I paid no mind to what any of them were saying.Instead, I bent down and picked up the few pieces of paper on the floor. After shaking off the dust, I took out my pen and signed my name on the respective column.Then, I passed the termination report back to Mark, who seemed rather apologetic."Lucy." Mark apologized to me in a subdued voice. "I didn't have a choice."I shook my head and told him he hadn't done anything wrong.Standing there, I called my father, Arthur Sykes. He picked up the phone fairly quickly."My sweet daughter, how come you're calling me at this hour?"I looked at Alex, who appeared all smug and conceited, and said calmly, "Dad, let's call off my engagement to Alex Hammond. We shouldn't make someone like him a member of our family."I hung up right away without waiting for Dad's response.There was a moment of awkward silence. Then, everyone burst into peals of laughter.Shermaine was the first to register what she just heard. She clutched her stomach an
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