“I’m still too dumbfounded to speak,” I responded. As you’ve said, I’ll be needing some time to process this..”
Chaotic life of an HR: The name of a betrayer (Ep. 37)
He cleared his throat before he continued, “I understand that this may be a little too much to take in right now, and I am willing to give you time to process everything.”
Betrayal
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He stood up to give me a hug but I declined. He understood, and gently walked through the door without uttering any more statements, out of my apartment. I bounced on my bed, and different thoughts started running through my head.
Maybe I should've slapped him the moment he said he had been in love with me but he couldn’t express himself?
Maybe I should've confronted him for constantly stalking me for months with gifts despite the fact that he knew that the gifts bothered me. No, maybe I should've hugged him and understood from his point of view too.
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All these thoughts ran through my head for minutes until I decided to shut them and prepare something for dinner.
The following week came quite earlier than expected, and I resumed work as early as I used to. I wanted to avoid side talks with anyone in the office who would have asked me anything about my suspension from the office.
I walked into the already cleaned, and well arranged office, to find Zainab already sitting behind her desk, we made eye contact and I hummed, “Good morning,” though I struggled to hear her response too.
I turned on my P.C and started to check my email until Eno and Ngozi walked into our office.
“Una still dey fight?” Ngozi asked in her local tone.
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“Who is fighting?” Zainab asked, firing Ngozi a disgusting look.
“Tah! Don't give me that look, words in the office say that you both are fighting because of man” Ngozi responded.
“Man?” I and Zainab exclaimed.
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