NovelEnglish"A hottie? Was that Ms. Miller's husband?" someone asked. At that moment, Glen was sitting at his desk, one hand on the mouse. His hand froze in place as if he couldn't believe what he'd just heard. Before he could speak, another colleague chimed in, "At first, Mary-the receptionist-thought so too. But based on their conversation, it seemed like that guy was just chasing her, not her husband." "No way. A young stud chasing her all the way to the office? You think Ms.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtMiller's husband knows about this?" Glen couldn't take it anymore. He interrupted, "Wait... are you saying Maggie is married?" "Yeah," One of a colleague answered casually. "You didn't know?" Glen was stunned. "No, I didn't." At first, he had thought Maggie and Johnny were a couple. But after working at the company for a while, he noticed something was off. They were close, yes-but they never went to or left work together, and never acted overly affectionate.
Their relationship was warm but restrained. That realization had prompted him to ask Maggie directly, and she --- - had told him herself: they weren't dating. Her colleague thought for a moment and added, "Oh right, you joined this year. The older employees all know about it, but we haven't talked about her personal life in a long time. I guess it makes sense you didn't know." Glen fell silent. The fact that Maggie was married had completely blindsided him After a pause, he asked, "Then...
what kind of person is her husband? Have any of you seen him? Are they... close?" "Only saw half of his silhouette once in a video call. Never got a clear look at his face," Another colleague replied. "As for their relationship... hard to say. But now that you mention it, she's been at Cole for quite a while, and other than that one ther husband suddenly popped up during a video conference last year, we've never seen him again. And she's never mentioned him, either.
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