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08|Spilled Coffee

Author: Nyssa Kim
last update Last Updated: 2025-02-24 20:43:29

Isla’s pov.

The hum of the coffee machine and the hushed whispers around me were the only sounds filling the break room as I prepared Alaric's coffee.

"Did you hear? She's the boss’s new secretary—the daughter of the Ashford Corporation," one of the employees whispered, not doing a great job of keeping her voice down.

"Really? Wait... you mean the one from that viral video? The one whose fiancé cheated, and the wedding got called off?"

"Oh my God, yes! That’s her—Isla Ashford. Is she really working as the boss’s secretary? That’s pretty sad. What a pity... She’s going to suffer like the others."

I gulped nervously, a shiver running down my spine as I tried to concentrate on the words in front of me while preparing Alaric’s coffee. But it was kind of hard to focus when people around me were whispering about how I was now working for the devil.

Their words, not mine.

Taking a deep breath, I narrowed my eyes at the book, trying to read the precise steps for making Alaric’s coffee
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