MAE POV
I retreated from the meeting room with my happy smile dead and completely buried. The day was going from bad to worse, and from worse to full blown disaster.
I could barely even grab a breath as I headed back to my desk, my lungs crushed to s**t by the weight of impending doom.
I jumped a clear mile as Jesse landed a healthy slap on my back, shunting me over the threshold into our admin room.
“Great job in there,” she congratulated. “IT issues aside, you were impressive. Seriously impressive. You even got a thanks. Mr Douglas barely gives thanks, it’s usually more of a grunt.”
She pulled a face to illustrate, and in regular circumstances it would have been worth a decent laugh, but not today.
I stared dumbstruck until she registered my expression of horror. Her eyebrows jumpe
