When the weekend arrived, a few colleagues from Apex I was close with wanted to throw me a farewell dinner, and I gladly accepted. After all, my conflict was strictly with Brett and Chloe, not with them.
However, when I arrived, I was shocked to find the entire sales group gathered there.
Including Brett and Chloe.
I stood at the door completely expressionless as the air in the private dining room grew steadily more awkward by the second.
Sarah, the young colleague who had taken the lead organizing the dinner, hurried over anxiously.
"Lily, I swear I didn't know the manager and his crowd were having a team dinner here too! When we got here, I told him clearly we just wanted a simple goodbye meal with you, but he insisted we all combine the two groups."
Seeing the young girl's red-ri
