Coming Late

LYDIA'S POV.

MONDAY (TWO DAYS LATER)

"Beep! Beep!" The alarm continued ringing and for what felt like the dozenth time just this morning, I switched it off. I cozed into my soft warm queen size bed in bliss, the sleep was good. I had no idea what today was nor did I care about any other thing.

For what felt like another hour, I fell into a deep slumber and this time I was interrupted by the loud sound of my ringing tone. I groaned and without opening my eyes, I used my hands to search for the phone which I was certain was on the stand next to me.

"Hello?" The thick sound of sleep was in my voice.

"Good morning Miss Lydia, please don't tell me you're still in bed." The voice of my assistant held an urgent need for me to not ascertain her assumption.

"What's going on? Why are you calling me so early?" I croaked out and her next words had me falling off the bed.

"Ma'am, you do know it's Monday morning, and there's another emergency meeting with the board of directors. And the meeting s