Lillian Prescott has sworn off dating
A mother to two beautiful children and the CEO of her own company, she's got more than enough on her plate. After running away to London at the end of her senior year, she's back home in Boston to introduce her...
I wake up to a stream of sunlight peeking through my bedroom curtains, I feel a weight on my waist and turn to see a leggy blonde snoring next to me. I move her hand and head to take a shower and get ready for the day. A few minutes later, I emerge from a cloud of steam hoping my latest conquest will have had enough common sense and gone home. Unfortunately, that isn't the case, instead, she's sitting up in bed with a sheet wrapped around her. And, guessing by the way she's looking at me with a glint in her eye, she's more than ready for round two.
I spend the next 10 minutes trying to get her to leave, through both subtle and unsubtle hints. I eventually give up, hoping that I can somehow convince my parent's housekeeper, Belinda, to shoo her out of the house. I continue getting ready, grab a granola bar to satiate me till I can get some actual breakfast, and grab my briefcase before heading out. As I open the door to head out, Belinda comes in and I give her my best pleading face and she looks at me unimpressed and rolls her eyes telling me she'll do it. Soon, I step out onto the curb and flag down a cab preferring this to the noisy subway. I hand him a 20 when we arrive and enter the glass doors of G&P Industries.
I enter the elevator and then head to my office, I pass by a lot of colleagues, some of whom wave to me, others just give a quick smile. I step into my office and place down my bag and jacket, pull out my laptop, and switch on my monitor. I hear a knock on the glass walls and look up to see my brother-in-law Alex.
"You ready for the big presentation?"
Today may just be one of the most important days of my life, today is when I present a proposal to expand G&P Industries into the tech sector. Alex and I have been preparing for this for months, so much so my sister Ella's started to complain that she doesn't see her husband anymore.
"Yeah, I hope they like it"
The 'they' in this case are our fathers, Andrew Prescott and James Gardner are the founders of this marvelous company, so no pressure. And, I know what you're thinking, 'how nice, you get to work for your father, it must be so fun'. No, just no, my father made me work my way up the ladder, I'm here because I worked for it. As Head of Research and Development, this is a little out of my job description, but I'm confident this is the right direction for the company. Alex gives me a thumbs up and leaves me to prep for the meeting.
And, before I know it, it's time to head to the conference room and present three months' worth of work. I check my phone and it's a text from my mom, and it takes me a minute to decipher what she's said.
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I decide to respond once it's all over and I set up, connecting my computer to the projector and waiting for the room to fill up. Once, everyone's here, I get a nod from Mr. Prescott and I start speaking. I go over our current revenues and those of our competitors, Alex starts talking about how our revenues would grow if we officially introduced a sub-division for just new tech products. I finish off on how this would be done, who would be in charge, etc. I finish and stand in front of a silent room of over 50 people, packed together like sardines. My father leans and whispers something to Mr. Prescott, I look over to Alex and see if he can tell anything, he just shrugs as confused as me. Mr. Prescott nods and they both look at the two of us before leaving the room. Everyone then fills out the room and I start to pack up and head back to my office.
