The Day I Kissed An Older Man

The new Holden Group building was designed and constructed by Newmoon Group. However, the company representative sent an apologetic email saying Moon the architect would not be able to attend the ribbon-cutting as she was occupied. However, to show the company’s sincerity, the president of Newmoon Group would attend on Moon’s behalf.

Holden Group’s directors were furious when they found out about this. They would not accept Newmoon Group’s president to attend on the architect’s behalf. They even went so far as to think that Newmoon Group was cursing them to fail.

Jeremy did not believe in all that mumbo-jumbo, but as the president of Holden Group, he had to respect the board of directors’ wishes. Thus, he called Xante to let her know that his company would not pay the remaining balance of the payment unless Moon went to the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

150 million dollars was not a small sum. That amount of money could spell the life or death of Newmoon Group. Thus, Xante was understandably upset.

“Mister Jeremy, you’re being unreasonable. How can you threaten us with non-payment to force us into cooperation?”

“Who’s the one being unreasonable here?” asked Jeremy coldly. “You know what it means when the architect doesn’t attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony, right? Do I really need to tell you what the news would say about my company if they get wind of this? Miss Xante, I highly advise you to bring Moon to the ribbon-cutting ceremony if you want your company to survive in New Capital City.”

Xante pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses. “Well, you’ve certainly proved me wrong, Mister Jeremy. I thought you wouldn’t believe

is what many other corporations believe. I believe not one of them will do business with you again if

hung up the phone

not that Newmoon Group wanted to curse Holden Group, but how was she supposed to get Moon—who was actually Corinne—to join the ribbon-cutting ceremony when her boss had been trying to hide from Jeremy for the

if Corinne was to meet with Jeremy

for the ribbon-cutting ceremony since no photo of Moon

when he came to the company, but she was wearing a mask then, so he did not really get a good look at her. What Xante worried about was that Jeremy, who was familiar with Moon’s work, would get suspicious if the impersonator failed to answer any of his questions. Xante would rather