Compared to the drama earlier on that morning, Kathleen's office was thankfully much calmer as the time got closer to the closing hour. Pete's secretary had refused to let her into the office to meet with him, and had taken the key from her instead, claiming that Pete was in the middle of a meeting and couldn't attend to her. She had noticed the secretary had been more hostile than was necessary, and she had kept looking at her with disapproval.
Kathleen was almost dozing off since she was exhausted already and was just waiting for the time to hit 5 PM so she could leave the office. She had gone to the market during her lunch break earlier to pick up some undies for herself, as well as some cooking items she would need in her apartment.
"Good evening sir!" She heard her colleagues greet as they all scrambled to their feel, surprised to see the CEO in their office.
