Tight situation

She was sweating profusely regardless of how well-conditioned her office was. It was much too chilly in there for any normal human being to be honest. In all honesty, she ought to be frozen by now but the amount of paperwork Riccardo had left for her to sort out did not allow the chilly air to even seep inside her pores. She heard he had stepped outside the complex some moment in between her work.

"Ah. Finally, ten more to go." With the back of her hand, she rubbed off the water dripping from her hairline and continued to work. The clock on her monitor showed it was a quarter to ten. She could not afford to let any second go to waste. She put on her working lens and cracked her fingers. "I can do this!"

Ten minutes later, Elma had managed to wrap up three out of the ten files needing her attention. She started to fret because there was no way in hell she would come to pull it off. She was very careful about making a mistake in her quest for speed.