Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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.

is a new lighting supplier I just negotiated with. They're a startup, and they need our technical

the contract. "Established less

very new." Harold seemed a bit

a new company was five to ten times higher than partnering with a company that had been around for at least three years due

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

sounds like they're really eager to

very sincere. I'd feel bad

joined in the laughter and teased him. "What's their idea

They just genuinely want to work with us, they're drawn by

nodded and replied, "I can see their

and

line, the others immediately turned to Harold and said, "Well,

deflected the responsibility back to me and said, "That depends on whether Ms. Crown gives me

contract needed my approval and Xander's signature

the company didn't need clients desperately. Hence, 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.

the boss, I was curious about