Chapter 70

"I already submitted my resignation." My voice was cold and detached. "I didn't approve it." Jonathan's grip on me tightened, forcing me to stand. As I turned around, I quickly slid the documents I was holding into the drawer behind me and shut it without drawing attention. I kept the motion subtle, deliberately out of his line of sight. Jonathan looked down at me and said, out of nowhere, "I'm going on a business trip in a few days." "So?" He frowned. "Aren't you coming with me?" "Why would I?" I looked at him, genuinely puzzled. "You're going for work, not vacation." Why would I tag along? Did I have nothing better to do?" "You used to come," he said. "Even if it was just for one day." By now, I'd heard enough stories about how obsessed I used to be. So, instead of being shocked, I just raised an eyebrow and said, "Aren't you going there to work? What would I even do, hold your briefcase? And anyway, didn't Alicia say she wanted to tag along? Let her. She could use the ex