Chapter 17.

(Evy's Point of View)

Walking into the conference room, I was saluted with a gloomy atmosphere. I headed over to my seat, my secretary trailing at my back as I took my seat and she went behind me. "What's going on?" My gaze trailed the members of the conference, especially Diana who seemed to be going through a lot as shown on her face. "Diana?"

She looked at me with a pout. "We lost it,"

I raised an eyebrow questioningly, complication spiraling over my mind. "Lost what?"

She sighed and proceeded. "You know the coalition we have been working on before you went to Vegas and put me in charge of it. Well, we lost it and we also lost the construction site we had arranged to put our newest building," she finished, looking at anywhere but at my face and my brows crumpled.

"But, I thought we were one step from having the contract and we lost the construction site, that's a huge loss, Diana!" I verbalized, a bit maddened.

"I know, I know but the other company's offer was better than ours and