Dont Hide My Vanilla

"What the hell is going on here?" Valerie asked her friend, Tyler wood who is also the CEO of the company she is working for.

Tyler, sitting on the sofa, had his head buried in his hands, saw Valerie standing at his office door with a MacBook in her hand and sighed heavily.

"I repeat what the hell is going on here Ty?” asked Valerie with raised tone, walking into the office while closing the door.

"Well! As you can see, I threw my stuff on the floor." replied Tyler with a sarcastic smile on his face.

"I can see that Ty but why did you do it? Is it related to our new project?" asked Valerie with a concerned tone placing the MacBook on the table near sofa.

Tyler sighed again and said "Yeah! The project manager said he can’t make it to the A city because his pregnant wife had some complications.”

"That's it? And you made your office a dump yard because of this reason? Ridiculous Ty. You can appoint another one right? we don't lack managers." said Valerie folding her hands.

"You think that didn't strike my mind? The people we are going to work are number one band in the world and this is the first time we are collaborating with pop stars. This project can give us many opportunities in the future. That stupid interacted with our clients before this event. They accepted him but now he is backing off and they refused to proceed with new one because of some security issues. What should I do now? No one has the courage to take over his position as they are afraid to face the consequences if they make any mistake in this project" said Tyler in one go.

"It's just a month tour to A city why don't you be the project manager" suggested Valerie sitting beside Ty on sofa.

"But my dad is not in good health he needs me Val" replied Ty sighing.

"Come on buddy! Uncle Dale will be fine don't worry about him. Let me convince our clients to accept this change." assured Val.

"I tried kitty but they are adamant about that. They want a person who is capable enough to take care of the project for a whole month and someone who is in respectable position and trustworthy to lead our staff and to be confidential." said Ty pulling his hair out of frustration.

"What can we do to convince them?” mumbled Val resting her head on the sofa and Tyler suddenly got a wonderful idea.

"I think I know someone who can fit perfectly for this job." said Ty looking at Val with bright eyes and goofy smile.

"Who is it?” asked Val confused about his sudden mood change.

"Valerie Norris” said Ty holding Val's shoulders.

"Who is Val..." and then it hit her that Ty is talking about her. "What!!!!No way” said Val standing and trying to reach her MacBook.

He stopped Val and made her sit again "Val just do me this favour. You are the only one I can rely on now because I know you can do it. They know how much power you have in this company and couldn’t reject you. Please!!kitty...say yes and I will grant you anything." pleaded Ty like a desperate kid.

Val just stared at him without uttering a word. She knows what he said is true. She can do this kind of job as she did it before. Moreover, she is happy to help her friend but right now she is not interested in any other jobs except finance. She has no idea how to refuse him, her best friend for more than a decade already.

When Ty saw her hesitation, he knows she will say yes with a little persuasion, so he pleaded her again to which Val said yes reluctantly. He is so happy when Val said yes and moved forward to kiss her on the cheek in excitement but stopped with one glare from Val. He backed off awkwardly and made some phone calls relating project.

Val saw him busily talking on phone and decided to complete her work in her MacBook. She still remembers how he reacted when she said yes to his proposal of working as the partner in his company years ago. She met Tyler at the age of twelve in a school playground, trying hard to talk to her. Since then, they became friends and went through a lot together.

Tyler is the only son to his parents. They love him a lot. His father owns a company in which Val is working now. But at that time when Ty’s father got into an accident, he is only eighteen and all shareholders started rebelling as to who should lead the company now. Then he is forced to take up the company and the responsibilities that comes up with it.

That's when Ty asked Val's help in leading the company as they are business students. Both worked very hard for four years to gain strong foothold in the company. Gradually shareholders stopped rebelling as they saw Ty's ability in leading the company and Val's talent in dealing finance. They brought the company into one of the top ten design and management companies.