Leila grabbed the phone, but it slipped from her grasp and crashed to the floor. Her heart beat against her chest as she retrieved it, ignoring the new cracks on the screen. Setting it back on the desk, she forced her lips into a smile.
Lily threw a worried glance at her. “Are you okay?”
“Yeah.” When that didn’t assure Lily, she murmured, “I think the pressure of the new role is getting to me. But I’m fine, thank you.”
“Relax,” Susan chirped. She would as soon as they were gone. “You don’t have to work today since it’s his first day. He can’t expect us to, right? We are sad to see our colleagues go.”
Their laughter grated on her ears. They left soon, and the rest of her day resumed with no hiccups. She was the last one to leave the office. It was a big room separated by desks. Hers w
