Chapter 95

The next morning, Alex woke early, his wife, Clara, was still asleep.

Why was he more happy than the celebrant who didn’t even know it was her birthday? Why does he feel it was his own day?

Alex slid his foot into his footwear on the floor. He needed to take the phone calls. He knew why they were calling anyway.

So he gave Clara a forehead peck, making sure he doesn’t wake her up.

“Hey Andrew.”

“Boss, there might be a bit of delay….”

As Andrew was about to say something else, he cut him. “How long?”

“About an hour.”

“Okay, just make sure it doesn’t exceed that!”

After Andrew responded, the call disconnected. Alex initially thought Andrew called because he was all set, but he wanted to inform him of the delay.

Somehow, it appeared perfect. Clara was still asleep. So based on his calculations, in one hour time, she should be awake also.

He answered yet another call, and another, and another. There were plenty of directions and talkings, what was this surprise he was planning?

Even the h