“I’m sorry, but we can’t do that, sir.”Janet said sternly, and that made Caden turn his head toward her at once. “Why?”He asked his secretary. Whether he was surprised or not about the fact that Janet was speaking sternly to him, he was not. This was not the first time Janet spoke like that to him, and his secretary always had this habit of keeping him checked. And Caden was thankful for that. He gets distracted easily.“This is a meeting with our shareholders, sir. You can’t miss this. You know how important this is.”“But I already met the shareholders a week before, Janet. What is the reason to have a meeting again?”“A few shareholders wanted this meeting, sir. They said they have something important to discuss with you.”“Then they should have spoken about it in the meeting three days ago. I haven’t met Avery at all in two weeks, Janet and I haven’t spoken properly with her for three weeks. There’s so much time I can allocate for one party, and I allocated theirs three days ag

Andy was in the middle of a meeting when Caden called him. But knowing his best friend, Caden and because the CEO’s call was more important than anything else, Andy went out of the meeting room to answer it.But when he heard about what had happened between Caden and Janet, he immediately ditched the meeting and went in search of Janet. The meeting was with the executive board so other than the major decisions, the discussions could be carried on without him.Andy was restless. How could Caden talk to Janet like that? When the woman always tried her best for him and when she was literally in love with him, how could Caden do that? Especially when Caden knew that she loved him. At least he should be careful about her feelings, shouldn’t he?But then again, knowing Janet, Andy knew she might have crossed the boundary and urged Caden. Which was not respectful either. Andy just let out a low, frustrated scream as he ruffled his hair, annoyed.He had been searching for Janet all over the b

When they entered the room, the air was heavy with the scent of fresh flowers and the subtle scent of essential oils. The large windows invited Avery to look at the breathtaking view of the surrounding mountains and the distant sun, whose rays didn’t seem to reaching the top of the mountain they were in even though it was noon. Avery walked toward the window, with her heart on her sleeve, still unable to process the beauty of what she was seeing. There was a well-mowed lawn below with all kinds of mountain flowers in different, vibrant colors. A stone pathway was leading to the lush greenery of the forest, signifying that it was open for exploration. Beyond those lush green trees was the majestic mountains with clouds touching the peak. The play of the sunlight over those mountains just created a wonderful scenery as if painted on a canvas. “Caden, look at this. Is this even real?” Avery gasped. She didn’t turn back to Caden because she was too enchanted to take her eyes off from wh

Avery giggled as Caden carried her back to their hotel room in his arms.“Caden, put me down. What if someone sees us?"She covered her face on Caden’s chest; her laughs get muffled in him, and Caden kept smiling widely.“So what if they see Avery? People should know already that this is how people in love look like.”“More like how much people in love stinks. Have respect for the single community, and this is so embarrassing!”She was still giggling, though.“Really? But why do I have a feeling you love this? Because I don’t think you will be laughing this much if you didn’t like this.”Caden’s face leaned down to Avery’s before booping his nose on hers, and Avery blushed prettily as she booped her nose back on Caden before hiding her face on his chest again.“That is how I cope with my embarrassment.”She declared, and Caden shook his head at her antics. By now, Caden was already used to Avery’s subtle shyness for the little things he was doing, and he was living to see those reacti

Avery and Caden were on their way back to the office after the little escapism they had for a day. Caden drove, humming a little song while Avery checked the emails Caden had got in order to aid him with the work he missed. “You receive this much of emails a day?” She gasped as she opened each of them and read the important notes in them for him, and Caden looked at her briefly as he asked, “How many emails are there?” “Eighty-one.” “That’s actually better. There were days I received over a hundred and fifty emails. Most of them were from companies asking for partnership and some from events asking for sponsors, but it still meant I had to go through each and every one of them.” “Damn. Can’t Janet do what I’m doing for you right now? Like read the emails and tell you what’s important?” “She can, but there is so much she can handle. She is already having a big workload. We can take another employee, but I don’t feel it’s worth it.” “I get it.” Avery muttered just when her phone