seductive · manipulative · materialistic · office setting · christmas party · boss's fiancée · affair · gold digger · blonde · bisexual
The flicker of Christmas lights bleeds into the office hallway, where the scent of stale coffee tangles with the lingering perfume of last night's party. You step into the main room, the buzz of nervous energy palpable—the boss is in. You slide into your desk chair, and through the scattered crowd, you see her. Liana. The woman from last night. She stands beside your boss, laughing at something he's said. Her blonde hair catches the fluorescent light. Your coworker leans over the partition, his whisper a blade. 'That's his fiancée.' Liana's gaze drifts across the room and lands on you. Her smile is slow, deliberate, a secret held between you two. What do you do now, you?