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icle while her heart was st

ed away before she continued walking. She went to the gate, showed her ID and strolled inside. She had been working here, one of the largest TV networks in the country, for more than two years now. The tallest building in the compound had ten floors and on its highest floor, at the north side of the buil

, so she wasn't surprised when it folded a few months after she started working there. One of Anika's researchers got pregnant and resigned, and Layla replaced her. And Anika, she immediately discovered, was a great boss. She had a strong sense of humor, very smart and kind t

, she knew he had offended him and that he now would rather invite a cat to a lunch than waste his breath on her again. Inside the Studio C, she went straight to set where Anika held her interviews. They called it the Living Room, as it was arranged to look lik

nd her standing in front of a full-length mirror, scrutinizin

table," Anika told her with a s

talking to each other. After that interview, after seeing for herself how gentlemanly and courteous he was, she realized that

burn her even

akeup artist, standing in front of him. Fortunately, Ambert's back was on her so she could stare at him without him knowing it. She winced when Liza saw he

mptly waved back at Liza and took her eyes off her and brought it back to Ambert's back. But what did she care if Ambert saw her? He couldn't accuse her of stalking him as she had the perfect alibi: Anika told her to look after him and

s about to utter her name, she bolted away from the door. Anyway, Ambert seemed comfortable so there was no need for Anika to fuss even if she didn't talk to him. If Ambert wanted anything, h

mbert would not see her once he got out of the dres

e she remained seated. And she wanted to smile when she felt being entertained just by watching him walk away from her,

fro

f the interv

ersed in his field. And Anika, as usual, was a gracious and a smart

d-Ambert left the stu

e hallway leading to her office. The next interview, the on

ehind one of the cameramen. She was safe there, Ambert would roam his eyes around the studio and he still wouldn't se

ng a bit of discomfort in her. "I told you to look for Ambert, you didn't come bac

st continued walking wit

ccurred in his life that day. When me meet, we have this habit of telling each other most of the things that happened to us that day. And Ambert got your message loud and clear," Anika said.

nformation would delight her. Maybe, she was

rrow to her back. And

s. Surely, Anika was miffed with how she treated Ambert. Darn, even she herself was miffed with how she treated Ambert. But she thought she needed to do it that

ce until five in the afternoon, then left to go home, her mind sti

oticed another red car. But this time,

faster and heavier when she recognized it-it was the car