Susan yawned groggily on the swivel chair and stared at the wall. Her drowsy eyes made it difficult to for her to read the time. She yawned again and rubbed her eyes roughly.

“What? 12:20?” she sat upright and glared at the square-sized clock that ticked on the wall.

She heard someone chuckle beside her. It was no doubt, Olanma. “Lunch time is almost over and you’re here sleeping like you’re in your room.” Olanma’s face lightened in excitement as she stared at the mirror and applied powder on her face.

Olanma was Susan’s colleague and they sat beside each other. She was the centre of attraction in the office as the male colleague struggled, just to catch a glimpse of her new look. Yeah, she was hot, classy and very pretty. Her outfit were designer-made and a new model of car picked her every evening from work. She would call the man her ‘new catch’ and walk swiftly out of the main hall, her bottom curves forming the shape of a dancing ‘W’ as she cat-walked. It was rumoured that she was a ‘runs-girl’ but no one had caught her red-handed.

Susan straightened her rumpled gray-coloured shirt and flashed back to reality. “Wait, the media manager came here?”

Olanma added more lipstick to her thick-red-coloured bold lips. She laughed mockingly and her braces sparkled along with her white-coloured neatly arranged set of teeth. “Of course, Suzy, he came by and watched you snoring during working hours.”

Susan gasped for air. “You could have woken me up.”

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