Novels by Beatriz Cavalheiro

As soon as Catherine entered her office, she received a message on her phone. Rogério had asked her to go to his office for a meeting with a client that would take place soon. He wanted her to guide the situation, as the clients would arrive shortly before lunch. For this reason, she would have time to read the documents beforehand. Her joy was contagious, and she would do her best to organize everything in the best possible way.Her meeting was a success. Rogério knew that there would be no problems with that agreement, but he praised her for fully and firmly guiding all situations, even in moments when there could have been misunderstandings, she knew how to handle the situations well.The brief meeting ended exactly at her lunchtime. Rogério had a commitment with a client, so he wouldn't have lunch with her, and Diego was with a client. Therefore, she found herself alone on her second day. They had warned her that this was not uncommon, even tho

On Tuesday, the alarm clock echoed through the small room. As a matter of self-discipline, Catherine left her phone charging far from the bed, forcing herself to get up. She had slept much later than she planned the night before because André had celebrated longer than she intended. They had stayed up talking about trivial office matters and their team, and ended up staying awake until midnight.That morning, André once again kindly offered to drive her to work in exchange for fresh morning coffee. It wasn't a bad deal, as she could arrive a little earlier at work and not feel tired. Although the route wasn't very long, it was still enough to tire her early in the morning. This time, her friend didn't embarrass her; they said their goodbyes with a brief nod, and she headed into the building.With her badge in hand, she walked towards the turnstiles. There was a uniformed man standing at one of the turnstiles, looking lost. She decided to greet him because

At the end of the social moment, the group returned to the eighth floor exactly at noon, only to come face to face with at least ten more lawyers who worked at the company. There were quick greetings and nods, but none of the guys really stopped to talk to the others. Perhaps it was a common thing for the groups not to mingle much, or even an internal rivalry. Despite Victoria having said earlier that it seemed like a competition but wasn't, this market was competitive, and she had seen several cases of lawyers backstabbing colleagues just to win a case. The fact that the guys didn't interact much was a great question to be asked to Tatiane later, and it was also a great way to start a conversation. As she had been there longer, she should know something. In fact, she realized that she had not been able to exchange more than a few words with Tatiane yet, but Tatiane seemed like a nice person to have as a friend, especially since she didn't have any friends in that city.Aroun

A few minutes later, the password had been registered and the computer was released. Catherine already had an email with her name on it, which made her feel like the most important person in the world. She wanted to share that joy with her family. As she reached for her cellphone to tell her mother about the first moment, she realized she had been added to the guys' chat group. She immediately saved each one's number so she wouldn't get confused with the conversations.Diego had already started a conversation with her by sending some funny images in a private message. His phone's identification photo was with a girl, both making funny faces covered in what she imagined was flour. That must have been his girlfriend. He was crazy, and it seemed like he had found his equally crazy other half. Out of curiosity, she decided to look at Rogério's photo, where she found a man with a totally different expression. He had a beautiful smile and shared the photo with a woman and a

With Miguel's return to the room, the two could come across two guys standing at his door, one with brown hair in a well-aligned haircut, a shaved beard and standing with his hands in his pockets while the other was talking super excitedly, gesturing a lot. This one had dark blond hair combed back. As Miguel approached the duo, he put his hand on Catherine's shoulder, making her look at him a little scared at first. His hand was warm, and he had to take a step to his side, which made her smell his wonderful scent. It was Miguel's perfume, with a woody odor that matched perfectly with his lumberjack style. The trance in her mind was broken when she heard him introduce her."Guys, this is Catherine, our new little fish," said Miguel, who soon moved away from her as Diego approached to shake hands with the newcomer."Welcome to the shark tank, dear. I'm Diego, your teammate along with Rogerio, that unfriendly guy back there," he said, pointing to the friend who was approa

As soon as she was invited to follow him, Catherine noticed that his mind had gone to the moon for a few seconds, so she just nodded with a positive gesture and headed towards Miguel. Behind the glass doors, she was confronted with an environment totally different from the outside. The walls had a beige wallpaper contrasting with a sequence of doors in a long corridor, all standardized in wood with signs bearing the name and registration of the lawyer to whom the room corresponded. The floor, which had previously had a beautiful porcelain tile in the waiting room, was now covered with a soft grayish carpet. She could feel her feet sinking slightly and imagined how nice it would be to walk on that carpet barefoot. Looking further down the corridor, she could see a huge black glass door that she imagined must be the private meeting rooms that Victoria had mentioned. There was also a corridor leading to the right, indicating that the place was even bigger than her eyes could see at fir