THE PICTURE (1)

At 9:00 a.m., Isabella was startled awake by the buzzing sound of her phone. She groggily blinked her eyes open, her heart skipping a beat as she remembered the important meeting scheduled for today. She hurriedly reached beneath her pillow and retrieved her phone, stunned that she had overslept yet again.

Glancing at the phone screen, she saw it was Leonardo calling, and she knew by now he must be seriously furious at her for not sending the edited documents on time. Isabella couldn't help but smile. He deserved it, a taste of his own medicine. She waited a few seconds longer before answering the phone-call.

"Hello, sir," Isabella said, her voice calm and unbothered. The last time she took her job seriously, he didn’t appreciate it, so she decided not to put in too much effort this time.