"The party is tonight!", Phoebe shouted near Ava's desk.
"Ah, yes! It is", Ava nodded, seeming uninterested.
"What kind of dress will you be wearing? I'm so curious! We could do our makeups together. What do you think?"
"Doing our makeup together... I was planning something simple, just a little lipstick."
"What, girl? Are you kidding? If you were serious about thar promotion you gotta make an impression tonight. Get a low-cut dress, a little makeup and tomorrow, you’ll be getting the keys to a personal office!"
"Do you think so?"
"Come on!" Phoebe rolled her eyes.
"I'm fine not being noticed though", Ava thought. She also knew showing a little skin on a dress wouldn't automatically get her a promotion, that was just Phoebe being Phoebe. But at this time, Ava was curious about the owner of the black bag Phoebe delivered to the meeting room, of all places, two days ago.
"So, you didn’t end up telling me who was the prince charming? You disappeared after the delivery", Ava asked.
Phoebe started fidgeting in a weird way, it was so out of character for her, it was almost disconcerting to watch.
"Are you ok?", Ava asked worried.
"I'm fine. I just forgot I have some paper work to do. I'm such a lazy person. If I wasn't, that promotion you’re after would be mine!", she tried to make it sound like a joke, as she left Ava in the same moment.
"But...", Ava tried to say something, while her friend was clearly running from the question about the mysterious prince. "What could make her act so weird?", As soon as Ava had this thought, the phone on her desk rang.
"Hello, Marshmount Office..." Ava answered, but before she could say anything else, an upsetting voice interrupted: "Miss Ava, would you care to join us in the company HR meeting?"
Ava swallowed hard. That couldn't be good.
"I'm on my way".
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