The Office Between Us
Cassandra, seated at the far end of the table, offered a faint, almost imperceptible smile, her eyes glinting with a quiet triumph.
Isabelle walked back to her desk after the meeting, her proposal clutched in her hand, feeling a crushing weight of despair. The office, once a place of challenge and growth, now felt like a hostile environment. The whispers, Cassandra’s icy looks, and Ms. Romero’s distance—they had all converged, pushing her to the periphery, making her question if she truly belonged here anymore. The vibrant, confident Isabelle Dubois, who had once thrived in this bustling corporate world, felt like a pale imitation of herself, a shadow lost in the glare of office politics and