A Kiss of Goodbye

27: Strategies

Gregg's POV

               Happiness and sadness well up deep inside me. I can choose whom to love but not whom I will spend my life with is my reality at the moment. I know it was selfish of me to tell her my deep feelings in the middle of a crisis. I might put her at stall if she also feels the same way as me, all that I have been secretly hoping for.

                 Funny how fate makes fun of you. Lets you meet the one you have been looking for so long but not in the right circumstance. Just like teasing you with something you can't have. I was really drawn to her without even knowing who she was yet that day in the bus; the way her eyes admired the simplicity of the things around us. I felt her peace; the serenity in her radiated through me. She has that precious resilient aura.

                  My past relationships has well taught me to look beyond the external facade. I was in love with the idea of having a woman to flaunt with dictated by the people around you. But Aevey is more than you can flaunt, she is someone you can be proud of having.

                  Sadly, I will be formally introduced to the woman my father wants me to marry in a month. There seems to be not enough time to change our company's situation to stop the arrangement. I need to find that new strategy fast; it's my only hope to get out of this mess and take my chance on Aevey.

                    Today's going to be a long day for me. I have to contact all the suppliers around the city and search for other suppliers that are willing for instalment that way we don't need to squeeze out some cash. Also getting bigger projects would help the company move. I need to get back the trust of the companies to be the chosen bidder. These are all the solutions I could think of.

                      Before the tremble, we are one of the proudest construction companies in the region making us the 2nd most trusted company. Then mom's accident happened, my father entrusted the company to his brother his appointed VP; I was still at school that time it happened when he turned the chair against him and started to manipulate things under his table. Good thing there were people who courageously informed my father and are still loyal to him. Despite all my uncle did, my father did not kick him out; he placed him under different assignment instead making me now the one in control. I've only been in the company for 2 years. I thought it could be easy to straighten up the company again but a lot of competitors came in surge considering that we are the largest city and the centre of commercial industries.

                      Time went by so fast I didn't notice what time it is. I am sending requests and mails to companies that might help us. [Ding...] message notif sound from my phone. I shyly grabbed it as my fingers were tired with continuous typing from my laptop.
-"Hey! How's your day goin? Don't forget your lunch! -Aevey"  I can't help but smile at her simple text. It's something I needed more than my lunch. Gosh! I love this attention she's giving me. "Seems someone misses me already?" -"huh! in your dreams, dreamboy! 🤪" , "Anyway, in all seriousness everything's great thanks to you!" I replied. -"Ehh, how is that so?" She replied in a flash. "Squeezing me between your schedule is a big thing to me.", "owww, that's cute! But I gotta go, booty calls i mean duty calls hahhahah 🤭" And with that I let out a small laugh. "Take care Aevey and don't think about me so much 😁", -"😝" she replied. Eventually I heard my stomach growled in hunger so I granted its wish and ordered lunch, besides I can think better with full stomach.