All Chapters of Our Love's Label: Single-Use Only: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

The next day, I brought my resignation letter to the company.The moment I walked in, I overheard some coworkers gossiping."Did you hear? Ms. Skinner is becoming a department manager. Mr. Larson approved it himself!""How does an assistant just get handed a management position like that? Who is she, anyway?""What else could it be? She's obviously Mr. Larson's girlfriend."One employee lowered her voice, sounding suggestive. "You know what? The last time I went to Mr. Larson's office, I saw her drinking from his cup with my own eyes!""Seriously? Isn't Mr. Larson a total germaphobe?"They kept chattering about it.I swallowed my coffee, my throat bitter and numb.Once, I had only used Seth's cup by accident. He had reacted like I'd committed some terrible offense, scolding me for making such a mistake.Then, he immediately stocked a dozen disposable cups in the office so I wouldn't "cross the line" and use anything else."Yvette, I have to treat everyone the same. Otherwise

I didn't quit right away because I still had a project to finish.It affected the whole team's bonuses, and I didn't want to walk away and leave my coworkers to deal with the fallout.However, the day before we were supposed to sign the contract, I walked into the office and found a crowd gathered around my desk."Ms. Small is here!" someone called out, and everyone else turned around to look at me.All of them looked at me with disgust. "Yvette, why did you steal Regina's proposal?"The person who got up from my desk was Seth."This was her hard work, and you stole it to make your own project look better?" He looked deeply disappointed. "Do you have any professional ethics at all?"I was shocked. I rushed over in disbelief and stared at the screen.One was Regina's proposal, and the other had been opened from my folder.The two files had been created just one day apart.Somehow, mine was dated one day later than Regina's!"That's impossible." I looked up, speaking slowly an

Seth was in a complete panic. He had never imagined that Yvette would really leave him."Headquarters? How did she even get in touch with them?" he asked."The chairman of the company that recruited her called our chairman. He wanted to make sure she could leave as soon as possible," Melisa explained nervously.Seth pulled out his phone and started calling Yvette like a man possessed.Not one call got through.Yvette had already blocked him everywhere. When he asked some of her friends about her whereabouts, they all refused to tell him anything."Why are you looking for Yvette? Who are you to her?""Yvette told me you two broke up.""Besides, even if you hadn't broken up, you never treated her like your girlfriend, did you?""When she was sick or moving house, when were you ever there for her?""You were so determined to keep your distance. Then, stay away from her for the rest of your life!"One call after another ended with them hanging up on him. All the shameful thought

Seth found me just as I was getting off work.He was waiting for me in the parking garage. The moment he saw me, he rushed over and grabbed my hand. "Yvette, can we talk?"I hadn't seen him in months. He looked much worse and was terribly thin.I didn't turn him down. Instead, I simply told him to get into my car.Then, I drove to another neighborhood.After we had driven for a while, Seth finally asked cautiously, "Your place isn't this way, is it?" I didn't answer. I waited until we stopped the car and walked into an elevator."I came back to grab a file. It's pretty urgent," I said.When the door opened, a handsome man stood in the living room and smiled at me."This is Connor Graham, my boyfriend." I introduced him simply. "Seth Larson. I've mentioned him before.""What did you say?" Seth grabbed my hand in disbelief. "Your boyfriend? It hasn't even been six months!"I yanked my hand away. "So what? Connor and I have been living together for a week, and we made things