Revenge and Redemption: Aaron's Tale of Resilience

Chapter forty-seven

Just before lunch, however, Aaron received a text message from Helen.

‘Our prep for the meeting is complete. Just in time for lunch.’

‘That’s great,’ he texted back and continued with the performance evaluation report he was looking through.

Soon, another text message arrived.

‘I’m thinking of trying, one last time. I’ll just head over to Henry’s office and give the proposal to him. If he thinks it’s good, then perhaps he can use it as a backup in case the client is still unsatisfied with our current proposal.’

With a sigh, Aaron put the papers down, and leaned back into the chair, rereading the message over, and over again. He could tell this affected her, and it was making it harder for him to turn a blind eye towards it. His gaze went over to her smiling, paint-smeared face on the frame before him, his hands encircling her shoulders, and her eyes shut tightly in excitement, as he pressed a kiss to her cheek.

She was his girl… but he was also her boss. He had the responsibility of