Taking some time off

“Hello.” Damien picked up the table phone and placed it over his ears immediately, to talk, to whoever was calling. There was a moment of silence over the phone as Damien tilted his head around to look at Eric and then Emily before he inhaled deeply to talk but stopped as it seemed that the person over the phone was still talking.

“Okay! That's not a problem. Set a meeting for us in the coming days. Check my schedule and fix them somewhere. But let them know that the CEO is currently not unavoidably absent, and I will handle the meeting.” He said and Eric made a scrunching face as he looked at Damien who was nodding his head sharply before he brought the phone off his ears.

“Who was that?” Eric asked in a low tone and the Damien tilted his head to look at Eric, clearing his throat before he talked to him.

“Some business associates were calling for a meeting to discuss some potential business planning phase. They also wanted to use the opportunity to meet the new CEO, but I told them t