For some reason, Andrea was allowed to work on the new watch in peace. Along with the marketing, the new watch from VNVS would have its first commercial aired. For four weeks, Andrea and Gryphon were quietly working on their own things. Even if it was very suspicious to Andrea, she was too busy to investigate other things that might ask for more attention than she could spare.
Being a company owner was harder than she thought. She had made dozens of decisions already, and she had to always be in the company as if an intern to the CEO who was showing her the ropes. Gina made things easier for her, however. Just sign this and sign that; show up here, show up there. Then again, her head was still filled with all the overly complicated contract clauses.
Today… marked the first problem that Leon called her for. It was even a big one out of nowhere.
The workers of VNVS only placed their faith in their new owner. Whether she soared to the stars or crashed from the sky, they could only weather the storm with her. It was not the first time that someone challenged Monarch; not even the previous attempts of Pearce Empire punched through the barrier Monarch had created to preserve itself.Unlike what they thought, Andrea still proceeded with their own commercial and collection launch. Even if Snow Promises – Forever already launched with a snob effect, VNVS’s Cosmic Promises would still enter the market just the same. However, what she first called Fantasy was renamed to Conviction as if sending a message.Moreover, the narrative of the advertisement had changed. The modest and elegant approach was changed into a more radical impact, one of a bird forcing her wings to spread, so she could touch the s
When Andrea followed him into the hallway, he dragged her to the fire escape to receive the call. He wrapped an arm around Andrea’s neck and held her against him as if her soft body would calm him down… or remind him not to say something awful. With a deep breath Andrea took with him, Gryphon spoke: “Mom, is everything all right?”[“Aren’t you supposed to be in the company today? I came by to see you, but you’re not here. Did something happen to you?”] Gryphon sighed as he figured it was just one of her paranoid calls. Every time he was not in the place he should be, his mother would always ask. Sometimes, his dad would call, just so he could answer the wife where their precious son had gone.“I’m at VNVS. We watched the ad here in the conference room. I’m on my way back to the office.” Gr
Slap a bitch, huh? Gryphon hummed as he continued eating. He didn’t know if Andrea meant it that way, but he decided to say it, anyway. “My mom is vexing, but don’t slap her. She will not bother scheming; she will straight up murder you and get away with it.”“Murder?” Andrea dropped her smile for a frown. “Why would I—? Why do you think I would slap your mother? What if I just slap you instead? You’re annoying. Let’s just eat, so we can go home.”“You want to go home already?” The male chuckled before leaning on his palm. “Don’t you want to stay out longer? Actually, it won’t be staying out if we’re rooming in a hotel.”Andrea looked at him, and he casually sipped on his wine. His eyes shone differently as if
Low heels echoed along the hallways leading to the office of the owner, followed by a worn pair of leather shoes. The stout and short woman walked toward the door, soon knocking on the panel that was open with a gap. Rita, the team leader of the R&D, poked her in and saw Andrea making notes on a paper while looking at the design plate she had in front of her.Rita glanced at the man behind her, and she smiled at Gina when the secretary came to stand before them to welcome them inside. “Is there something wrong, ma’am? You called for me about an urgent matter?”“I also came in case it’s a big matter.” The director of Operations also walked in as if giving support to Rita in case it had something to do with their work.“Hm, I’m not really sure it isn’t.”
The charity ball could easily be mistaken as someone’s birthday party, with all the names that had come to attend. Not only would the Pearce family be there, but the other members of the socialites also confirmed their attendance. The media were all setting up their camps outside as the party was beyond closed doors like how it was as usual.When Andrea looked out of the hotel, she could see the lines of cars that queued to drop off the stars they carried. For some reason, Gryphon hated this part because a lot of lights would be flashing against his face. He would rather pose at the actual Moissanite red carpet as camera flashes were banned in there. A lot of people loved the flashing cameras, but Gryphon had become elusive because of them.The woman ran her hands on the smooth blonde hair that was decorated with real diamonds secured by thin chains that
Slap! A tight slap resounded all over the hallway as if the design was there to amplify all kinds of sounds. Gryphon was so busy sizing up the males of Monarch that he didn’t realize the woman was the boldest among them. He should have known that the more venomous snakes struck faster.When he heard the slap, he quickly looked down and saw how Andrea shielded her face with her bag. He pulled Andrea toward his chest and used his hand to cover her face from malicious photos and more attacks from the other woman.At the same time, Mathias pulled Melody behind him to keep her from doing more than necessary. If there were no cameras around, he would have laughed at the instant response Andrea got. However, he also had to account for the fact that Gryphon glared at them like he would eat their bones. That man was rumored to hit even beautiful women, so Ma
The charity ball in itself was okay and pleasurable; it was the happenings before it that made it to the social media pages and forums. No one in the media missed how Moissanite Hotel threw out a group of influencers for disrespecting the fiancée of the president of Pearce Empire. Before that, there was a slapping incident that involved the same fiancée.Andrea sat on the edging strip at the back of Gryphon’s house. Her feet were moist from the water that dripped from the leaves of the plants around her. She had a cup of hot chocolate for that morning at her side, the woman not wanting to appear at VNVS for fear of their reports.She had been using her own face and name to propel searches of their website and the exposure of the watches that she got the license to sell. However, she took all of it—negative and positive publicity was st
Wide eyes greeted Gryphon as soon as the man walked in their front door. For some reason, Andrea was still in the clothes that she wore when she met Parker earlier in the day. She even looked like she had just come home… or that she hadn’t moved yet after she settled on the couch.The male put his case down at the side before sitting next to the woman. He whipped out his phone and showed her an online gossip. “This you?”“…your mom knocked someone out with a tray without a warning…” Andrea received the phone and stared at the headline, of how there was an altercation in a café involving the local supermodel, Roxanne Cromwell. The VNVS’s model’s face was even obscured as if the gossip blog knew its limits. “You weren’t lying about not messing with her.”