Mature Content
Alice
I wasn't part of the meeting.
Sir Rene had given me a task—several reports that needed to be organized and submitted before the end of the day. So while people in the office began packing up and heading home one by one, I stayed behind at my desk, already used to this kind of setup. I was only a part-timer after all, so working late had become normal for me. It had been the same in my previous jobs—night always seemed to catch up with me.
When I noticed that the entire floor had grown quiet and neither Lance nor Sir Rene had returned, I decided it was time to leave. There were no instructions to wait. No one had told me otherwise.
But just as I was about to stand up, someone approached me.
"I'm Mori," he introduced himself, saying he was from the cu
