We both leave in silence. As we pass by Abril, she stares at us from her place. Cedric doesn’t look at her, but she still smiles at me in a very strange way. I maintain my big smile on my lips, pretending to be oblivious, continuing my way towards the elevator, but his sharp order to follow him immediately makes me deviate and follow right behind him. With rage consuming me for being ordered to follow him as he did, we finally arrive at the private elevator. “I don’t use the common elevator, Miss Collins,” he informs me, swiping the access card through the reader. “And neither will you from now on.” “I don’t have a problem using the common elevator, Mr. Reed.” “But I do.” “It seems like lately, you have a lot of problems, Cedric.” “I don’t have an access card,” I retort. “You have i

