Life at the Top

In contrast to the surprise and excitement on the man’s face, Wendy only had confusion written across hers.

The man did seem familiar to her, but she had forgotten who he was.

When the man saw that Wendy was not going to say anything else, he pointed to himself and said, “It’s me, Jeremy Morris! I was a couple of months your senior back when you first started work at Commercial Bank. I taught you most of the ropes.”

Not even in his wildest dreams would Jeremy have imagined he could meet the woman he had yearned for day and night again.

He had been doing well in his career lately, having secured a large project in the province. Now that he had been reunited with the girl of his dreams, Jeremy’s eyes shone as he took pride in his success in both his career and relationship.

Wendy exclaimed, “Oh, it’s you, Jeremy! Fancy meeting you here. It’s such a small world.”

Jeremy chuckled and gave up his spot in line. As he walked toward Wendy, he said, “Wendy, so many of your colleagues were sad when you resigned. I resigned as well a week after you left.”

highly competent man, Jeremy. I’m sure

gleefully, “It’s not much, but I’m doing alright. My family is in engineering, and we managed to secure a huge deal in the province through some connections and contacts. I’m currently in charge

the Southface River project back in the province. The company where I work as a general manager is in charge of constructing a pedestrian greenway. It’s an investment requiring tens of

Wendy heard that Jeremy was one of the many contractors involved in the Southface River project, her liking toward Jeremy increased a notch. After all,

River project is quite good,” Sally said as she

glee, “Yeah, did you know that the largest project in the province is currently the Southface River project? Whoever gets involved even

that pedestrian greenway. Thankfully, my family had some connections to one of the managers

mean anything by what he said, but those listening heard

company’s integrity. He had emphasized in multiple meetings that no one was allowed

subjected to public bidding before they could proceed