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Last night, I stayed up late writing my resignation letter, and I handed it in first thing this morning My boss called me into his office to talk
He’s been really good to me over the years and has helped me get promoted.
When he found out I was leaving, he looked confused.
“Hailey, is something going on? Why do you need to resign?”
I just smiled and explained, “Well, I just want to try living in a new city
He got the hint and didn’t pry any further, quickly signing off on my resignation.
My colleagues, who I’m pretty close with, were sad to see me go. They wanted to take me out for dinner after work, but it was raining by the time we reached the company lobby, though I hadn’t noticed when it started.
While we were waiting for a cab, someone suddenly called my name from behind.
“Hailey!”
A black Audi pulled up not too far away.
Peter slowly rolled down the window, his gaze landing on my wet hair with a frown
“Get in. I’m here to pick you up.”
I didn’t move. Just then, I heard a cheerful voice from the passenger seat
“Hailey, I told you Peter really loves you! He came to pick you up on a rainy day–oh, I’m so jealous!
Seeing my blank expression, Josie chuckled and explained.
“Oh, I didn’t bring an umbrella today, and Peter was nice enough to give me a ride. You don’t mind, right?
I chuckled, “Yeah, not at all!”
But I still didn’t feel like getting in the car
Peter waited for a bit, starting to get impatient. Just as he was about to say something, my colleague’s cab
arrived.
We both hopped in and as I closed the door, I heard Peter’s urgent voice
“Hailey, I came all this way to pick you up. Where are you going?”
I replied calmly.
“I’ve got some stuff to take care of. My colleague is going my way, so I’m not heading home yet”
Then I rolled up the window, shutting him out,
While I was having chili con carne with my colleagues, Peter called me a bunch of times. Swear, he was getting annoying!
I put my phone on silent, flipped it over, and kept chatting with my colleagues.
After the meal, my colleague’s husband came to pick her up
“Hey, want my husband to give you a ride home?”
I shook my head and smiled. “Oh, no, thanks You guys go ahead”
I stayed at the resto, enjoying my meal when Peter walked in, soaked.
This 1
s time, no clingy childhood friend was trailing belund him. He looked both lonely and disheveled
As soon as he stepped in, his eyes went straight to t
In the car, the air was heavy. He seemed mad, and I didn’t even feel like appeasing him
I just put on my Bluetooth headphones and continued listening to my podcast
Last night, I stayed up late writing my resignation letter, and I handed it in first thing this morning My boss called me into his office to talk.
He’s been really good to me over the years and has helped me get promoted
When he found out I was leaving, he looked confused
“Hailey, is something going on? Why do you need to resign?”
I just smiled and explained, “Well, I just want to try living in a new city”
He got the hint and didn’t pry any further, quickly signing off on my resignation.
My colleagues, who I’m pretty close with, were sad to see me go. They wanted to take me out for dinner after work, but it was raining by the time we reached the company lobby, though I hadn’t noticed when it started
While we were waiting for a cab, someone suddenly called my name from behind.
“Hailey!”
Ablack Audi pulled up not too far away
Peter slowly rolled down the window, his gaze landing on my wet hair with a frown,
“Get in. I’m here to pick you up
I didn’t move. Just then, I heard a cheerful voice from the passenger seat
rainy day–oh
“Hailey, I told you Peter really loves you! He came to pick you up on a I’m so jealous!” Seeing my blank expression, Josie chuckled and explained
“Oh, I didn’t bring an umbrella today, and Peter was nice enough to give me a ride. You don’t mind, right?”
I chuckled. “Yeah, not at all!”
But I still didn’t feel like getting in the car.
Peter waited for a bit, starting to get impatient. Just as he was about to say something, my colleague’s cab arrived.
We both hopped in and as I closed the door, I heard Peter’s urgent voice.
“Hailey, I came all this way to pick you up. Where are you going?”
I replied calmly.
“I’ve got some stuff to take care of. My colleague is going my way, so I’m not heading home yet”
Then I rolled up the window, shutting him out.
While I was having chili con carne with my colleagues, Peter called me a bunch of times. Swear, he was getting annoying!
and kept chatting
I put my phone on silent, flipped it over, with my colleagues.
After the meal, my colleague’s husband came to pick her up.
“Hey, want my husband to give you a ride home?”
I shook my head and smiled. “Oh, no, thanks. You guys go ahead. ”
I stayed at the resto, enjoying my meal when Peter walked in, soaked.
This time, no clingy childhood friend was trailing behind him. He looked both lonely and disheveled.
As soon as he stepped in, his eyes went straight to t
In the car, the air was heavy. He seemed mad, and I didn’t even feel like appeasing him
I just put on my Bluetooth headphones and continued listening to my podcast.
I don’t know how long it went on, but then Peter suddenly spoke up.
“Hey, I’ve been kind of ignoring you lately because Josie is pregnant, and her husband is overseas, leaving her all
alone
I
We grew up together, and I care about her more than most, she’s like a sister to me, you know, so I can’t help but
check in on her”
tentar cattered anymore
When i got home, he handed me a nicely wrapped gift box
“Pare, however been spending much time with you these days. Don’t worry, once I get through this hectic
I know thaven’t
make it up to you”
schede,
“it’s only two weeks until our wedding. Have you thought about where you want to go for our honeymoon?”
When I didn’t take it, Peter opened the box himself, revealing an old–fashioned gold necklace inside.
Just on the way to the front door I came across Josie’s post
gh, my silly childhood friend! Sure, this necklace’s gold. But it’s so old–fashioned I wouldn’t wear it even if he paid met LMAO]
Well, look, he actually bought me something new to make up for it. OMG! I love it!]
That necklace she was trashing was the same one my jerk fiancé was holding.
Tr
No way I’d take someone’s garbage I just grabbed a towel and headed for the bathroom.
“Im really tired today Let’s just talk later”
