Exchanged Glances
The meeting room was thick with tension, as if everyone were holding their breath, unsure of what might be said next. Uneasy glances were exchanged between colleagues, their tight-lipped expressions betraying the discomfort they tried to hide. Some looked ready to bolt, desperate to escape the stifling atmosphere. Others kept their heads down, absently doodling on notepads, feigning normalcy. Each of us sat lost in our own thoughts, carefully avoiding the unspoken source of tension that loomed heavy in the room.

Exchanged Glances
Post-Meeting Chatter
After the meeting, the office buzzed with uneasy chatter. No one seemed sure how to break the tension, so the conversations defaulted to safe, surface-level topics. “Did you catch last night’s episode?” someone asked in the break room, hoping to lighten the mood. Yet, the boss’s strange behavior lingered like an unshakable shadow, impossible to ignore. Quiet whispers wove through the air, as every attempt to move on felt forced and incomplete.

Post Meeting Chatter