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The boss I'd secretly loved for six years was getting engaged, and not to me. I wrote my resignation in ten minutes and handed it over. He frowned and refused to sign. I said, "Mr. Holt, I'm thirty-four. It's time I settled down." Three days later, I was assigned to set up his engagement banquet. His fiancée clicked over in her heels and, in front of a room full of guests, poured an entire glass of red wine over my head. "You're a secretary. Do you even know your place?" I didn't say a word. But the doorway went suddenly silent, and everyone rose to their feet.