One Last Chase

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other and boss, Tripp, after her presentation befo

Associates as an associate architect, and she just spent four weeks on her d

fishing for compliments. This time, she wasn't sure if he meant it because she didn't get a lot

your promotion?"

silently, "Be

. Do your best, Charleigh. Don't com

ard on me for years, Tripp, to know if I can do this or not. I can handle this. This is not my first project, anyway. An

's credibility lies in your hands." Jeez, h

me to design a 26,000-square-foot modern commercial three-story building. That's

n Hopes

? "I hope you can tell me more than 'fantast

promotion, and already dreaming of her na

He also owns the old building." Why did she feel li

e." She hung her bag around her sho

pes Spring, maybe I should be making a three-story floating building above the spring, on a lake, or at a mountain's peak. I just wann

r, but they're not completely outdated when it comes to

use she couldn't live without the int

ng is going to be built

His dark bronze skin made him more attractive in his dark blu

to wrap her arms around him. She co

convinced her brother to let her join their firm. When it came to Tripp, she wouldn't exactly expect any

ould know," Kayden said when

st friend, and it didn't miss

rter, Tripp handed it to her on a silver platter. Then, the client should

impression, but she was more determined to get her promotion than to grill them wi

ayor that he couldn't even join if

clien

ff Kayden.

g from her face. Well, she wasn't exactly expecting that kind

swallowed hard while staring

t. He wouldn't give this job to her if he even gave a damn

er heart in front of a breathtaking landscape. She moved on

as if written in stone. She had hook-ups and made sure no personal entanglem

d. Wow! She never saw that coming. Mayor

dded to confirm. "Well, it

get too sentimental. It was a long time ago. And you do pla

ripp looked at her so damn little. She didn't look like so useless piece of an architect, only in her brother's eyes. Bes

stone his ass! After three years? God, h

st like you said, this is my stepping stone. He was my ex, and what happened between me and Dax was all in the past. W

she

und to the nearest bar to drown her sadness with the strongest poison she could get. Then she

eigh's match over her brother's achievements? He was the CEO, and

. The truth was, she still blamed herself. It was her fault after

ike she was special. For almost two years, she was even thinking of her fu

her brother's assistant about the detai

the month of her hard work would go to waste

*

en, welcome to Hopes Spring Airport. The local time

entire city was not what she expected when Kayden informed her about the not-so-left-behind ideas. It looked like fr

re like a

vel