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I feel like that would've made the story even more cliche, I agree with the last bit though since that didn't make sense to me either
Story's are all made up of cliches. What makes a story work or not is whether the author adds a personal touch to the story
The manager should have been the top using the love management as an excuse to force himself upon his subordinate. That way it would just have been a case of a shitty manager and not this lame misunderstanding trope with the subordinatejumpingto conclusion after overhearing 3 words from a conversation.