Chapter 117. Work or quit
Author: Christy I.
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Thinking that the lady will get angry, Zachary was stunned to hear her dismiss the matter.

“It's ok, I hope it went well?”

"Yeah, it did go well before someone came to piss me off.” Zachary replied truthfully. Although he had no intention of telling Chloe about going with Mirabel.

"What happened?” Chloe asked with concern. "And who's the person who offended you?”

"It's a young lady flirting with me. What got me angry was the way she treated the waiter. She was so rude and arrogant. I had to tell her off and left the venue.”

"Oh.” Chloe was at a loss for words.

After a moment of silence, Zachary decided to change the topic.

The duo chatted for a while until they were taken away by the sandman.

At the office the next morning, Emily made her way to Zachary's office.

On her hands was the file she was asked to work on that weekend. She was already through with the work and kept praying that Zachary would not ask her to work on something else.

She already has her own work and Zachary was g
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