When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 97

Chapter 97



Understanding the gravity of the situation, I immediately went back to my room to pack my bags and informed Lina she'd be joining me on this business trip.

Having already touched base with our local suppliers, it was clear none could meet our demands in bulk. Our only option was to look out of state.

Initially, Clyde was against me making the trip alone, but with York stirring up trouble and jeopardizing several projects, Clyde had no choice but to stay behind.

Unfortunately, even in neighboring states, only a handful of factories could offer limited supplies, making the venture cost-ineffective.

Just as I was hitting a wall, Vinson called with a lead on some stock at an incredibly low price.

"Only thing is, it's in Eclipse City. Transport costs are gonna be a bit higher, and it's not the easiest place to reach."

"We should definitely check out the goods in person for our first deal. When can you make it?"

Eclipse City, mostly accessible through winding mountain roads, posed a significant challenge for transporting large quantities of building materials, indeed increasing costs.

After running the numbers, considering transportation and potential losses, I felt the risk might be worth taking.

"Vinson, get in touch with the factory for me. I'm down to take a look."

"Great, I've already set up a partnership with them. See you at the airport tomorrow," Vinson said, hanging up before I could even respond.

messaging him for details but eventually decided against it. Having a familiar face in such a remote location was

was no easy feat, revealing

ride and an additional hour on a tractor, Lina and I were nearly

used to it. Be grateful for the tractor. Without it, who knows when you'd make

site had its advantages: ample space, low labor costs, and

considering backing out,

government backing, it's a solid

contract already. If we team up

Gratefully, I nodded.

Aspire World to go to such lengths for supplies, but the quality and price of the materials were compelling enough to make the extra shipping costs

chatting with Clyde over

in a prefab house? Isn't it leaking? And what about wildlife? Spiders

"With today's technology, can't you give

he chuckled and scrutinized my screen until he caught sight of Lina, which seemed to put

factory's offer sounds good, but

I were on the same page; it wasn't feasible to make this trip

finding a

been an ordeal, and that treacherous dirt road didn't seem like it was going to

were discussing potentially funding some road repairs to ease future shipments and possibly negotiate better terms, Vinson knocked

"Melanie, are you asleep?"

who was almost dozing off, immediately looked alert and annoyed. "You didn't

then, and Vinson was partially visible

Clyde, "Without him, we wouldn't

call dropped, and I