"She really did that?" Jack roared with laughter, clutching his hands to his stomach. "Strawberry scented pads?""It is not that funny." Henry found his laughter annoying by the minute. "I will hit you in the throat if you do not stop laughing." Daniel was on the other side of the office, trying to hold in a laughter of his own. "You should have just called me. It is obvious she was trying to get you pissed." "The mighty Henry scavenging town in search of strawberry scented pads. What a way to make my morning," Jack’s laughter died down as he took a sip from his morning coffee. "She said..." Henry blew out a breath. "She said she... Nevermind! Zoe is not getting away with this. Did she turn in her resignation letter?"Daniel shook his head. "No, she did not.""Good. Then her resignation is thereby not acknowledged. Take Zoe back to her house and have her resume work by Monday." "What if she tries to run away again?" Daniel asked. "I will have people watching her. Let her know of

Zoe's New LookWhen Zoe walked into the company, all eyes were on her. She brought out a mirror from her bag to see if she looked weird. Her hair was neatly styled, courtesy of Emily. Her light make up was flawless too. The attention Zoe was getting made her feel uncomfortable as she was not used to being in the spotlight. "Good morning, Zoe," Kearny greeted her with a smile. "I like your new style."She looked down at her dress. "Thanks. Is it just me or is everyone staring?""Everyone is just surprised to see you back at work. You were away for some time. We all thought you got fired."Zoe scoffed at that, knowing Henry could never fire her. She was an asset, his only chance at getting a hold of the hacker. Speaking of the hacker, all Zoe attempted to speak to him went to shit as there was no way she could reach him. He really did know how to hold a grudge. She settled behind her desk and switched on the desktop in front of her. Zoe noticed she was behind a lot of office work wh

Zoe dumped her bag on the bed, tiredness nipping at her bones. Leo had gone to bed early and Emily was just having dinner. Zoe took a quick shower and joined her friend. She forked one of Emily’s scrambled eggs into her mouth. "Your cooking skills have not improved one bit." "My cooking is fine. Your taste buds are just crap.""Whatever helps you sleep at night." Zoe took two more bites and dropped the fork. "I met with Sparrow today." "Who is Sparrow?" "The hacker. Keep up," Zoe said. "He wants a job at the company.""That is a bold move. This dude keeps surprising me.""Henry went completely nuts when I told him. Do you think he would hire Sparrow?"Emily shrugged nonchalantly. "I do not know. He might. Enough with Henry. Who was that cutie who dropped you off the other day?" Zoe gave her a look. "Who? You mean Daniel?" Emily nodded. "That is his annoying secretary. He is like the calmer version of Henry. Mean, nonetheless." "He is totally my style.""I would advise you agains

Zoe’s eyes almost bulged out of her sockets upon hearing the news. Leo sat there quietly, looking down at his legs to avoid Zoe’s gaze. "What happened? What did you do?" Zoe asked him, trying to calm down. It was just months away from his final exams. If he got expelled now, that was terrible bad luck. "I am sorry. I did not mean to cause trouble.""Tell me what you did," Zoe pressed further. "We can still prevent you from getting expelled if it is not that bad." "He beat up a kid. The boy is in coma right now," Emily told her when Leo would not speak up. "Leo, is that true?" "He kept bullying me," Leo spoke up. "I needed to stand up for myself." "Why did you not tell me you were getting bullied?" "What would you have done? Even the principal did nothing when I told him about it. I reacted, and suddenly I am the one who's wrong." Zoe sighed. "You should have told me. Now look at how much trouble you caused. What if the boy does not wake up from the coma? You would be expelled

Saturday arrived before Zoe knew it. She had not gone in full contact with Henry for the rest of the week as he was too preoccupied with work. She hated to say she kind of missed seeing him. Sparrow had done a good job keeping her company. He was a cool kid, except for the fact that he blackmailed his way into Magatech. They spent most of their lunch at work together, encrypting and coding side by side. He was exceptional at his work, and Zoe liked him for that. Leo’s expulsion from his school would be decided the next week and Zoe knew she had to get Henry on their side. It was their only hope out. With the kind of influence and power he had in Leo’s high school, there was no way Leo would get expelled if Henry pulled a few strings. Zoe was standing in front of her mirror with the dress Henry got her glued to her body. It looked like it was made just for her. Zoe’s hair flowed to her shoulders and glistened with all that hair spray. Her face was adorned with light make up. Heavy