As it turned out, because of my own careless oversight, I had completely missed the email sent by Melvin's other secretary, which was why I had mistakenly assumed I was being fired.
Now, I was sitting in a complete daze at my new desk right outside Melvin's office, my mind still spinning as I recalled the compensation details my colleague, Bowen Powell, had just gone over with me. I found, surprisingly, that my salary had actually skyrocketed by an extra three thousand dollars a month.
I was utterly stunned by this sudden stroke of good fortune, and my brain was still completely numb.
Meanwhile, the rest of the office was already whispering and speculating about whether I had a child I needed to support, completely ignoring the fact that I had never actually been pregnant.
I didn't dar
