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CHAPTER 8
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2020-11-14 06:57:13"Sure, I would love that, it would
give us some time to catch up."
How is Pablo doing have you guys
Settled on a date for the wedding?
"Still, in the works, I'm pushing
for a spring wedding. What do you think?"
Spring is good, the weather would
Be fantastic."
"Great, I'm glad you agree.
Well, let me get going
I'm meeting up with
Pierre and Lola..."
"Ok. Send them my love."
"I will see you in a bit. TTYL."
By the time I got the last text, Harvey was pulling up in front of Winthrop Enterprises.
I waved to the security guards and stepped into the elevator.
Still scrolling through my Facebook feeds and liking a couple of posts, the ding of the elevator made me look up in time to see the elevator door open.
I greeted the familiar faces of all my father's employees as they smiled at me and waved back. I continued on to the back office where the Graphics design department was. I stopped in front of the receptionist desk of Matt's personal assistant and smiled at the girl sitting there who hadn't noticed me yet.
She looked pretty much entertained with what was on the screen to pay me any attention. I cleared my throat and she slowly looked up at me. The annoyed look on her face made me feel all out of sorts.
"May I help you?" She barely looked at me before lowering her eyes again to the screen again.
"Hi, I'm here to get Matt Harleson's design and layout for the Peterson &... ," Before I could finish her phone rang.
Patiently I waited for her to finish. But then I noticed her call was personal. She looked up at me and rudely rolled her eyes and turned giving me a view of her back.
In a normal circumstance, any other person would have probably said something, or would have even left. But, at that moment I was feeling impatient because I was about to start a project I barely got any sleep over not to mention my personal dilemma and horror of what I did two nights ago. Basically, I was a walking mess. So, I did what any impatient 17 year old going through a crisis would have done.
I tapped her on the shoulder lightly and gained very few seconds of her attention. I finished explaining to her why I was there. Can you believe that did not phase her?
She turned again and I got pissed. So, I leaned over her desk and pressed the hang up button.
Feral ice blue eyes turned around and shot me a heated gaze before shooting to her feet and slamming down the phone.
"Who the hell do you think you are?" She yelled at me.
"She is the daughter of the man who signs your paychecks, that's who the hell she is." A deep familiar baritone voice came up behind me.
That gained her attention and her sudden paling complexion. I froze.
I turned in shock to see my dad standing there. Immediately I screamed giddy with excitement and jumped in his arms. He chuckled as he spun me around.
"Oh my God!, Daddy when did you get in?" I squealed and wrapped my arms around him as pulled me tight and kissed my forehead.
"Early this morning pumpkin, I decided to cut our trip short. We have an emergency meeting," he sighed.
I frowned, I could see he had very little sleep and probably slept on the jet.
"Emergency meeting?, What is it about?"
"Peterson & Lark have decided to pull a new angle on their campaign. They have worked with us in the past and loved our work and they have worked with Chase Industries as well...
They have decided to use both companies and moved forward to put in for a design with a joint effort."
I could tell my dad didn't like this at all. Work with Chase Industries. It wasn't something he planned to do in a while. Well, never.
"Daddy, can they do that?" I asked with concern.
He looked down at me and smiled at me. "I am afraid they can pumpkin, but don't worry about that." He turned to face me.
"It appears you will be working with the Graphic designer of Chase Industries." He tapped me on my nose playfully.
"And I want you to show your best work yet." He smiled.
"I will daddy, so when does this need to be done?"
We began walking back to Matt's office. Out the corner of my eye, I can see his receptionist fidgeting.
"Actually, the deadline will be today at 7pm..."
My heart slammed in my chest. Tonight!.
"Tonight?, Daddy, that's too soon," I gasped.
"Don't worry Steph, all the stuff needed for it is on Matt's computer he already forwarded everything to his drive. He will be on Skype if you need him,"
I nodded. And with that, he kissed me lightly on my forehead and gave me a reassuring smile.
I turned and walked off to get started on this project.
******
****Bernard's POV****
I was thrown back with my dad's latest announcement as I was just finishing up my work and getting ready to head to Chris's office.
We have till 7 to design what we have because Peterson & Lark wants to merge our design with Winthrop's Enterprise's designs. In other words, the design teams from both will be working together. In all honesty, I saw nothing threatening about it. It's a one-time deal and hopefully, will pull in a lot of money.
I sat at an extra desk in his office and pulled up his work, as he continued doing his. I proofed the font and coloring and added shading and light to a layer or two of the images in front of me.
We continued on this path until we were satisfied with what we had. We were emailed the unapproved files of what designs Winthrop was going with and I have to admit they were impressive. Very impressive.
I've heard of Matt's work and seen his stuff, but nothing with these techniques. I was not aware he was this good. I looked up at Chris that was observing the file at my side and he was just as in awe of it as I was. I liked the color scheme. It took the photography aspect further and gave it a cleaner, sharper edge with eye-popping angles.
I looked at Chris and he agreed we will go with it. We agreed with the design and I was immediately emailed by Matt that our design was Excellent and had the perfect outcome he was positive that merging the designs, we can get the concept Peterson & Lark were looking for.
Matt shot me over the last email with the final look and I noticed he went a step further that gave the image the wow effect. Along with it was the details of the Meeting and Memo from P&L they were going to meet us at Winthrop towers. I looked up at the clock and saw the time had flown by fast.
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