Beyond the Divorce

"Everything's ready. We've ironed out the details, signed the contract, and we'll start construction next week," Atticus said happily.

"Why are you in such a rush?" I looked at him. "No wonder you were in a hurry to find me."

"Once construction starts, I'll have to go to Celestis Island. The project there is also important to me. Competition on Celestis Island is fierce, and there's no room for mistakes." Atticus emphasized the importance of the project on Celestis Island. "Looks like you have a major project every year," I praised him sincerely.

"You're not bad either. You've risen to the top. Has the project in Solaris been finalized?"

I was surprised by his question and realized he knew everything, even about the project in Solaris.

"Yeah. The preliminary work has been finalized." I didn't hide anything from him. Since he had asked a question like that, it meant he knew the details.

We discussed some details of phase two of the project in San Cosbech. Since it wasn't our first time working together, we had a good understanding of each other, and our communication was smooth and efficient.

need to arrange the start date for construction on my end," he urged. "Once that's done, I can

have a meeting right away. Let's do it today or

made a call to his subordinates. Then, we finished our meal

the contract, and we did it in

handle any internal business.

because I knew Atticus handled all the big

and realized it was time to leave work. I thought for a moment and decided to make a detour to

night, I finally told Atlas I needed to

all and calmly said, "I'll go with

scrutinized his face, cautiously asking, "What's wrong? Are you mad at

there a problem?" he

thing. I can handle it myself. Besides, Arnold will be there right? This trial is different for Beatrice. I..." I looked at