THE LATE NIGHT
~MAYA'S POV~
The clock said 8:17 PM.
Everyone was gone. The entire floor dark except for his office. Except for mine. I had been here for three hours past my shift. Reorganizing files that didn't need reorganizing. Making copies of documents already copied.
It was busywork, punishment, or maybe not punishment, maybe something worse, Perhaps he just wanted me here.
"Maya." His voice came through the intercom, my real name for the first time in a week.
I pressed the button. "Yes, Mr. King?"
"In my office."
I stood. Smoothed down the expensive trousers he had forced on me, touched my throat through the turtleneck. Felt the shape of the choker underneath. I had put it back on this morning, after trying to take it off, after one day of rebellion. I had surrendered, again
