Novel & Cerita We Can't Keep Meeting Like This

Never. I sat, slid my phone onto the table, and said evenly, “Meeting adjourned.” The room exploded. “Adjourned?” Harris sputtered, his face blotchy with disbelief. “Mr. Carter, we’ve been grinding through this for months…” “We can’t afford to stall again,” Patel cut in. “Lexington and Biogenix are both strengthening their positions. If we don’t close this, we’ll lose the sector entirely…” Their voices overlapped, their arguments flowing through the room. I let it go on for a moment, then lifted my gaze.

What was the point of expanding, of making more money, of building an empire, when the one person I wanted to share it with was gone? "You know what?" I said, standing abruptly. "I think we should postpone this meeting. I'm not at my best today." The room fell silent. These men had flown in from three different countries for this meeting, had cleared their schedules specifically to be here. Postponing was not just unprofessional – it was insulting. But I couldn't bring myself to care. Jaxon stepped in smoothly, his voice diplomatic. "Gentlemen, I apologize for the inconvenience. We'll reschedule for next week and make sure to compensate you for your travel expenses."

I sighed and rested my hands on the edge of the table. "So what are we going to do now?" I asked him. "Should I send a message to the elders to postpone the meeting?" "It's already too late and it might not reach them before they arrive tomorrow," he said reasonably. "It's fine. They can come. We might just have to tackle it together or reschedule." "This has never happened before," I commented. "And now I am wondering if this is just hard or you haven't been able to get yourself after Ashina's death."

We usually had no issues discussing matters over the phone when we couldn't meet face-to-face. "I'm sorry, but I can't discuss this over the phone. It's crucial that we meet in person," Felix insisted firmly, the urgency in his voice making it clear this was no casual matter. "Please, this is very important." I hesitated, chewing my lip anxiously since I knew Karl would almost certainly not approve of me meeting up with Felix alone, especially not after my little accident. "I don't think that's possible, Felix. You know how Karl gets - he won't allow me to go off alone right now, and we're leaving for Hartland tomorrow morning," I reminded him regretfully.

“Cayson, we already discussed this. Don’t tell me you’re going to cancel—” “I have no choice, babe. I tried to cancel a big meeting because of this last-minute trip you planned. But the new investors couldn’t reschedule, so I have to meet with them this Saturday.” “You said you’d find a way—” “I tried, love. It just didn’t work out.” His tone was soft, apologetic. “Let’s just rebook. We’ll go after my next two big meetings. I promise I’ll make it up to you.” “But the kids and I are ready now. We were just waiting for you. The girls are already—” She stopped when she heard another sound on the line. Call waiting.

"If I can't convince them that Toronto is workable, they might use it as an excuse to push me out entirely." Emma felt the weight of his fear, and suddenly her own N*****x meeting seemed less important. "I'll call Lisa," she said. "See if we can move the N*****x meeting to the morning." "You don't have to—" "Yes, I do. We're partners, remember?" Alek's smile was grateful and relieved. "Thank you." But when Emma called Lisa, the response was disappointing. "They have meetings all morning," Lisa explained. "It's two o'clock or nothing."

Thomas, one of the directors said, and the rest nodded in agreement. “Sorry about that,” he apologized with a sigh. “Please continue,” he said, and the meeting continued, but the same thing kept happening. When he couldn’t take it any longer, he stopped the meeting. “I think that should be all for today. We will continue the meeting next week.” The directors shared confused looks. “But we need to at least come to a conclusion then plan on how to start working on it next week. We don’t have much time left, sir.” one of them spoke up.

Looking at the time, it was early, but I wasn’t about to look at the few hours I did have available to fully sleep. “I’ll check in with you guys in the morning. We can do a meeting in my office, go over everything, and maybe try and figure out a damn plan for the foreseeable future.” I shook my head. “We can’t keep going like this. Us or the pack. We need to figure out what has changed and what is going on.”

“Enough. This meeting is adjourned for today. We will reconvene tomorrow after everyone has had time to review the facts.” Chairs scraped back as people stood. The room emptied quickly, but the damage was already done. Whispers followed people out the door. I stayed where I was, staring at the now-blank projector screen. Zendaya was still beside me, her breathing uneven. I turned to her. “We need to talk.” She nodded once, jaw tight. “Not here.”

I wait patiently as everyone stays silent. “Alright then, I put on the books for us to meet like this at least once a month and have a formal in-person meeting at least once a year. If anything important comes up between the meetings just let me know and we will schedule something in. I’m glad ya’ll are getting back to somewhat normal lives.” Everyone says goodbye and I end the call. It feels good to get back to old business rather than constantly preparing for an attack. The house is back to having laughter and kids running around, but I notice we are missing one.