When the light was switched on, it felt as if the entire world paused around Rachel.
Rachel turned her head, surprised at what she had seen.
She first thought that Holley took a man back with her, but the other person was a woman too.
Rachel didn't know the woman.
The entire room reeked with strange perfume and cheap alcohol. The other woman glanced at Holley.
She was flushed in embarrassment. "Why didn't you say that there is someone else here?"
It was obvious that Holley was extremely drunk. She raised her hand and covered her mouth.
When she finally came to her senses, Holley smiled at Rachel casually as if nothing had happened.
She motioned to the woman sitting right beside her. "Please don't mind. This is my friend."
The woman laughed strangely. From the way they were holding each other, Rachel understood their
relationship.
Without another word, she immediately started to pack up her things.
Holley frowned, disoriented as to what was happening. She immediately slid off the bed and gazed at
her. Although an exaggerated smile slid into her lips, her eyes were cold. "Rachel, what are you
doing?"
She zipped up her luggage and smiled. "I'll be leaving the room to you."
She grabbed her handbag and walked towards the doorway. She waved at the bellboy to gather her
things and transfer them to another room. "You don't have to thank me. Holley, do you mind talking to
me tomorrow once you're not drunk?"
Without another word, Rachel closed the door and left.
The next afternoon, they finally met again. Holley came over as if nothing had happened. She glanced
at the number plate in Rachel's hand and smiled. "What number did you get?"
Rachel tried to move two steps forward, but Holley continued to press her body against hers.
They had received a notice; the group would be divided into two groups. Each group would went to a
different town.
The original three-day schedule had changed into a week. Given this abrupt change, the last few days
of the week was for anyone who volunteered.
Although many of them quitted, Rachel was forced to stay.
She didn't want to go, but her superiors had ordered her otherwise.
Everyone used drawing numbers as the way to pick teams. Holley chose to stay and so did Vicky.
The other eight left the group, leaving five people to do the work.
Rachel took out her card and saw the number 8. When Holley saw it, she immediately jumped up in joy.
"My number is 6!"
Holley was so close to Rachel that the latter had to move two steps back.
The cards were also divided into even and odd numbers. Since Holley's was 6 and hers was 8, that
meant they were on the same team.
As Rachel stepped back, suspicion flashed in Holley's eyes.
Pretending not to notice the uncomfortableness Rachel was experiencing, she took another step
forward and caressed her arm affectionately. "This is great!" she exclaimed. "I was afraid that no one
would accompany me. I'm happy as long as you're with me."
Rachel stood still, not saying a word.
Holley's smile faded, and her eyes grew cold. "Do you not like me?" she asked sharply.
"I don't dislike you."
"Really?" Holley snorted. "If not, why are you avoiding me?"
"Look, Holley, it seems that you've overreacted."
Rachel pulled the woman's hands away from her arm. "It's just that I'm uncomfortable when I'm being
touched like this. Please don't do it again. Thank you."
She left Holley behind.
Rachel had never thought that she would be taken advantage of by a woman one day, yet here she
was.
It wasn't as if she cared for her sexual orientation.
She was just annoyed that Holley had the audacity to bring someone to the room without informing her.
Fortunately, she was with a woman at that time. If she had brought a man...
What if something had happened?
Holley wasn't even apologetic. In fact, she even stretched out her arms at her provocatively, as if she
was waiting for the woman's reaction.
Rachel just couldn't understand her.
As she was walking away, she bumped into Vicky.
"Rachel, what number did you get?"
Rachel smiled, showing her the number.
"Awesome!" Vicky motioned to her card. "I got 16. That means we'll be assigned to the same place."
Rachel couldn't help but think back to what Vicky had said about Holley.
Back then, she thought it was because they held grudges against each other.
Now, it seemed that it was due to Vicky knowing about Holley's sexual orientation.
Honestly, Rachel couldn't care less if someone was gay as long as he wouldn't do something that could
harass others.
Rachel initially wanted to ask her about it, but she didn't know how to start.
Vicky must have understood what she was trying to say because she leaned forward and whispered,
"Did you change your room last night?"
She nodded.
"That's honestly not surprising." Vicky snorted. "Is it because of Holley?"
Rachel hesitated before nodding. "Yes."
"What happened?"
This time, she didn't know whether or not she should discuss this with Vicky.
Although she didn't know the cause of the conflict between them, she couldn't just talk to Vicky about
Holley's orientation so casually.
She thought that it was best not to tell her.
If their grudges didn't stem from this matter, then she wouldn't say anything.
"Do you know she's a lesbian?" Vicky spat out.
Her eyes was shining with disgust. Rachel was unsure if it was directed to her homosexuality or to her
harassment.
Knowing Vicky, it was probably the latter.
Rachel fidgeted awkwardly.
Being harassed really wasn't an enjoyable experience.
Vicky calmed down before she could attract anyone's attention.
"Look, just be careful around her."
There was another thing that Vicky didn't tell Rachel about the woman. She had once went on a
business trip and shared a hotel room with Holley. She had found that her underwear had been
touched by Vicky.
Although Vicky didn't know what Holley was doing with her underwear, she decided to take precautions
by throwing everything out.
The days that they'd spent together was like a recurring nightmare. Vicky was outraged at Holley's
actions and they spent the remaining days just arguing with one another.
It had been a year since the event happened, but Vicky would never forget what she did.
Although she warned Rachel yesterday, she didn't make things clear as to what she had really done.
A part of her was afraid that Rachel wouldn't trust her.
Then again, Vicky thought it was also a good thing that Rachel didn't take this matter seriously. If Holley
might do something to offend Rachel, then the former would be in big trouble considering Rachel's
family background.
The next day, she accidentally overheard that Rachel changed her room that night.
It seemed that Holley tried reaching out for Rachel! She raced over here to confirm it.
Rachel thought that what Holley had done was just an accident, but it seemed that she already had a
history of doing these things.
Now, she was wondering whether she should tell the director about this.
Harassing other colleagues was unacceptable.
Just as she was thinking about it, Director Yu approached Rachel. She was told that Rachel had
changed her rooms, and she wanted to ask her why.
Rachel didn't even hesitate as she told her what had happened.
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