Part 28
Elise’s POV This was it. My very first day at work and everything already felt overwhelming—like life had stuffed me into a whirlwind and told me to “keep up.” After leaving the CEO’s office that morning, Louisa had practically glued me to a chair and commanded me to read the company’s employee handbook from cover to cover. Five. Hundred. Pages. Was I a witch? A sorceress? Some supernatural being who could absorb five centuries worth of rules overnight? Because honestly, that book felt like a punishment—one sent directly from the depths of GK. By the time I finally stepped out of the company gate, my brain felt mashed. I could barely feel my legs, and every thought kept circling back to the same fear: Was this how my days here would be? Stress upon stress? My mind drifted aimlessly
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