Chapter 21

As soon as I stepped out of the elevator, a familiar silence greeted me. I looked around to find Stav, who usually rushed towards me the minute I left elevator, but he was nowhere to be found. Confusion dawned on me but I ignored it and stepped forwards.

While passing through the corridor, my eyes fell on the girl that Stav often hung out with. Sunshine, was it?

"Good evening, Miss Montelebalo," she said as she noticed me walking towards her, her voice giving away some of her fear.

I was about to speak when I noticed a ginger guy listening at us attentively. "Don't you have some work to do? Were you hired to eavesdrop?" I eyed him warningly, and he scooted back in his seat.

I then turned my attention to the blonde girl standing in front of me cautiously. "Where is Stav? Is he in his office?" I asked.

"I don't know, Miss Alice. I haven't seen him today," Sunshine replied.

This further heightened my confusion. Nodding, I walked back to my offi