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Chapter 14: Back home
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Ever since Nicholas promoted me to Assistant Chief Editor, he had been coming to our floor to check on me. Sometimes we would go out to eat lunch and sometimes he would order someone to get something for us.
Throughout those days, I learned a lot about him and his family. I learned that his parents separated when he was a child and his mother took him away, he never saw his father again.
I also learned about his stepfather and stepsister, he said they were nice and he loved them. He made joke with me that one day he would take me to see them, hence I asked him WHY and he told me because I was special.
Today after a brief meeting in the conference room, Lena approached me and asked if we could have a talk in private. I didn't like the idea of us being alone in private but also didn't want to turn down her request down, so I agreed.
We went to the washroom and she told me people were already talking about me and Nicholas, that we wer
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