Chapter 30: Buying Time

"They want to recall it?" he blurts out angrily and like that his good mood vanishes.

Sighing, I tell myself I should have gotten evidence. There's no way the rest of the team will believe that he was actually smiling earlier.

His hand covers mine on the computer mouse as he scrolls down. There's even less room between us now but he's completely focused on my computer screen.

"Eden, I need you to get the advertisement department on the phone," he says authoritatively. "They can't just recall the entire line."

"Yes sir," I say, picking up my phone.

He pulls away, rushing back around my desk before disappearing into his office. I'm kept waiting on the phone for a while. It would seem that no one in the Advertising Department has arrived yet. Glancing at my watch, I grow frustrated. It's not that early.

Our team have started arriving, waving at me as they make their way to their cubicles.

"Any luck?" Noah pops his head around the door.

"They're not answering," I tell him.

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