The office was nearly empty, the soft hum of computers filling the silence as I packed up my things. Suddenly, I heard a laugh I hadn\u2019t heard in years\u2014one that sent chills down my spine.<\/p>\n
I turned, and there they were. \u201cEmily? Is that you?\u201d Mark smirked, his voice dripping with sarcasm.<\/p>\n Clara scanned me from head to toe, her lips curling into a mocking smile. I forced a polite smile, though my heart raced. Mark chuckled, shaking his head. \u201cI told you, Clara. She\u2019d never get anywhere without me.\u201d But before I could reply, the office door swung open. He looked at me warmly. \u201cEmily, are you ready for tomorrow\u2019s big presentation? The board can\u2019t wait to meet our new partner<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n Silence.<\/p>\n The smug smiles on Mark and Clara\u2019s faces vanished instantly, replaced by shock. And in that moment, I didn\u2019t need to say a single word.<\/p>\n I wasn\u2019t \u201cjust an assistant\u201d anymore. The office was nearly empty, the soft hum of computers filling the silence as I packed up my things. Suddenly, I heard a laugh I hadn\u2019t heard in years\u2014one that sent chills down my spine. I turned, and there they were.Mark\u2014my ex-boyfriend. And beside him, Clara\u2014my ex-best friend.The same Clara who swore she\u2019d always have …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7267,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7263\/revisions\/7267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Mark\u2014my ex-boyfriend.<\/strong> And beside him, Clara\u2014my ex-best friend.<\/strong>
The same Clara who swore she\u2019d always have my back\u2026 until I found out she was the one Mark had been secretly seeing behind mine.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, you\u2019re still here? Still working late nights? Still just the assistant?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes. I\u2019m still here.\u201d<\/p>\n
They both laughed, their arrogance cutting deeper than any knife.<\/p>\n
Mr. Harris\u2014the CEO himself\u2014walked in.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Their laughter died in their throats.<\/p>\n
I was about to become their boss\u2019s partner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"