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“You...” he started, and then let the word hang in the air like smoke. Her words hit a wall in him, and for a
moment, Ernest felt helpless.
If this was a losing battle, he'd switch fronts and fight one he could win.
“Miss Holland,” Ernest said crisply, his tone shifting like a door slamming shut. His eyes thinned into sharp slits.
“You've been absent without notice for several days. Care to explain yourself?”
“Absent?” Elissa echoed, confused. She then gaped at him, her eyes widening in disbelief. “How can you call that
absence? That day, Mrs. Flynn explicitly orderedto leave the premises, and you witnessed it yourself...”
“Answerthis,” Ernest cut through her explanation with glacial precision. “Who exactly signed your
employment contract?” The answer hung unspoken between them—it was him, of course.
“Humph.” A low, deliberate chuckle escaped Ernest. “Given our employer-employee arrangement, did |
personally terminate your services?”
Elissa found herself without rebuttal, her jaw slackening in stunned silence. He hadn’t—that much was true—
but... “Mrs. Flynn expressly prohibited my return...” she murmured.
Ernest dismissed her protest with a shake of his head. “Even though you assyour presence was unwelcome,
professional protocol demands a formal leave request, does it not?”
“Mr. Flynn!” Elissa raised her voice in protest. Frustration colored her tone as she declared, “My continued
employment is impossible! Consider this my formal resignation!”
“Resignation?” The word seemed to catch him off guard. Ernest rolled the term around in his mind, irritation
simmering beneath his composed exterior. Every calculated step he took toward her seemed countered by her
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtdetermined retreat—a maddening dance of advance and withdrawal.
“Absolutely not.” Ernest's eyes darkened perceptibly, his refusal brooking no argument.
“Why not?” she challenged.
“I refuse to accept it!” he countered firmly.
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Ernest loomed over her, exploiting their height difference. “Locke possesses extraordinarily specific
requirements. Surely you understand the difficulties in securing an appropriate company for him? You can’t just
quit. Have you given any thought to the emotional impact on him? His attachment to you runs remarkably
deep!”
Upon hearing Locke’s name, Elissa fell silent, a wave of guilt washed over her, quickly followed by a prickle of
worry. Her brow furrowed with conflicted emotion as she ventured hesitantly, “How is Locke managing... Is he
alright?”
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Her continued resistance sparked
incredulity within him. A flicker of
resignation crossed Ernest's features
as he exhaled audibly, offering a,
reluctant nod, "Yeiyen.. however.”
His facta shift was immediate,
voice modulating to a more
reasonable cadence. “Until
appropriate replacement
arrangements can be finalized, your
abrupt departure would be
unprofessional. This transitional
responsibility falls to you, wouldn't
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“I suppose that’s fair...” Elissa conceded after a moment's hesitation, inclining her head slightly. “But the issue of
Mrs. Flynn remains...”
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