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070: Shadows of Disgrace

Author: Joyce writer
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-30 17:25:21

(Mia POV)

I lost my appetite and hurried back to the office. Perhaps this is how I finally get to know Robert’s true colors how every feeling in my heart towards him could be killed in a single stroke.

I settled at my desk and checked his next schedule: a board meeting with staff members. I hadn’t even been introduced to his section of staff, and now everyone would feel I was an incompetent person.

I hated the fact that I had to walk into his office, but I did anyway. I knocked twice before stepping inside. The room was graced with the aroma of a freshly prepared meal placed neatly on his table.

Just… wow. He was having a proper meal while he disrupted my snack lunch.

“Sorry to disturb, but you will be having a staff meeting in thirty minutes. Also, I would need to be introduced to the team members in your department.”

“Sit,” he said sternly, not meeting my gaze.

His office was translucent, and I could feel the probing eyes of those watching from outside.

“I’m sorry, sir, I can’t.”

He
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