She smiled and shivered as he kissed her, blinking in confusion as he told her to enjoy her gift. Raising an eyebrow she opened her mouth to ask what he meant when someone came into the room, looking incredibly harassed. Apparently, they had had some car trouble and--oh were those donuts? The took a seat and pulled out their laptop as Claire got set up and waited for the others to come. She checked her email, noting that Chris had sent her quite a few projects to look over. She looked at him worriedly. So this was what he had done? Some of them were fairly large, and the amount of stress he would have had to be going through was substantial.
Frowning, she waited for everyone to get in before she started the meeting. Everyone was either on target or ahead in work. Excellent. Now, she could make her announcement. "Alright everyone. You've been performing exceptionally this week. So, as a special treat, after lunch today, you've all got leave to go home early. If you'd like to spend some more time in, please do it at home. You all deserve a great gift."
She smiled at the cheers that went around the room and dismissed everyone, staying behind to clean everything up.