When she finally arrived at Zaria's office, the latter was buried in a pile of work. She looked up as Natalie walked in and her serious face broke into a smile.
"Natalie, you're early." She remarked, getting back to work almost instantly. "Could you give me ten minutes? I'll just wrap up my report and then join you."
In a real sense, she was not early. They had agreed to discuss over lunch at 1pm and she was ten minutes late. Even so, she didn't think telling Zaria that would ease her pressure in the slightest so she picked up the takeaway bags she had brought.
"I can wait in Desmond's lounge. His meeting hasn't ended either."
Zaria nodded, inwardly thanking her. "Be right there."
It was nearly 2pm when she finally couldn't take her hunger anymore. She checked the time and realized she was an entire hour late for lunch.
