The phone continued to ring, but the other end wouldn’t answer it for the third time. Gryphon had grown tired of dialing the number that wouldn’t pick up. He declined the call from the landline and just told the receptionist to pass on the message. However, it didn’t seem like Roxanne would have it any other way. He was only left to stare at the failed call screen before letting it close to show the home screen.
Ding, the vacant phone screen with Andrea’s face as wallpaper was marred with a message notification. It came from the concierge, saying that his package had arrived.
“…screw it. If she doesn’t want my terms, then we won’t play a game.” Gryphon hissed as he finally pocketed his phone. He excused himself from the room in the guise of picking up a package from the reception, so he just made the concie
The phone on the nightstand rang out one after another as if all the emails and notifications from weeks ago decided to assault Andrea as soon as she connected to Gryphon’s home Wi-Fi. They just finished unpacking the luggage from the honeymoon trip, and Andrea did the laundry while the phone was left to fend off the vibrations and notification sounds that wouldn’t even finish playing.Soon enough, the battlefield had gone quiet. Andrea picked up her phone and saw that there were more than a hundred of them waiting for her. However, she just mercilessly swiped all of them to the side after taking note of all the apps that sent in the important ones.She sat on the bed and looked at the photos of the finished [Cosmic Paradise–Fantasy] that Leon sent. He also sent photos of the rough draft for this questionable watch that Monarch wanted to consu
Days passed after their return. Andrea quietly worked on two plans while waiting for the launch of [Fantasy] in the coming weeks. After all, the two companies decided to wait for [Expression] to be finished. Yes, the next watch in the [Snow Paradise] collection was called Expression. For now, she should focus on the third [Gardener] watch.Andrea scrolled through the ideas sent in by the R&D department of VNVS. They knew that the Gardener series involved the least used flowers and gave fantastic remixes to them. It didn’t have to be extremely luxurious as the series catered to the middle class.“Oh, this is a fun idea…” The owner lifted her brows and saw a suggestion for a luminescent case. It would stay dark in the morning, but it would light up at night. Though this would take quite a while to have a functioning design, Andrea had
The lights of the Moissanite Hotel grew bright again, and the staff was working their asses off to make sure that the conference was going to be the most successful. Andrea sat on her vanity and had the make-up artist work her magic. Sammy was on the phone with another person on the other side of the room, dealing with the influx of people coming in. After all, this was a joint exhibit of both Monarch’s Delight and VNVS. Some weeks ago, they had already announced Pearce Empire’s acquisition of the other timepiece giant. Right now, as if royals of the watch-making brands, Gryphon and Andrea Pearce sat on the throne. Cameras flashed all over the place as the guests were allowed to enter soon enough. The same faces who walked inside the by-invitation parties were the same people in this launch event. Of course, it was their money that flowed in and out of the co
In the end, Gryphon didn’t show up at the event at all. Andrea knew that he was there minutes earlier before it started, but not even seeing a shadow of him there made her wonder. Moreover, Parker had spoken of something strange. That mother only had a few fears, and so she was sure that Parker knew that disturbing Gryphon’s phone call was bad for the company.It’s just that she waited for him at the event hall for the next two hours. Almost everyone else had gone home, but Ashley and Sammy continued to wait with her. They were just sitting at the side while the egress of the event was underway.With a hotdog sandwich wrapped in the expensive paper of the restaurant in the hotel, Andrea watched the grand showcase get torn down piece by piece. It was like she was staring at her fantasy life being ripped apart now that the show was over. Gryphon
The washer whirred as Andrea stood before it. She was doing their laundry that quiet afternoon after getting drafts out there for an evaluation. No, Leon didn’t have the power to turn down the plates; she only needed the estimates and if the company could mass produce it in a few months. Moreover, he knew the master craftsmen in the field—as well as their prices.Right now, she was just humming along with the song in the background. After doing the laundry, she could start cleaning the study. The last time, she found some missing document pages there, lost some weeks ago. It was even long enough to drive Gryphon furious.Ding! There was a notification on the tablet mounted on the wall. Gryphon just entered the gates, and Andrea pressed on it to see the camera feed of him rolling up to his parking spot. When he got to the door, she just returned to a
Seconds turned into hours, and soon, the launch was already weeks away. Andrea could notice how Gryphon was rarely going home, only to shove himself against her in the morning when he did. Unlike the last few days of their honeymoon, they barely slept together—not to mention be in the same bed. On days that Gryphon refused to leave the house, he would stick to the bed all day.The soft lock of the study clicked as Andrea opened the door with a twist. She was supposed to let the cleaning robot vacuum the floor, while she dusted the surface. However, what she saw on the couch was a sleeping Gryphon. He had his arm on his eyes, forcing himself to rest while the lights were on. It’s also noticeable how the computer played its screen saver as if it was unattended for a while now.Andrea only placed and turned on the round cleaning robot on the floor. She
Even if Moissanite Hotel was already fully decorated for the yuletide season, their biggest function hall was still gearing up for another big event that the owner was looking forward to most of the year. She was supervising the items herself, double-checking and triple-checking everything that was being put on site. She even had her little stamp to make sure no one was to touch the inspected items.Today was Andrea’s birthday, and Sammy didn’t want a repeat of what happened at her wedding.Along with her were the eagle eyes of the mother-in-law. Parker was watching everyone as they worked on the event hall, making sure to see the slightest movement of even the least suspicious person. Every new worker and the part-timers were screened thoroughly.As for the birthday girl, Andrea was only sitting on a ch
Field day… It was a field day for the media people waiting outside the function rooms for anything interesting. After all, they were all waiting for the guests coming and those who would show up very late to the party. However, lo and behold, what they caught in action was nothing anyone in their ranks would imagine happening on this very day.Roxanne Cromwell, a prominent name in their city, was arrested for possession with the intent to sell. She was caught keeping the supply inside one place that no one would suspect as her transaction place. When she was brought to the lobby, she was hiding underneath a police officer’s jacket. She didn’t want to be arrested while wearing almost nothing, but she was not allowed to take minutes to get clothed.Then again, the police were sensible about this. They kept the cameras off her as much as they co