The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Meanwhile, in Xante’s office.

Corinne sat at Xante’s desk. She looked through financial reports for the past six months and the latest project status updates.

Xante had ordered a cup of warm milk for her, and she took it to Corinne after getting it from her secretary. “Here, drink this. The reports can wait.”

“Okay. Thanks.” Corinne’s eyes never left the computer screen while she sipped her milk.

At that moment, Xante’s phone rang, so she walked off a little distance to pick it up. Her expression was riddled with mixed feelings after she hung up. “Umm… Boss?”

Corinne kept her eyes on the computer screen. “Yes? Speak!”

Xante pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses. “Someone from Holden Group just called.”

did

building we’ve designed and built, so they’d like to work on a project with us again. They have a new project in Southbank and would like us to take over the construction, so he called to

at Xante.

thought this was out of character for the company. Most of the time construction companies would have to fight with each other to get projects from Holden Group; rarely would the company

found out about Corinne’s other

could be

should take the project. I

aback. “Boss, are you

leaned back comfortably against the chair,

right? Even if we turn down this project, they’ll just throw us another project. And even if we turn down all the projects they throw at us, what’s not to say they’ll hire us through a third-party company? If you think about