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Chapter 4 - Holden
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2024-07-29 15:16:44When Seth and I get to the office, Amelia is sitting at her desk. I hate that she is our secretary, but since her and Seth are engaged, I did not have much say. I didn’t want to hurt Seth and let her know that I didn’t feel like she was the right person for him. There was something about Amelia that I just didn’t trust. Maybe I was holding onto old times, but this feeling extends back to our high school days. Amelia and Mayson never seemed to click. I could never figure out exactly what the issue was between the two of them. Mayson and Amelia were completely opposite personality wise. Amelia went out of her way to be a bitch, especially to someone she felt was competition for the attention in the room. Mayson was also one to stand in the background. She didn’t like to have the spotlight on her. She would rather see someone else succeed before herself. That may have been one of the reasons I had fallen in love with her. The red hair and the green eyes drew me in, but her spirit and soul were what held me there. I have never met a person like her and when she left, a piece of my heart went with her. No matter what my future looked like she would always have that part of me.
“Seth, my love, the board members confirmed that they will be here at 10 a.m. Is there “anything” you need me to do before the meeting.” I knew what Amelia meant and we did not have the time for her and Seth to be fucking around (literally) before this big meeting. Seth needed to have all the blood flow to his brain at the moment and not below his belt. “Amelia, this is not the time for your office romps at the moment. Seth and I have to go over this presentation one more time before the meeting. If we can get this contract, you can fuck his brains out on the conference room table, but right now please just make sure everything is set up for the presentation.” Amelia looked at me like she could kill me. She was not someone that liked being told no. I believe Seth was happy with her to a point, but I knew his happiness depended on him letting her have her way at all times. I wanted to say something so bad about it, but I knew it could jeopardize our friendship and it wasn’t worth it. I could only hope that Seth will eventually put his foot down with Amelia and stopped making her more of a brat. “Holden, that was a pretty harsh thing to say to Amelia. I know that we have times when we take the long lunch breaks, but you could cut her some slack.” I understand where Seth is coming from but this is an important meeting that could make or break this company. His relationship with Amelia was just going to have to cool down in regard to their office antics. I didn’t have the patience for it today. “Seth, I understand she is your woman and you are getting married, but this is not the time to get your d&?k wet. We need to have the big head in the game, and the little head sit on the sidelines for now. Any other day screw her brains out on every surface in this building, but not today.” Seth just looked at me at first like he was angry, but the frown went away and he just shook his head indicating he understood and was sorry. Seth didn’t say sorry but I knew what the head shake meant. After about an hour of going through the presentation, I think we are ready. I double checked to make sure the internet connection was fine. I didn’t need the internet crashing on me before in the middle of the presentation. That would make us look like two small town hicks. Technically, we were small town hicks, but we were also professional business men. One last walk through the conference room to make sure everything was ready to go. The internet had a strong signal, the snacks and drinks were out. There were copies of the presentation at each seat. Now all we were waiting on was the board members and the architect that we were going to be working on this project with. I had tried to find out the information on this guy but there was nothing in the paperwork that listed who he was or what firm he was with. I hated surprises and this one was a big one.Related chapters
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It’s time to put my game face on. I have on my favorite power suit. I have had quite a few successful meetings in this outfit. Black pencil skirt, white blouse, blazer and three inch heels. This was so far from what I wore back in the day. I was so much a tomboy with a little side of princess. I enjoyed my jeans and tennis shoes and never mind getting dirty. But what girl doesn’t like to get dressed up every once in a while. In high school, the only times I really dressed up was when Holden and I would attend a dance. I always wanted to look good for him. He had become my world and I loved him more than I had ever thought was possible. The love that we had was what I had read about in my cheesy romance novels that always had the happy ending. My love story didn’t have that happy ending. I decided to leave a little early for the meeting so I could get a good look at downtown Chance. Not much has changed, but I can’t wait to see what downtown will look like once the project goes throu
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The board members started walking into the conference room. Here we go, everything has to go well. I was greeting each member as they sat down. I knew most of them very well because they had lived their whole lives. There were maybe two of them that had only lived in Chance for a couple of years. They were from larger cities and wanted to live the small time life without all of the hustle and bustle. They moved to the right place for sure. Just as the last board member came in, I had to do a double take when I saw that red hair. There is no way that Mayson was walking in the door. Why would she be here? Just as I was about to say something to her, Seth turned around and his jaw just dropped. He looked over at me and said “What the hell is she doing here?” Before I could make a response to Seth, Councilman Jordan spoke up and said, “Holden I would like you to meet Miss Mayson Cole. She is going to be the architect on this project, if all goes well.” He was one of the board members th
