71 Wake Up Call (1/2)

Gradis swiftly picked up her phone and turned it on at the sound of the 'ding.' She searched for the text quickly, her eyes falling on the text. She was about to grin happily when she noticed the number wasn't Julian's, in fact, it was from someone she didn't want to hear from at all.

”Ah… Mr. Cloud,” she muttered to herself, her smile ceasing to a thin line.

She hesitantly clicked on the text, her mood plummeting deeper and deeper into the ground with each sentence.

”How's it going?” Mr. Cloud texted.

”What?” Gradis replied, taken aback by the casual tone

”How's your information gathering phase going?”

”According to plan. The parties are approachable and easy to befriend,”

”Really?”

”Yes.”

”Will everything be ready in two weeks time?”

”Maybe even this week.”

”It's a shame the party is in two weeks though. You need to have everything ready by two weeks, he should be able to proudly declare you as someone he wants to marry during that party.”

”I know and I have no doubt it would happen.”

”Good to be confident. If you can somehow get yourself familiar with the chairman, that would be useful too.”

”I know, working on that soon.”

”There's no need to be so cold, I can feel the coldness of your words from here.”

”Maybe it's just the coldness of the place you are in right now, make sure you stay warm.”

”Can't have a sick co-worker am I right?”

”Yes.”

Gradis scoffed, looking away from the texts.

”Don't get yourself too attached, after all, you are here to ruin not build. They are not your family.”