YOU TRIPPED ME

“Please, can Leah become my personal assistant?” Jennifer asked softly, her voice like always, dripped with false sweetness. I snapped my attention to her, my anger at her pretentious acts coursing through my veins. The fact that she had the audacity to shamelessly request that I serve her stunned me. “Why?” Ethan asked. His cold voice cutting through the air. I turned to face him, every nerve in my body trembling with rage at the fact that he even considered her request. “I just need something I can trust Ethan. And I trust Leah “ she said with a sigh, as she lied through her teeth’s. She took a step closer towards me, a sad smile settling on her face. “In my last company, the assistant that was assigned to me by them… she bullied me badly,” she replied, her voice choking up at the end, almost like she was holding herself back from crying. “I don’t want to make the same mistake. I want to pick somebody that I trust and can rely on.” Her hands came up to my shoulders in an attempt to t