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"I need all these orders in less than half an hour". I speak for the third time, already out of patience.

"There's no way to get them all that fast, I'd need an army". The advertising clerk speaks in desperation.

"Then hire one, we can't miss this opportunity or Mr. Parker will shoot us both". I sigh tiredly and take the boxes from his hand.

I leave him behind with his big problem and walk to my office to solve my big problems. I had been working for a week and was not getting a second's peace. There was something wrong with some contracts and I thought it best to review some affiliated companies. Mr. Parker used to invest in products and thus, affiliated companies. As a precaution, I went to study these companies and some were very strange, keeping me up at night to try to better understand how this business worked.

Mr. Parker had traveled as soon as I started work and will only return today. He was signing new contracts, which means more strange companies to keep me awake at night. But I needed to make sure that the new products were ready to be presented tomorrow and to make my life even worse, an accident had happened at the company. Some of the samples had been broken or dented, making it totally unfeasible to use them for demonstration purposes. I had to fix this before Mr. Parker arrived, find out everything, and fire a floor full of employees. I could do it, I just needed to get the Flash's superpowers.

"Laura, Mr. Parker has asked you to sign off on the accounting for the company". Luísa speaks as she enters my office.

Luisa was the receptionist on the floor and also shared some services with me.

"How?" I ask in shock.

"That's what Joy from accounting said and he wants you to sign now, he has to finish everything before Mr. Parker arrives". She answers.

I widen my eyes and let the boxes fall out of my hand, causing Luisa to look at me confused by my reaction.

"I'll help you". She says walking quickly towards me and helping me organize the mess. "Are you okay?" She asks looking at me confused.

"I'm fine". I answer without looking at her and forcing a smile. "But I don't want to see anyone, can you just bring me the reports?" I ask, and she looks at me in surprise, but then nods.

She leaves the office after she helps me organize everything and I sigh. I go to the door and look disguisedly at the reception desk, trying to hide as much as possible. Joy was talking to Luisa with a smile and looked normal. There was nothing different about him, in fact, I would say he is smiling more. It was the second time I was seeing him, the first time I had to hide behind the refrigerator in the break room for more than 10 minutes.

It wasn't hard to avoid him, after all we worked in different areas, at different times and on different floors. He soon leaves and I start breathing normally again. My plans were somewhat paralyzed, since nothing seemed sufficient. Destroying his car, burning his clothes, and even better hiring a hired killer, none of it seemed enough. I wanted him to feel exactly like I did, only much worse.

I condemned myself most of the times these thoughts took over my head, but I couldn't stop the urge. It is not a matter of indulging wrong desires, but of doing justice. He promised and didn't deliver, shouldn't he deal with the consequences? Only in this case, I would create the consequences. The consequences of betraying a person who gave his life in exchange for his happiness.

I condemned myself most of the times these thoughts took over my head, but I couldn't stop the urge. It's not a matter of indulging wrong desires, but of doing justice. He promised and didn't deliver, shouldn't he deal with the consequences? Only in this case, I would create the consequences. The consequences of betraying a person who gave his life in exchange for his happiness.

Luisa puts the papers on my desk and I thank her, staring at them with a smile. I still didn't know how, but I wouldn't give up until I got revenge.

[***]

"Shall we lie to our boss?" André asks with his voice of fear once again.

It was night and we had just finished setting up the room for the big meeting the next day. We got the products on time and everything was going as planned.

"It's not lying, just omitting. The products have broken, but what difference does it make? They have already been replaced and everything will go as planned, so there is no reason to create a bad situation". I speak for the thousandth time, while I place the handouts with product information on the tables.

"He will find out, Mr. Parker always finds out". He speaks with a voice of fear.

I analyze him with a corner smile, laughing at his expression. He was a man of small stature, but he was very handsome. But what he had in beauty, he had in fear of his boss. His lips were slightly whitish and he had a worried look on his face. He looked like a child afraid of his mother after doing something wrong.

"He has no way of finding out". I approached him with a smile and put my hands on his shoulder, trying to calm him down. "Mr. Parker doesn't need to know that we were heroes and the bonus is that everyone downstairs will be able to keep their jobs. So you don't have to worry, okay?" I ask with a smile.

His expression has lightened and he flashes me a smile, immediately agreeing with me. I have the impression that we are being watched and I look at the door, seeing Mr. Parker standing there watching us seriously. His expression was not the best and he seemed stressed. I quickly turn away from André and put a polite smile on my face.

"Mr. Parker, it is a pleasure to see you again". I speak with a dull smile, since he was staring at us seriously.

"What are you doing?" He asks seriously and looks at André in a strange way.

I frown and André and I exchange glances, not understanding what was going on.

"We were organizing the room to ensure that everything goes perfectly in tomorrow's meeting". André answers with a forced smile, looking clumsy at Parker's strange treatment.

"Thank you for your work, you may leave now". He answers seriously and looks at me.

I look at Andre and force a smile, returning his parting smile. He leaves the room and then I look again at Mr. Parker, who was still looking at me. His gaze was serious and somehow I felt it was one of rebuke.

"I hope you don't have a time to leave, I want a full report of everything that has happened in my absence". Speak seriously and I'll sign it.

He leaves the room and I quickly follow him. I go into my office and grab some folders, making my way quickly to Mr. Parker's office. He was taking off his jacket when I entered the office and I could see all his muscles contracted. Besides having a handsome face, he still had to have a body worthy of a Greek god? I try to look away and stare at the floor, taking a deep breath and trying not to notice my boss too much. This was strange, not to mention that his personality was somewhat odd.

"Start". He speaks in his usual authoritative voice.

"These are all of this week's product results, including earnings and market impressions". I speak, placing all the folders on the table and holding out one to him.

"Summarize for me". Speaks and stares at me.

His gaze was watching me intently, which made me look away quickly. It was impossible not to be amused when a man like that stared at me.

"Some are making good profits and with good impressions in the market, but some need to be revised or even canceled". I speak trying to keep my eyes up. I'm doing some more in-depth research. "I finish".

"I want an answer as soon as possible". He speaks and I sign.

He takes another folder and begins to go through the contents. I also make a short summary of other things that have happened and fill him in.

"Is that all?" He asks after I finish, but he was looking at a document.

"Yes, sir". Responding he began to pile up the folders he had already seen.

"Are you sure you're not omitting anything?" His tone of voice sounds somewhat sarcastic.

I look at him in surprise and he stares at me intently. Had he heard what I had said?

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