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The New Management

by @Forgotten
14 chapters
~35 min read

Sanju's promotion is met with a rival's kiss and a colleague's congratulations, but the new employee's voice cuts through with a mocking edge, her disdain for his skin, his accent, and his faith laid bare.

MEET THE CHARACTERS

Sanju Kumar Malhotra

Sanju Kumar Malhotra

A 32-year-old IT manager with a quiet pride in his recent promotion, his dark eyes holding the weariness of a man who's fought for every inch of respect. He moves with a careful, deliberate grace in his crisp button-down, the scent of sandalwood and strong coffee clinging to him—a familiar anchor in a workplace that still feels foreign. The triumph of his new title is already shadowed by the old, familiar sting of being seen as 'other'.

John Baker

John Baker

30 years old and all California casual confidence, with sun-bleached hair and a smile that comes too easily. His grip is firm, his laugh loud in the open-plan office, a man who wears his privilege like a favorite leather jacket. He stands close to Anna, a hand often resting on the small of her back, claiming his space and his success without a second thought.

Anna Solomon

Anna Solomon

28, with intelligent hazel eyes and a warm, open face framed by chestnut waves. She moves with an efficient, kind energy, her kiss on John's cheek both affectionate and public—a stamp of belonging. Her style is smart-casual chic, but her watch is practical, a tool for managing the day's deadlines.

Kim Soo-Jin

Kim Soo-Jin

A 26-year-old Korean-American beauty with a razor-sharp bob and an even sharper tongue. Her silhouette is all sleek lines, from her tailored sheath dress to the mocking curve of her lipstick-red mouth. She smells of cold, modern perfume—jasmine and ozone—and moves with a predatory grace that makes the space around Sanju feel several degrees colder.

EXPLORE CHAPTERS

1

Sand and Ozone

The break room air was thick with the smell of burnt coffee and artificial lemon. Then he caught it—a thread of cold jasmine and ozone cutting through the staleness. Soo-Jin. She was at the sink, rinsing a porcelain cup with surgical precision, her back to him. Her reflection in the window caught his stare, and her eyes met his in the glass. She didn't turn, didn't speak, just let the silence stretch, her contempt a physical chill that raised the hairs on his arms. His own coffee suddenly tasted bitter.

2

The Audit Continues

The email notification is a cold shock in the quiet of his new office. Her words are a command, not a request. Sanju's pulse hammers, knowing this is no review. It's a continuation of the break room's electric war, moved to his own territory to be defiled. He rises, the memory of her tremor a promise in his blood.

3

The Company Party

Sanju Kumar Malhotra pulled away from Kim Soo-Jin and and noticed her fallen tablet and he picked it up and gave it to her and asked her to go back to her work which she does and before she walked out his office she turned and tells that she still hates him and Sanju just gave her a smirk before she went out of the door and he went back to work and that is when he got a notice on the company mail that there would be a Company Party tomorrow night. Sanju just closed it and went back to his work.

4

Rooftop Bar

Next day at the Rooftop Bar the company party was going on and everyone where drinking and Sanju just sat somewhere in the bar not to far and not to close just there drinking his wine and then Soo-Jin came and sat beside her as she drank too much whiskey and she started to comment about her insults to Sanju in a soft and quiet voice as she called him many things that she did behind his back at work. But Sanji who was also a bit drunk doesn't say anything. When she called his skin colour a muddy puddle, Sanju just chucked a bit as his grandmother said "Mud is the place where the beautiful flower: The Lotus, is grown from" And he stood up and takes Soo-Jin downstairs as the rooftop Bar was on a hotel and he took her into one of the rooms and sat her in bed.

5

Hotel Room

He positioned his head between her legs as he licks her coure constantly as she tried to control her moans but couldn't as me pulled his head up and looked at her he just licked the side of his lips with his tongue as he started to unbuttoned his shirt and she took stop up on her elbow as I unziped the back of her dress as even though they were drunk they know what they were about to do. As he pinned himself on top of her as he thrusted himself as they started to have sex both of started to say insults about eachother as they continue the sex nonstop.

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