Toxic Whispers

Cleo sat at her desk, still feeling a bit out of it. The whole situation with Sylvia had her nerves on edge these past few days.

She was mechanically sorting through the files in front of her when she overheard a few colleagues sighing nearby.

"Ms. Astor is so lucky. She and Mr. Vance are basically a total power couple."

"Unlike some people, who couldn't scrape together 60 dollars if they tried, b