The Day I Kissed An Older Man

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.”
“And what did that person say?”
“The person in charge said that Mister Jeremy is very happy with the 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
ask for a meeting.”
Corinne looked up at Xante. “What do you think?”Books Chapters Are Daily Updated Join & Stay Updated For All Books
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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 bypass the tendering process to deliver an order like this to a
construction company.
Especially not when Jeremy had found out about Corinne’s other identity.
Thus, Xante naturally thought that this could be a trap. “I think we should just decline.”
Corinne smiled. “We should take the project. I mean, it is money.”
Xante was a little taken aback. “Boss, are you sure about this?”

Corinne let go of the computer house, leaned back comfortably against the chair, and took a slow sip of her warm milk.
“It’s not about whether I’m sure or not. Holden Group isn’t really giving us a choice, 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 it, they’re showing us their hands by contacting us directly, so let’s take them
up on the offer. We’ll see what to do from there.”
Xante thought about what Corinne said. ‘She’s right. That Jeremy isn’t an easy person to deal with.’
“I get it now. I’ll set up a meeting time with the person in charge and see just exactly what they want.”
Corinne continued to drink her milk while thinking of her next steps. If given a choice, she would not have taken this route to go
against Jeremy, but since he made the first move, there was no use hiding from him anymore.
‘Jeremy knows Xante, Aaron, and this company are the people and things I care the most about, so he’ll try to take them away
from me first,’ thought Corinne. ‘Oh well, let’s see just what he’s trying to pull.’
Xante walked off to the side to make a call to the person in charge when someone knocked on the office door twice.
Corinne thought it was one of the employees who had come to deliver some files. Without thinking, she told them to come in.