Maliha’s Reviews > Perks of Office > Status Update

“There were a hundred reasons for me not to do this. Dozens of red flags and potential pitfalls”


emma i swear to god

“I just…” Her voice cracked and she started to cry. “Want to be with you. I want to plan a holiday with you, then go, just go on it. Jesus…” Tears were running down her face unchecked. “I don’t…I didn’t…I shut you down and pushed you away, when I should have—”

i swear i love this woman

“I’d given myself over to Bridget completely, and look where it had gotten me.”

emma, please shut the fuck up

maybe it’s on me but I am not a fan of reading our main character fuck a random person in DETAIL (after she assumes the heartbreak affected her ‘more’)

“She lifted her hand as if to brush my cheek but stopped just before her skin touched mine. She dropped her hand. In case Jake or Haromi walked in.”

can she like, stop villainizing her at least?

“Contacting her via work e-mail had been my way of letting her know I wasn’t opening up the channels of communication in any real way, but the coldness of her reply hurt.”

bro has been nothing BUT cold and feels bad when the other person reciprocates

“I had made Bridget cry—I had been too cold and abrupt and punitive in my reaction to a mistake she’d made. She was just as alone in this as I was.”


thank fuck for some semblance of empathy

“I honestly hadn’t meant to sound bitter, but even to my own ears it came off that way.”

this is the worst way to end things???

“You’re talking…” She fell silent, and when she began again my stomach plummeted, because her voice was thick with tears. “You’re talking like you don’t care about me at all.”


my shayla 😭😭

“My logical brain told me that wasn’t Bridget’s fault, but I knew she played a big part in making me feel so alone.”

well this is taking a turn