CORRIE

The moment Penny left the office. The room went terribly silent.

Normally Emmette would be trying to get under my nerves or piss me off.

But ever since I resumed work. He's been cold. Distant, if you may.

And it's more unsettling than him getting under my skin.

He called me in, let Penny go and ignored me while going through a few stacks of documents while I stand in silence.

This has to be one of his many other ways to punish me because of what happened earlier today. It's not my fault that Mimi walked in his meeting in the boardroom. I tried my best to stop...