Carter's Redemption

sen

er's

e. I get to see Valerie today. I have planned

exactly why I threw in the idea of us ha

y ones. I go through my morning routine as usu

soon as I open it, so many messages flock in, so much so that

my affairs, all they do is nag and try to make your busines

then it has been an onslaught of various things. The most annoying ones are from my mum, why would she call me to give me ideas on h

I meet Martha pouring my coffee into

n she hands me a card, "Mrs Cole sent this in this mor

I will get breakfast there, feel free to

ing for me. "Good morning sir". "Good morning Stuart", "ho

good, we are not going into the office yet, I hav

it's my secretary calling. She does not call

Cole spe

ut the investors from China are here and since the other Mr Col

y". I end the call and text Arabella. "Something came up, start without me I'll be there soon".

pings with a notification and I open it to see that Arabella has replied to my text, she's asking

shake hands "Good morning Mr Yu", "Good morning Mr

as supposed to meet you tomorrow, what's w

the deal today so I can travel back to China this evening,

ad news". "What's the problem"? "Relax my friend,

that is such good news. You shoul

work with my team". "I approve of the deal but I need

y stead for now". "However, you can always r

s and I will meet them to the best of my ability". "Take time to en

my schedule for the day. Outside the building, I sa

pation builds in my vein as we get closer to the venue. On arrival, I i

ella'

time. I don't want to jinx this me

what I observed about her, I really hope my brother fixes his relationship with he

ne pings and it's a message from Carter. I open and it and it read

especially because of how much he hurt her, I didn't

end. I like to think that it affected Carter quite a bit and after what happe

e free. Some part of me wishes that they get together again because my br

brother's tall frame and I wave him ov

ds and give it a gentle squeeze. He looks at me with a question in his eyes and I shake my hea

ens her mouth to say something, probably to ask me where my brother is, that's when Carter enters the

er's

, I am a little nervous so I apprec

t the past or at least give me a chance to rectify my mistake. We get to the door and my phone

c, how is

have already met Valerie but I wan

? I'm not goin

y bargaining tools, don't beat yourself up

Luc, I'll ha

call and I walk in after Arabella. The moment I lift