Never Be Apart

CHAPTER 35

3 Years Later... (Present Day)

"Ma'am Yuki, our sales for male products are dropping, probably because we don't have a well-known male model," my secretary reported, looking worried. I rubbed my forehead in frustration. It's true—our male product sales have been declining, overshadowed by brands with more famous models. I stood up and motioned for my secretary to leave the room so I could think things over.

In the two years I worked as a model for Sir Brendon—well, Britty, since he insisted I stop calling him "Sir" after I started my own business—I was able to save up a significant amount of money. With those savings, I decided to start my own company. Oswyn and Brendon helped me along the way. It was challenging, but I'm happy I managed to pull through. Now, I run my own beauty products business. Britty and I merged our companies since he decided to let go of his and move abroad to focus on his business there.

Now, I'm the CEO of our joint company. He's just a shareholder now, based on our agreement, but he still has rights to half of it. We didn't have any issues with that because we're both easy to deal with.

Natsumi came back to the Philippines two months ago. We've already built our own house, and now we all live together, each with our own car. It's been a year since I became CEO, and everything has been running smoothly during that time.

Oswyn is also one of my shareholders. Our companies are partners now, with him handling clothing and me focusing on makeup and other beauty products.

Oswyn no longer lets me call him "Sir" because he says it makes him uncomfortable. We've been very close for three years now, and I'm so grateful for that. I wouldn't have achieved this level of success without them.

I still don't know much about him since he's a pretty private person, but I'm the same way. We never really talk about personal stuff. It's always business or love life whenever we hang out.

And since neither of us has a love life, our conversations usually end up with us teasing each other. Right now, though, I'm facing a pretty serious issue with the drop in male product sales. I rubbed my forehead again and continued staring out at the city from the large window. I'm doing exactly what Oswyn used to do in his own office before.

Another issue I'm dealing with is Ashden showing up unexpectedly at the coffee shop yesterday. I'm not even sure what to feel about it. All I know is that I don't have any lingering feelings for him. I guess I was just caught off guard, which is why I reacted the way I did, it's been almost 6 years after all.

In the end, I decided to call Oswyn because out of all my friends, he's the one I know can help me with things like this. Luckily, it didn't take long for him to pick up.