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I barely heard a word of the opening that Seth was presenting. I was trying really hard to not look over at Holden, but there was this invisible magnet that was drawing my eyes in his direction. I had to focus on this meeting because it was not only important to the town, but also to me so I could take care of Mama and Daddy. Next up was going to be Holden’s portion of the presentation, so it was going to be important for me to pay attention to the proposal and not the one who was making it. I always knew that Holden was smart but I never truly realized his potential until her started his presentation. He had designed a building that was more than I could have ever expected. The design was staying true to the existing architecture. The outside matched the buildings in the surrounding blocks. It may be a new structure, but once it is complete it will match the older buildings in the town. Chance, in its day, even though it is less than ten square miles, was a very busy place. Main St
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I have never been so nervous doing a presentation in my life. I knew the idea and plans that we had was the best design ever. Both Seth and myself had worked months on this project. I felt like I was still in college speaking in front of an auditorium full of students my freshman year. Mayson was still able to get under my skin. I still was angry over her leaving me and never giving me an explanation. Seeing her sitting here in this meeting took me back to high school all over again. I felt comfortable with the presentation and there were quite a few questions throughout. Now all that was left was for the decision to be made by the board. That decision was going to depend on Mayson’s analysis of the project. I can only hope that she doesn’t hate me enough to sabotage the whole thing. I can’t believe that she is that petty to cost not only my firm the job, but the town this business opportunity. Chance needs this project. We want to keep things with the home town feel, but want to al
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I just knew that this short drive home was going to be painful. Amelia had been fuming more than ever since Mayson walked into the office. I knew her hatred ran deep for her, but she still has never told me why after all of these years. Our high school years had been rough when it was the four of us together. Amelia would always find a way to hurt Mayson’s feelings. What killed her was that Mayson didn’t take the bait. Mayson was the nice person of the group. She always tried to help out someone no matter what they had ever done to her. That kindness, in Amelia’s mind, was a sign of weakness. Predators prey on the weak and even though I loved Amelia, she was a predator through and through. The heat radiating off of Amelia was becoming suffocating so I knew she was about ready to blow. “Why is she here Seth? Why couldn’t Mayson just stay gone? She is only going to bring you and Holden down with her working on this project. She is going to distract Holden or either she is going to sab
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By the time I walked into the house, I was exhausted. Daddy was sleeping in his recliner and Mama was in her little office working on bills. I didn’t want to disturb either one of them, so I just went upstairs to my room. I just needed to lay down and decompress. As soon as I laid down on my bed, I felt a little bit lighter. I could kick myself though for letting Amelia get to me. It was like high school all over again. I just needed to close my eyes and try to forget but that wasn’t going to happen so easily. My thoughts went back to my high school days. Junior Year Finally it was my junior year, which meant Daddy was finally going to get me a car. I had been working so hard at the grocery store and I had been saving every penny I could. I had done my best to prove to Mama and Daddy both that I was responsible enough for my own car. I had improved my grades and kept up my chores (which I hated). I learned pretty quickly to not even say a word about chores, because I would end up
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This may be a stupid move on my part, but I just had to go and check on Mayson. I was really worried about her, I know I have no right to, but deep down she is still very important to me. Going by her house may be a big mistake. Her dad didn’t care for me at all ever since Mayson left home. They were very close and I had caused his “baby girl” to leave home. I still loved her, whether I really wanted to admit it to myself. When she walked into the room, I stopped breathing. She was as beautiful as she was the last day that I saw her. The only difference I could see was that she had a deep sadness in her eyes. But there is still something standing in my way. The problem is, I have no idea what that something is. I have never known why she left so suddenly. She never called me or wrote to me over the years. I had tried calling her, but she had disconnected her phone. I had gone by her house right after she left, and her mother would not answer any of my questions. Her dad didn’t even
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