After the blow to her head, Stephanie only had a small scratch on her forehead, which would have disappeared in less than two days.
"I won't lie to you," Xavier said after examining the small mark, "but everyone in the office has been talking about it, and not about the blow, precisely."
Stephanie didn't have to make a great effort to guess that, more than her contusion, the issue was the way she had vomited on her boss's expensive suit.
"Although whoever mentions it should be careful not to let your boss hear it, because two advisers have already earned a memo," Xavier said.
Stephanie smiled upon hearing that. At least her image had a guardian, one who wouldn't have been possible to imagine a day earlier.
The small welcome reception ended soon because Xavier had to return to the offi
