The Day I Kissed An Older Man novel Chapter 1212

Meanwhile, in Xante's office.

Corinne sat at Xante's desk. She looked through financial reports for the past six months and the latest project status updates.

Xante had ordered a cup of warm milk for her, and she took it to Corinne after getting it from her secretary. "Here, drink this. The reports can wait."

"Okay. Thanks." Corinne's eyes never left the computer screen while she sipped her milk.

At that moment, Xante's phone rang, so she walked off a little distance to pick it up. Her expression was riddled with mixed feelings after she hung up. "Umm… Boss?"

Corinne kept her eyes on the computer screen. "Yes? Speak!"

Xante pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses. "Someone from Holden Group just called."

"And what did that person say?"

"The person in charge said that Mister Jeremy is very happy with the building we've designed and built, so they'd like to work on a project with us again. They have a new project in Southbank and would like us to take over the construction, so he called to ask for a meeting."

Corinne looked up at Xante. "What do you think?"

Xante thought this was out of character for the company. Most of the time construction companies would have to fight with each other to get projects from Holden Group; rarely would the company bypass the tendering process to deliver an order like this to a construction company.

"I get it now. I'll set up a meeting time with the person in charge and see just exactly what they want."

Corinne continued to drink her milk while thinking of her next steps. If given a choice, she would not have taken this route to go against Jeremy, but since he made the first move, there was no use hiding from him anymore.

'Jeremy knows Xante, Aaron, and this company are the people and things I care the most about, so he'll try to take them away from me first,' thought Corinne. 'Oh well, let's see just what he's trying to pull.'

Xante walked off to the side to make a call to the person in charge when someone knocked on the office door twice.

Corinne thought it was one of the employees who had come to deliver some files. Without thinking, she told them to come in.