Caught in the Crossfire
Language: en
When I returned to the office after maternity leave, the new HR manager, a woman named Vanessa, had given me the codename "Sweet Sixteen." “What’s that supposed to mean?” I asked, my brow furrowed. She just chuckled, a patronizing sound that grated on my nerves. “Oh, it’s just the sixteenth woman who’s tried to climb into my husband’s bed, darling.” I froze, then felt a surge of indignation. “Are you out of your mind? I don’t even know your husband! What kind of malicious rumors are you spreading? If you want to play the doting wife, go home and do it, don’t poison the office with your…