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.

eventually decided against it. Having a

no easy feat, revealing firsthand

and an additional hour on a tractor, Lina

discomfort, "You'll get used to it. Be grateful for the tractor. Without

and government support. But that one stretch of road was a major bottleneck for

as I was considering

with government backing, it's

huge supply right now, or I'd have signed a contract already. If we

Gratefully, I nodded.

for Aspire World to go to such lengths for supplies, but the

chatting with Clyde over video,

in a prefab house? Isn't it leaking? And

retorted, "With today's technology, can't you give mountain regions a

and scrutinized my screen until he caught sight of Lina,

The factory's offer sounds good, but for a long-term deal, it'd be best

on the same page; it wasn't feasible to make this trip every time.

finding a production partner

dirt road didn't seem like it was going to improve anytime

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

"Melanie, are you asleep?"

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

by then, and Vinson was partially visible

"Without him, we

and I couldn't get any