Neal stepped out of the elevator and made his way to the waiting room right outside Amber's office where he knew that Miles would be waiting.The moment Miles saw Neal walk into the room, he rose to his feet and met him half way. “Good day,” Miles said as he stretched his hand out for a handshake.Neal ignored Miles’ hand and simply nodded.Miles gritted his teeth and he dropped his hand by his side. “I've done what you asked me to do,” Miles began. “I have apologized to Yvonne and I’ve gotten her forgiveness. Now, you should keep to your own side of the bargain.”Neal's brows rose. He was irritated at the rude and entitled manner with which Miles was speaking. Neal thought that Miles must have forgotten that he was no longer the one calling the cards. He decided to remind him.Neal crossed his arms over his chest. He met Miles' expectant gaze with a no-nonsense look. “What if I don't?" The anger Miles had felt over the stress of returning to the company and Neal’s disregard for h

The manager looked up from the contract document and faced the workers with a thunderous expression.Some of them were still sneering and throwing insulting words at Neal.“Do you know who you’re speaking to?” He yelled in their faces.The workers stepped back, taken aback by the sudden outburst of the boss.“How dare you be so disrespectful? How dare you treat him with such disregard?” The manager reprimanded.The workers all quieted down. They looked at one another as they wondered what was happening.They listened, their eyes lowered, as the manager scolded them. They didn't understand what was happening.It didn't make sense to them why he was yelling at them because of the random man who'd just walked in to see the manager without any form of introduction.“Why is he yelling because of him?” One of the workers dared to whisper to her colleague closest to her when the manager looked away from them.“Just shut up," the colleague said, not wanting to incur the fury of their angry bos

One of the remaining workers of the Soiree hurried inside and whispered, “The CEO is here,” multiple times before she hurried to her own cubicle.Neal was met with absolute silence as he stepped into the reception area. Everyone had quieted down at Neal's wake.Neal briefly took note of the new faces in the reception area as he walked past. Gone were the faces of the gossipers and mannerless employees.“Welcome back, sir," some of them greeted enthusiastically, while some pretended to be hyper-focused on their work.Neal was climbing up the stairs when another employee was climbing down. The employee immediately hurried back to the top of the stairs and stepped aside for Neal.“Welcome sir," the employee greeted, his head lowered into a deep bow.Neal merely nodded as he made his way up the stairway.In the hallway where the elevator was located, some of the employees walked through, headed to different locations. Once they saw Neal, they stopped walking and greeted him. All the empl

When Vanessa saw Neal the next day, she pondered whether or not to ask Neal where he'd rushed to the previous day. Eventually, she decided against it. She now understood that Neal preferred to keep his affairs private. As a friend, she should leave him if he doesn't want to share some information. There was no need to make it hard for him by always asking questions.While they had lunch, Vanessa told Neal about the updated recipe that her chef had just made. “Oh my,” she tilted her head back, “It was heavenly. You needed to have tasted it.”Neal sent a playful glare her way. “What is this, Vanessa? Are you here to taunt me?”Vanessa shrugged as she fought a giggle. “It's left to you, my friend.”Neal hummed as he chewed the food in his mouth. He swallowed. "I see. With our visual descriptions, your plan is to make my mouth water for a meal I might never have, yes?”Vanessa couldn't hold back her laugh this time. She raised her two hands above her head. “That was never my intention,”

“Alright then,” one of the board members said. He glanced around. “Let's give it a try as she has said, shall we?"Some of them nodded."Of course, let's go with her suggestion. It's not like we have many options.”Others shrugged.“I'm in. Yvonne has never led the company the wrong way. Let's do this." "Now that we’ve concluded. What's the next step?” One of the board members asked and they all turned to Yvonne.Yvonne placed her phone face down. “First, I'll have to set up a meeting with them so we can discuss the necessary terms.”They all nodded. “Alright. Do that and get back to us.”Yvonne nodded with a smile. "I will. Thank you." "We're done here then," one of them said.The others responded in the affirmative. They exchanged pleasantries and handshakes and the meeting came to an end.Yvonne picked up her phone and exited the conference room. Lora, Yvonne's secretary and personal assistant, hurried after her.“Lora,” Yvonne called as she moved along the hallway. Lora hurried