Chapter 59: Have you got no heart or what?

Charlotte was glued to her computer screen, staring at the glaring message, 'How much will it cost for you to shut up?' Typical. Liam was totally head over heels for Chloe, always rushing to her defense! And here she was, foolish enough to double-check that fact. Just humiliating herself. She deleted the email, feeling a stack of disappointment in her heart, just numb. She took a day off, and the next day Charlotte went to work like normal. But as soon as she stepped into the office, she could tell something was off. Everyone seemed tense like there was a suffocating feeling hanging in the air. "What's going on?" Charlotte asked Sophia. Sophia glanced in the direction of the president's office and whispered, "Mr. Parker is in a really bad mood today." "How bad?" "Like never-seen-him-this-bad kind of bad," the head said. "This morning, the whole company kicked into high gear like something big is about to happen, and Mr. Parker is paving the way for whatever that is." Charlo