Mocked for a Sugar Daddy, My Real Father Stunned Them

The intern confirmation notice had barely hit the company chat when HR posted a screenshot of my name.

"Congrats on making it official, Polly. Welcome to the Operations Department family."

Congratulations flooded the screen. Then one message shoved its way up through the rest.

The whole chat went dead. Eight hundred and ninety-eight people had read it. Zachery Fox had posted it.

"Must be nice having a sugar daddy. Sell yourself and you climb fast."

Half a minute later he deleted it and dropped in a sheepish little emoji.

In my last life, the doubt came at me from every direction.