Fifty-Two

ARIA'S POV

ONE MONTH LATER

The days ran by and before I could register it, my relationship with Dave was already a month old.

During that time, I had to put up with my colleagues constantly gossiping about me whenever I passed by. I realized that I wasn't the only one frustrated by it when Michelle called some girl on it during one of our lunch breaks and bashed her for being jealous. My other teammates supported Michelle and the girl left the cafeteria in embarrassment.

Ever since that time, the gossip about me died down, or maybe they were just careful not to talk when Lena, me, or anybody from Team 4 was around the premises.

And also Lena and Nixon became an official couple after going on three dates. Nixon made sure to update his new relationship status on his social media page to announce it to everyone and urged Lena to do the same.

I was in my office that morning when Lena summoned me and instructed me to deliver some documents to Dave's office. I didn't need anyone to tell m