Chapter Seventy Four

I do end up leaving work early. I glance at my watch as I make my way to the car and see that it's barely a few minutes past 5. I sigh exhaustedly as I get in. Today was a pretty exhausting day but....in a good way if that makes any sense. I had kept taking on more and more work, just anything at all that would get my mind off the ongoing events. I had spent most of my time in my office too, seeing nobody and meeting nobody. Once in a while, I had gone into Alex's office to retrieve some documents and at some point, I had even met Carina. As usual, she didn't do a good job of masking her hatred and disgust towards me and on my own part, I had done a good job of pretending she didn't exist. Finally, a few minutes ago, I had received a text from Alex telling me that if I didn't get off work, he'd shut the building down. With a small smile on my face, I had packed up and texted him back wishing him a goodnight. I glance in my mirror and smile at my reflection. My face has definitely brigh