"Ella, what's wrong? Are you not coming?" Denise, who had initially gone ahead of Ella walked back to her.
Ella chuckled bitterly as she alighted from the car and handed Denise her phone.
"Can you imagine this young man's audacity?" Ella said in a slightly raised tone.
"Ella, I need you to calm down. Let's get to your office before we talk about this," Denise said in a soothing tone as she gestured to the message on Ella's phone.
Ella took in a deep breath and exhaled slowly. "Okay!" She smiled.
"That's my girl! Denise beamed. "Now what I want you to do next is very important because a lot of eyes are focused on you right now."
"Yeah!"
Ella smiled as she observed some of her employees and early clients gawking at her. While some were whispering to one another and smiling, others pretended to be doing something else while stealing furtive glances at her baby bump.