Hannah had a comfortable sleep, but upon seeing the email refusing her resignation, she nearly broke down. Clyde's numerous underhanded tactics were clearly based on his belief that she was of no value to him and that he wanted to force her to quit. Now that she had taken the initiative to resign, why did he refuse? Could it be that the strange connection between them made Clyde feel humiliated? Did he want to keep her around just to take revenge? People like him, high up in their positions, surely did not like feeling constrained. But Hannah considered herself innocent. She had no idea what was going on. She was the victim! Why should she have to endure this? As she sat up in bed, her mind was in a daze. Suddenly, she remembered Juliet's odd behavior earlier. Juliet had mentioned

