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Chapter 12
Serene worked like a robot that day. She got through her routine smoothly, like a well-oiled gear, but her mind floated elsewhere. Serene felt like Fate was playing with her. She encountered not only her ex's husband rather embarrassingly, he also turned out to be the new head of their company.
"Won't it make working here awkward knowing that the same man intersected their lives?" Serene internally pondered.
"Well, he is so far up the corporate ladder, we’d definitely not interact with a first level people manager like me. Plus, this company is so big and our floors are so far apart from each other. For sure, I will not see him again," she consoled herself.
Finally, the time to go home has come and thankfully there was no need for her to go on overtime. She tidied up her things and her workstation, then politely said goodbye to her colleagues and walked out of their department.
She felt her tiredness as soon as her head hit her pillow. Immediately,
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