306 Desperate Man (1/2)

The days passed by in a flash and it's Friday night. As planned, Chrysthe picked her from the office as Sylvan needs to remain and work overnight. They passed by Maddie's shop first to get the dress and suit for tomorrow's launch.

The moment Yve arrived home; she opened the boxes containing their outfit for tomorrow. Maddie used her stacked couple designs and created a a Chinese themed outfits. Yve has black silk as it's cloth and an embroidered beautiful gold and red phoenix near the right edge of the dress. It's a three-fourth sleeved one with a Chinese collar. The cut hugs her upper body emphasizing her good figure and although it's above the knee, her mother-in-law really made sure it's not a sexy and seductive one.

Her husband's suit is also a magnificent one. It's is also in black and the coat is Chinese collared as well. To match her phoenix embroidery, a dragon is embedded on his coat's left chest. The color is red and gold. His necktie is striped with red and silver.

”Wow! These are just too elegant.” Yve exclaimed.

”As expected of my mom. To show elegance and sophistication, she chose dragon for me and phoenix for you.” Vince suddenly showed up.

”What do you mean?” Yve is confused on what Vince had just said.

”Dragon means leadership, power and strength in Chinese while phoenix symbolizes high virtue and grace. This couple look that you asked of my mom is just perfect and will give them the perception of who we are.” Vince explained.

”Oh, I see.” Now, let me put this in the dressing room so you can sleep early. I will just take a bath and be right there before you know it.” Yve was about to leave when Vince stopped her and asked.

”How about dinner?”

”I ate with Mom tonight. We ate in the restaurant just below the hotel.” Yve answered.

”That's good then.”

The couple slept the night away without worries which was the complete opposite of Steve and Jenny. Jenny was so worried after computing her past scores and Yve's scores from their past projects, assignments and tests.

”Damn it! Her total average is way higher than mine! I need to perfect the major exam and she mustn't just to ensure that I will get the top spot this semester.” Jenny continued to look at her computed grades.

She decided to focus more on her studies. She put her 'Do not disturb' sign and informed her nanny her mealtime schedule and have them delivered to her room.

Her brother wasn't doing well internationally. The news of his failure reaches the country and his secretary called him informing of the doubts forming within the investors. He finally decided to talk to his board of directors and investors via video call.

”What's happening, Mr. Steve? The newly acquired H\u0026E lost the face-off t SkyMu while news of you not winning the bidding had been roaming around in the country.”

”Can you give us an explanation behind all of these events.”

Left with no other choice, Steve told them the series of events and the things which may had caused their defeat. However, they were not satisfied with Steve's story.

”You understand that everything sounded like excuses to us.”

Steve couldn't fight back because he clearly knew that they were right. After a few seconds of silence, Steve finally uttered his promise.

”Don't worry. I'm now working on the second project bidding. I'm doing some final checks.”

”Do you have confidence on winning the project?” One of the members of the board asked him.