A violent shudder wracked Wen Xi’s body. Shame, immense and suffocating, threatened to swallow her whole.
Biting her lip until it nearly bled, her hands clenched into fists. It was too much. She fled the office, unable to bear another second.
She didn’t know how long she ran before she finally collapsed against a tree trunk, the tears she’d been holding back finally streaming down her face.
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