Chapter 250

I decided to go. Maybe I could use this chance to learn more from Bree about the truth behind my parents

car accident.

After convincing myself, I checked the time. I still had three hours before I was supposed to meet Bree, so I headed to the office.

"Good morning, Ms. Crown. Xander greeted me with a bright smile as if just seeing me was enough to brighten his day.

"Good morning, Mr. Roulder."

"You're looking great today, Ms. Crown. Got a new boyfriend?" Xander asked with a familiarity that suggested we were closer than we actually were.

A brief flash of last night's sweet moments with Brandon crossed my mind. I forced a smile and replied," Mr. Roulder, you did mention that the weather was nice today."

Since I wasn't close to him, I certainly wasn't going to share my personal life. He chuckled, and I went straight into my office. It was Monday, which meant the department had a routine meeting. During the meeting, everyone reported on their performance. One of them, Harold Corbyn, handed me a

contract.

I just negotiated with. They're a startup, and

contract. "Established

Harold seemed a

new company was five to ten times higher than partnering with a company that had been around for

quickly added, "Don't worry, Ms. Crown. I've negotiated the service fee terms with them. They've agreed to pay a 50% deposit upfront, another 25% halfway

sounds like they're really

feel bad turning them down." Harold

others joined in the laughter and teased him. "What's their idea of sincerity? Did they send

rules like that. They just genuinely want to work with

"I can

and

that one line, the others immediately turned to Harold and said, "Well, Harold, if you land this deal, you owe

was clever. He quickly deflected the responsibility back to me and said, "That depends on whether

the contract needed my approval and

there was no need to get overly excited about every opportunity. This was likely why Chris's previous attempt at a partnership was

outright by the boss.

I was curious about

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