Hope

Chapter Twenty Eight

Marainne began to pack her things, not even having any place in mind.

She got to the living room and she met Thompson packing up her things.

“Thompson… Mr . Thompson….” she wants to talk about what Anna had said, probably he would give her a chance, a second chance to be more careful”

But before she could finish, he cut her off with a sharp look, his expression cold and unyielding. “See, let me be frank with you, nothing you would say will make me consider you. I don't mix pleasure with work. No doubt, you have helped my company. But I have always seen you like my other staffs, you ain't any special, get that”

“Please,Mr. Thompson, just hear me out, hear me out” Marainne pleaded, her eyes welling up with tears. “I didn’t know what Anna was doing. I never meant to—”

“Enough.” His voice was firm, final. “What’s done is done. This isn’t about what Anna did or didn’t do. This is about you, and the choices you’ve made.”

Marainne felt her heart sink as his words hi