“Picture this,” Cynthia says, bright and sunshiny. Is the sun even up yet? “I make my coffee and sit down to read Harbinger News to catch up on things for the day.”That wakes me up a little more. “Did something happen?”“First thing I see is an opinion article on one Miles Hampton, essentially sayi
By the time I make it into the office, the whole place is buzzing about my opinion piece on Miles. It’s even made national news headlines, where newscaster of various companies and networks breakdown my points one by one. Many give credit to my insight.I try not to let it go to my head.Yet before
“Oh, please don’t call me that,” I say.“I’m not wrong, am I? Who else could have written that eloquently? I know it was you, Esther.”“Yeah, well. Maybe keep it under wraps…”The downward lilt of my voice must put him on alert. His smile fades and he sounds more focused.“What happened?”It’s not f
“Don’t you know?” he asks in reply.“If I knew, I wouldn’t have asked,” I say.He chuckles a little. “Well. You are the journalist, Esther. I’m sure you’ll figure it out.” Someone calls out for him, I hear it through his line. “I have to go. Talk soon.” He hangs up.For a while longer, I sit in my c
I open my mouth, close it, open it again. I don’t know how to answer this.Yes, I want Lila to be caught and held accountable for everything she’s done to me and others, but this feels a lot like snitching.“She is,” Cynthia says.“I need to hear it from Esther’s mouth,” Hugo tells Cynthia gently.C
Hugo clears his throat. “If you’ll excuse me…”The moment he steps away, Miles lets his hand fall away from my face. I glower at him. It’s clear he was only touching me to annoy Hugo.“That wasn’t necessary,” I tell him.Miles shrugs, nonchalant. “He didn’t need to be that close to you.”Cynthia gla
His smile widens. “You are objective in your articles, Esther. You are professional at work, you don’t need to worry about that. What happens in your heart is another matter, but fortunately for us both, what happens in your heart isn’t your job’s business.”He’s right. I can be both Miles’s friend
Half of me wants to storm right over to that table and ask Erica to back all the way off, but two things stop me.One, Miles is not my boyfriend. I have no claim on him at all, and certainly no reason to be mad.And two, Miles is attempting to win favor with one of the most influential groups in the