The sun peeked over the horizon on a new morning, but it did not bring back the brightness to her heart as it always did.
She was still filled with shame and humiliation after being deceived and losing what she held most dear, all for nothing.
Even though he was the same man she secretly loved, she felt no joy at being tricked by him into losing herself and feeling heartbroken like this.
“Hello, Melissa,”
a coworker's voice greeted her. She flinched slightly as she was daydreaming.
“Hello,”
“Mr. Theodore wants to meet with you.”
Her face turned pale upon hearing the name of the man who had seduced her.
She did not want to see him today, nor did she ever want to see him again, as she was deeply ashamed of her own actions yesterday.
"In a hundred days or a thousand years, I've never
