In the office, Lexandro had already woken up. He freshened himself and then dialed the local office number of Aloida, but no one picked up his call. He looked at his wristwatch and noticed that it was already almost nine o’clock in the morning. He furrowed his forehead. Aloida should be in the office by this time. He looked for his mobile phone and found it inside the drawer of his bedside table.
“Damn it!” he cursed as he saw his numerous missed calls from Aloida. She also sent her messages since last night. He dialed Aloida’s number but his call was just sent to her voicemail. Furrowing now, he got out of his office and walked toward Aloida’s workstation.
“Where is Aloida?” he asked Mark, who fortunately was sitting on his workstation, beside Aloida’s workspot.
Mark shrugged his shou
