Jasmine Everly's P O V
"Remember to take care of yourself, baby," I said, kissing Cece on her cheek.
*Ring* Ring* Ring* My phone range but my focus was only on Cece.
"Yes, mamma" she nodded her head and replied with a smile while running inside her school. I smiled at her little figure while picking up the call and saw the name 'Asher'
My lips curled into a smile, knowing very well what he was going to ask me now, but I still attended it.
"Hello," I said with a smile, still looking at my Cece walking in.
"Everything is prepared, right?" He asked, tensely.
"Yes, don't worry. We can take care of this," I reassured him again. From the moment his invitation was accepted by a huge company, he has been worried and making sure everything is fine.
"Did you recheck everything? You will be the one presenting today," he reminded me again in nervousness and I am so sure that he is walking back and forth just to stay calm.
"I did recheck it and I read everything, so you don't have to worry." I nodded my head and replied calmly with a smile and finally started to walk towards the bus stop after seeing my daughter get to her homeroom teacher.
"They will like our designs, right? We can get this contract, right?" his worried voice filled my ears again. He has been asking this same question for the past month.
My lips widened with a smile, thinking about the way his face beamed with happiness, and the next second, he became our strict boss and made us work for the last whole month without any rest.
"Where are you?" I asked, ignoring his question because I didn't know the answer to it. He should wait another 3 hours to get the result.
"I am in the office," He replied, still tensed.
"But we still have an hour for the work?" I asked, lowering my eyes to look at the time on my watch.
"yes, we do, but I am just so worried that I arrived earlier," He said, still tensed.
I stopped at the bus stop, along with a few people that are already standing there.
"OK, just take a deep breath and calm down. I will be there in 20 minutes, then you can see everything that I prepared," I said with a smile, trying to reassure him that everything would be fine.
"Fine," he finally accepted and ended the call, and I took the bus and reached my stop in 15 minutes.
It took me 5 minutes to walk to the office, and I saw Asher, who was standing in front of the entrance, waiting for me.
My lips widened with a smile and I asked, "What are you doing out here?".
"Waiting for you," He said with a huge smile and opened the door for me. I walked in, asking, "You have already verified everything yesterday, right? Then why are you still so nervous about it?".
"I am just worried and now, come on, start your presentation. I wanna see it before you do it in front of the investor," He said, still tensed.
I did as he asked, and he was so satisfied with my work. Finally!
His eyes seemed red, and I was about to ask him what happened but stopped when others started to arrive.
"Take care of everything, now I will go back to my office to do mine," He said with a smile, getting up from the seat and walking out of the room, going back to his office to do his work, and I went back to mine.
For the whole 2 hours of waiting for the investors, I went back to check the sample fabric that I had been working on with my team.
"Ms. Everly, our investor has arrived." Asher's assistant Mia informed me, and I raised my head to look at her. My heartbeat raised, seeing her face tensed just like Asher's. If I had seen Asher here with the same expression as her. I won't be nervous because he has been like this for the whole month, but when it comes to Mia, it is a different story.
She was never tensed or to tell you the truth; she has always been calm and handled the situation well, so seeing her like this is making me nervous too.
"Is something wrong with the investor?" I asked, taking a step closer to Mia, and my teammates followed the same.
"I can't put that in words, but I can say one thing. I think it is hard to impress him, but don't worry and do what you guys have prepared," she said with a smile, trying to reassure me, but those words made me even more nervous.
I turned to my teammates in worry and they nodded their heads at the same time, trying to reassure me, just like I did with Asher. Zoe, my close friend, walks up to me and said, "Just do what we have talked about," while placing her hand on my shoulder, trying to calm me.
I just gave her a nod, took a long breath, and walked towards the meeting room with my other 2 teammates.
I pushed open the door and my heartbeat stopped for a moment, seeing the only man that I never wanted to meet in this life, sitting in the investor's seat and talking with Asher. His face didn't have any reaction and seemed bored, like he didn't wish to be there.
I wish the same as him! Why the hell is he even here?! Can I just turn around and walk back to my place?
"What are you thinking? He is no one to us! Just go back and do your work!" My conscious helped me recover a little.
I tried to move but my eyes refused to look anywhere but him. It had been so long, but he still looked the same as before. Tall, handsome, and can make everyone in the room turn to him.
Suddenly, he turned his face to me and his eyes widened as I stared at his dark brown eyes that stared back at me with the same shock that my eyes held.
I shook my head and cut our eye contact, thinking, "He is only an investor now, Jasmine! Only think about your work and nothing else!".