Although Stella was grateful for Arnold's suggestion she pretended to be disappointed by it and even begged to stay and work while perfecting her fake sneezing skills.
"Go home, Stella and take very good care of yourself. When you feel better tomorrow, you can come back to work." Arnold said dismissively and gestured for her to go toward the car.
"Thank you, sir," Stella smiled and curtsied politely before she slowly walked towards the car like a sick person and got in.
On her way home, she quickly brought out her phone from her handbag and saw many missed calls. The majority of the calls were from Adrian while others that appeared recent, were from Alex.
'How come I haven't been hearing my phone ring?' Stella went through her phone settings and discovered that the profile was set to silent. 'This must be the handwork of Alex, while I was asleep last night.'
