-Micaela, what's wrong?
Micaela pressed the button for the 10th floor.
-She's on the 9th floor, and we're on the 8th. She'll spot us as soon as she looks down. We'll be much more hidden when we go to the 10th floor.
-Good idea!
It didn't take long for the elevator to arrive.
The 10th floor is the sales department and the layout was completely different from the 8th floor. Once they entered, it was a large collective office area, but luckily the stairwell was right next to the elevator, so there was no need to go through this area and they didn't attract anyone's attention.
The two climbed up to the tenth floor carefully.
For they could now hear much more clearly.
They descended a few steps and stopped against the wall.
A man's voice was heard:
-Don't be afraid! There is no way they can restore the surveillance video.
The voice sounded familiar to Ana, but she couldn't remember who it was.
-Kiki said he would keep chasing him. What should we do? It's all your fault.
-It's my fault? Didn't he tell me you'd be the director of the second department after squeezing Kiki out?
Micaela and Ana looked at each other.
She tried to replace Kiki!
-I didn't think Micaela could keep producing designs without a sketch!
Josefina's tone was full of very obvious jealousy.
-It doesn't matter. Didn't you say the sketch has no signature? We may as well go ahead with the plan.
Her words seemed especially confident.
Ana tried to see who the man was, but she could only see Josefina. If she went any further, she feared they would be found....
-I'm still scared....
-Honey, don't be scared. We will get married when you are manager of the second apartment....
Both Micaela and Ana were in shock.
They seemed to be kissing intimately...
How embarrassing!
They backed out carefully, turning directly towards the elevator.
Ana scratched her hair in embarrassment and saw Micaela fiddling with her phone. She peeked out and couldn't help but smile:
-You're so smart you recorded the audio?
Micaela put the phone away and said anxiously:
-Let's get Kiki to catch them now!
Ana agreed and whispered:
-Could it be that Josefina is making love with that man? There is no surveillance there...
Micaela couldn't help blushing. When she got out of the elevator, I went straight into Kiki's office.
He described Kiki briefly, and she immediately got up to open the door, but when she saw Josefina, she hurried to close it again.
The three of them went to the window farthest from the door to listen to the recording.
When she recognized the man's voice, Kiki felt surprise.
-We'll just see what else they want to do!
-Do you know who this man is? -asked Micaela.
Kiki nodded but did not answer this question, instead she said:
-You will find out later.
They had to leave to continue with their work.
As soon as it was time to leave work, Micaela's cell phone screen lit up that it had just gone silent. She hadn't turned it back on until Ana noticed and reminded her....
There were eight missed calls, and they were all from Carlos!
It was almost 5:30....
The phone was ringing again!
Micaela hurriedly picked it up and answered.
A soft voice was heard:
-I'll wait for you at the place where you got off this morning.
There was no point in getting impatient.
Micaela, bit her lip, looked at the design and said:
-I want to stay and work overtime, because the design is not ready?
-Is it uncomfortable to use the studio laptop?
She froze, and asked:
-Was that prepared especially for me?
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