Tangled in His Web
“Unprofessional. That is what you were today.”
Her chest tightened. She wanted to scream, to throw his expensive desk pen at him. But she forced herself to meet his stare.
“Maybe,” she said softly, fiercely, “but at least I was honest. At least I had the guts to say what everyone else is too afraid to.”
Something in his expression shifted again, infinitesimal. Almost admiration. Almost.
Then, in the next breath, he crushed it beneath ice.
“This is not about guts. This is about discipline. Learn it, or you won’t last here.”