight into Karen's eyes, "It's something to do with a man, isn't it?""I am married," Karen hurriedly tried to deny Margaret's claim a
Chapter - 108"Chief!" All the ladies cried out in unison. The glass in Karen's hand was now shattered on the floor."Ma'am, are you okay?" Hearing the sound of glass breaking, one of the waitresses also came running to their table and asked Karen."I am fine," Karen nodded at them. Then she looked at the waitress, "Sorry for this. You can add this to our bill," Karen said as she bent forward and tried to pick up the pieces of glass."It's alright, ma'am," the waitress stopped Karen from doing so, "I will do it," the waitress said and walked away from there before coming back with a mob and cleaning up the place.After everything was done and dusted, Jennifer opened her mouth, "Chief, you have been acting strange since morning. Why don't you call it a day?" Jennifer suggested to Karen, "We can take care of the work for today.""I also think so". Hearing Jennifer, eventually, everyone else also voiced their opinions agreeing with Jennifer that Karen should leave early.Karen was overwh
Chapter - 109"I am home," it was around dinner time that Alex walked into the house. He was so tired that, tossing his bag to the sides, he dropped dead on the couch in exhaustion."You look dog-tired. What have you been up to all day?" Martha asked as she walked out of the kitchen with a glass of water, hearing Alex."It was really a tiring day," taking the glass from her, Alex said, "I had to run around places to find out what really happened with Abir and Suzie. If not for Margaret, I would still be running around without much success," Alex said and gulped down the whole glass in one go."You were with Margaret till now?" Martha asked when she heard Alex. Her motherly instincts began to kick in."No... not all day, but till lunch, yeah," Alex nodded, "Huh... If not for her, I wouldn't know what to do," Alex sighed."Like a date?" Martha asked, raising her brows in question."No, mom... No... Hell no. It was not a date. I met her outside, and the club I was going to, Margaret actu
Chapter - 110Inside the courtroom,As Alex and Daniel walked into the courtroom, it was almost packed to the brim with journalists from various media houses. Looking at the crowd, Alex felt that he could have significantly misjudged the rising popularity of Abir and Suzie. They may not have their core fan base yet, but people seem interested in them.As they made their way forward through the crowd, Alex wanted to sit on the seat in the front, among the audience, but he was stopped by Daniel."You should join me there," Daniel said as he pointed towards the defence side. Alex thought his job was done after running around for the past couple of days but looks like he needs to play Daniel's deputy one last time.Alex nodded and followed Daniel to the other side of the small wooden barricade. As the two of them settled on their seats, Abir and Suzie also walked in, accompanied by their managers. The four of them sat down in the first row in the audience.Alex, when saw them, turned towa
Chapter - 111"Or were you fired?" When Daniel didn't get a response from Arlo, he further asked. This time, Arlo flinched hearing Daniel, which didn't go unnoticed by Daniel.It was time to hit the nail. Daniel turned towards the Judge and continued, "Your Honour, Mr Sadman here was fired from his job because of his involvement in this very incident. In the medical report on your table submitted by the prosecution, traces of drugs were found in my client's blood. This is true, and I am not here to argue about that. But the prosecution, without any investigation, concluded that it was my client Abir who did drugs." Daniel finally got somewhere around the point as he looked at the prosecutor."But this could not be any far from the truth. In fact, it was none other than Mr Sadman here who spiked my client's drink that day. Didn't you, Mr Sadman?" Daniel asked, turning to Arlo.Arlo, on the other hand, had no interest in the proceedings of the case. He was busy weighing up his options a