The CEO’s Favorite

“I don’t particularly care if the CEO favors her or not as long as she can do her job properly!” Richard’s loud voice sounded in the office.

“Shhhh…don’t be so loud. She’s going to hear you,” another member of the team hissed.

“What? I’m saying thing as it is. What is the problem? I don’t care about any rumors. If her work is good enough to meet the team’s standards then it doesn’t matter what kind of relationship she has with the boss,” Richard said as loudly as before.

“Rumors are just rumors. Now stop it, both of you!” Julianna snapped loudly.

There are rumors…

The three of them turned to look awkwardly around the room before their eyes rested on me. Then as if they had seen a ghost, they quickly looked away before pretending that nothing ever happened.

I see, so they were talking about me. Who else could it be? I’m probably the only one whose work doesn’t yet meet the standard of this A-list Team. Although what they said was technically true, it still hurt me to hear it said l