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Office Dinner: My Secret Love Chooses Him Chapter 10
Declan's POVI told my mom that Lana and I had broken up and asked her not to take Lana's calls or share anything about how I was doing. She didn't ask me why. She just never told Lana another thing about me.That lasted until a year later, when I got engaged. Mom was so excited that she posted about it online and forgot to restrict who could see it, so Lana still managed to see the post.Her call came almost immediately. Her voice was heavy. "Declan, you're getting married?""Yeah."Lana was quiet for a few seconds. "Can you really not give me one more chance? Everything you said before, I'll change all of it. We won't have to hide anymore."Declan, I don't want to lose you."I listened to the regret in her voice and felt nothing.When I'd been with Lana, she was the cold, untouchable CEO at work and my girlfriend behind closed doors. Other than refusing to go public, everything had felt fine.A lot of friends even told me she had her reasons for keeping it quiet. She was a C
Office Dinner: My Secret Love Chooses Him Chapter 9
Third-Person POVAfter Lana went home, she was a mess for the rest of the day. Declan's words kept replaying in her head. She opened the company group chat she hadn't looked at in a long time and scrolled back to the messages from that night. The further she read, the less she could sleep.She finally understood what he'd been going through all those years.Because she refused to go public and insisted on keeping her distance, the employees had felt free to tear Declan apart in the chat. They found a hundred different ways to call him a lapdog. Every little thing he did got picked apart and mocked in the group.By the time Lana finished reading, a vein was throbbing at her temple. The next morning, she went straight to HR and asked Phil, "Was Declan being targeted by a lot of people when he was still here?"Phil didn't give her a yes or no. He just said, "Once the other employees noticed how distant you were with Declan, none of them wanted to get on the boss' bad side, so the
Office Dinner: My Secret Love Chooses Him Chapter 8
Declan's POVLooking at the guilt on Lana's face, I didn't hold back. "So you think because you didn't technically do anything, that means you did nothing wrong?"Lana, when I passed out, you didn't even look at me. When I was stranded alone at 1:00 am, you drove someone else home. And you think that's fine?"You're right that you didn't do anything. But that's exactly the problem. I don't want to be in a relationship that has to be hidden like it's something to be ashamed of."Lana's face fell. She reached into her pocket and pulled out an engagement ring."But Declan, I was ready to marry you. Look, I had this ring custom-made. It has your name engraved on it. I never once thought about breaking up with you."I know you were hurt before because I wouldn't go public. But now everyone at the company knows we're together. Do you still want to break up?"I just looked at her quietly. "Some things can't be fixed, Lana. It's over. I'm not accepting your apology."Jasper stepped in
Office Dinner: My Secret Love Chooses Him Chapter 7
Declan's POVMy expression was flat, and I didn't answer.If Lana hadn't called my mother, I wouldn't have come. Mom didn't know we'd broken up, so she'd given Lana my address.I decided to come just in case she tried turning up at my door later. I hadn't expected the entire office to be here.Most of them looked uncomfortable, with stiff smiles plastered across their faces. "Declan? You're really Ms. Sheffield's boyfriend? But that day at the office, didn't she say you two were just superior and subordinate?"Lana's expression darkened at the reminder. She'd only been trying to avoid suspicion back then; she never imagined I'd actually break up with her and resign over it.She swallowed her pride and apologized, and she sounded like she meant it. "Declan, I was just trying to keep our personal lives and work separate. I didn't want our relationship out in the open. If any of that upset you, I'm sorry."Until now, my ex-coworkers had only been guessing. Watching Lana apologize c
Office Dinner: My Secret Love Chooses Him Chapter 6
Third-Person POVEverything former employees had left behind was sorted into small boxes. There wasn't much, but the ring was so tiny that finding it was nearly impossible. Lana dumped out box after box until she finally spotted Declan's matching ring tucked in an easy-to-miss corner.By the time she left the storage room, her usually spotless blazer was covered in dust. An employee did a double take. "Ms. Sheffield, what happened to you?"But Lana didn't care how she looked. She grabbed the ring in one hand and Jasper's arm in the other, pulling him toward the door. "I can't reach Declan. Can you still get through to him?"She snatched Jasper's phone before he could answer and typed out a message. "Declan, where did you go?"The message bounced back immediately. Jasper was also blocked.Lana's chest tightened. How could this be possible? Why had Declan blocked both of them?Jasper put on a hurt expression. "Ms. Sheffield, is Declan still upset about the promotion? Maybe you s
Office Dinner: My Secret Love Chooses Him Chapter 5
Third-Person POVLana's body went rigid, but she kept her composure."That's impossible. I only suspended him for seven days. I never said anything about letting him go.""He submitted the resignation himself," Phil said before pausing."Ms. Sheffield, if I'm being honest, you've been too hard on Declan. Everyone who started around the same time as him has either moved up to team lead or become a project manager by now. He's the only one who's been stuck in the same spot, and nobody wants to stay in place forever."Lana's palms went damp as she listened. Had she really been too hard on Declan? She'd only been trying to avoid raising suspicion so that when their relationship eventually came out, no one could accuse him of sleeping his way up.That was why she'd rejected his promotion request year after year. She thought she was toughening him up, but she hadn't stopped to think about how it made him feel.She forced herself to keep it together. No matter what, she thought Declan
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