That morning, Emma arrived far too early.The clock on the office wall hadn’t even reached eight when she walked in and stopped in front of her old desk—a small table beside Jenny’s, near the window overlooking the back courtyard of the building. The desk that technically no longer belonged to her since she had been reassigned as Alex’s personal secretary.But this morning, without thinking twice, Emma sat there.The chair felt unfamiliar and familiar at the same time.She let out a slow breath, staring at the empty surface of the desk. Back then, she could work while joking with Jenny, line up for lunch at the cafeteria, complain about deadlines, laugh at trivial things. Now, all of it remained only as shadows of the past.Since working in the same room as Alex, her life had seemed to shrink. Her time was constantly tied to that man. Her schedule followed Alex’s rhythm. Even lunch was no longer free—not the cafeteria, not coworkers’ laughter, only closed rooms and endless meetings.E
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