#Chapter 54: A New Line

Agnes Within a few days, everything I had ordered finally arrived: new cushions, a couple of armchairs, plants, lamps, ergonomic desk supplies, and more. It wasn’t a lot, but it was enough to shift the design department from a cluttered chaos to something cozier and more conducive to work. Once everything had arrived, I enlisted a few willing employees to help me set things up. Together, we pushed tables into clusters, arranged seating areas with comfortable cushions, and placed the new coffee machine prominently in the corner where the old, broken one had once stood. “Good riddance!” a female employee shouted, eliciting cheers from the others, as she chucked the old coffee machine into the garbage. After that, the atmosphere shifted almost instantly. The employees were visibly happier, too; they smiled more, chatted more, and even started to linger during their breaks instead of rushing off to escape the harsh glow of the fluorescent lights. By the end of