Clarissa got up in bed, and she could feel her entire body sore.
She couldn’t help but mumbled and was a little grumpy about Matthew.
It’s not necessary to go all out even if he wants a child, isn’t it?
So, that’s what he meant when he asked me to ‘hang on’ in the beginning?
Clarissa’s face flushed red as she snarked about Matthew. Then, she took a few feeble steps and left the room.
It was only after having breakfast that she realized Damian had already left for school. Being alone does make one feel rather forlorn. Out of the blue, it occurred to her that she had not contacted any of her friends since three years ago. Ellie was occupied with her career and the expansion of her business, and she was getting busier and busier like a career woman. As with the others, they were busy with their respective work and life as well.
In that instance, she yearned to spend her time with a friend, to have fun together, eating and shopping around, only to come to the realization that she was actually leading a relaxed and contented life. The key to that was even though she was the owner of a studio, owing to the capabilities of Yael, she got to enjoy a lot of idle time.
At the thought of that, Clarissa felt that she had to reward Yael and the staff at her studio generously.
“That’ll be it,” Clarissa made up her mind and went to change immediately, after which she left heading to the studio.
They were having a meeting when Clarissa arrived at the studio. Along with the assortment of scrumptious snacks she brought was the good news that they would have a dinner gathering that evening. Everyone was delighted to hear that.
After the meeting, Clarissa sat in Yael’s office with her legs crossed and a wide grin on her face.
Seeing as such, Yael was forthright. “Since you’re so free now, let me tell you something.”
“What is it?”
Clarissa could feel a dangerous glint from Yael’s eyes, so she sat properly in an upright position, and gave her a flattering smile exactly like that of her son, Damian’s.
“Yael, what do you want to tell me?”
“It’s about time that we upscale our studio, don’t you think so?”
“Eh?” Clarissa was taken aback, but under Yael’s sharp gaze, she smiled meekly in an instance. “Well, umm, whatever you say, Yael. If you’ve decided to expand our business, sure! I give you the green light. Go ahead.”
After all, even though Clarissa was the owner of the studio, Yael was also a partner. Their share was a sixty-forty split.
“If our studio only manages you alone, we aren’t able to achieve higher accomplishments. We can get more authors to sign up with us now so that we’ll be able to sustain even if you run out of ideas and brilliance.”
Twitching her lips a little, Clarissa responded, “You’re right, Yael. We can have more authors.”
“Sure, enrolling people is simple, but there’s something else. I’m thinking about venturing into investment in films and television production.”
Investment in films and television production?
we have the
course we do, if you’d accept
do with lower
and continued, “We can have a
know much about this, so it’s entirely
with me to the private equity dinner then…
“What?”
awkwardly, “Umm, actually,
her sentence, she was cut
you’re getting more badass by the day. That’s great. You sure have the bearing of a boss right
that I’m taking over your
can you not get what I meant? I’m just
sweatless forehead. “Haha, Yael, in fact, every decision concerning the studio has been made
“That’s enough.”
clearly had zero interest in beating around the bush; she was
of you. Come on, you’re the boss here; don’t
what I said, because I trust you fully. Besides, I’m not experienced in this area. If it wasn’t because of you, I don’t think the studio will be able to attain its magnitude today. Hence, you can proceed with
can carry on. Aside from that, I see that you’re at leisure lately, huh? So why don’t you come to the private equity dinner with me? Also, if you’re too free, there’re actually a lot of
I’m not that free as you think. Haha… But regarding the dinner, I
“You have to go!”
had said the word, Clarissa could only
dinner has to be held. You haven’t joined in these couple of years, but you should be available this year, right? I’ll leave it to you then. You can start thinking
this to me as
but Yael didn’t let her go so easily and continued to bombard her for several hours before eventually releasing her. At last, when she came out of Yael’s office, she was completely devoid of vigor, and
went up to her and started lowly, “Clarissa,
Clarissa nodded.
such, Mandy couldn’t help laughing. “And she really doesn’t give anybody a pass, not even you, our
point, Clarissa
only the
Mandy, what do you normally do during the annual
will be giving out bonuses and whatnot. There’s nothing much to it, the reason being that we have only so few people. We can’t
“Yael asked me to organize the annual dinner, but I don’t
of a sudden, Mandy’s eyes brightened with fascination and she
have any thoughts? Tell
usual demeanor in an instance, except there was a notable
tell me frankly if you have
really. Haha, I got to
suspicion. Is it that hard to be honest about her
other staff members about their opinions on
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