Suddenly Summoned

**A few days later **

“Is Miss Karina here?”

Having been too caught up with thoughts of my work for hours, I wasn’t sure if I had heard correctly that someone seemed to be looking for me. With quite tired eyes, I looked up from my computer screen to find that many of my colleagues had left already while I had been too focused on work. Apart from Richard and me, there were only a few people left in the project room. My attention turned to the middle-aged woman standing in the doorway to the room.

Her tidy suit and matching skirt clearly weren’t meant to make her stand out. It didn’t take me long for me to realize that I had never seen this woman before and that was precisely why I had no idea what business she could possibly have with me.

“Umm…I’m Karina. Are you looking for me?” I asked although it was obvious that she was searching for me.

The stern look that she had on her face as she turned her attention in my direction made my stomach turn and my body stiffen at the same time.