Husband At Work

Looking at both folders infront of him, Lorenzo was in a deep state of critical thinking.

The proposal on his left hand was the one given to him by Luna a few hours ago, while the one on his right was his copy of their company's proposal.

It was like one and the same! But props to the copycat, he was able to change the total amount of possible annual money shell-out by cutting down on the cost of materials. Which would be only possible if the company presenting such a case would have or already had connections to construction material distributers.

Looking at RN Buildings online website, their company mostly focused on infrastructure and the actual building of establishments that were easy and fast money if done right. It's a gamble to solely rely on only that when our world's economy is one rollercoaster ride.

It may be profitable now but not tomorrow. So having another business adventure as a back-up is always a good practice if you can fund and manage both businesses properly and efficiently.

With this case, the company has only started and yet it already has plans to collaborate with a huge corporation and even take another's proposal and make it their own. Just what does this company have that it has the guts to do such a brazen act of misconduct.

Lorenzo was stuck thinking about what they were about to face. Was it plain coincidence or a blatant slap on the face?

Rubbing his face furiously, Lorenzo couldn't help but feel disappointed with himself for letting such a thing happen.

While Lorenzo was away socializing, he had left his wife to handle this job all by herself. He felt like a useless husband while looking at Luna's lowered head just a while ago. Seeing his wife look so disappointed and helpless while she tirelessly worried over such a matter they should have worried about together and a matter they should have been their for each other to face was a double-edged knife to his heart.

The fact that he had disappointed his wife by not being present and now not knowing what next step to take was really bugging Lorenzo. His normal calm self was breaking at its seems as self-doubt and his feelings of not being in control took over his mind. His sense of power that he could make everything in his wife's path flat and clean by a snap of his finger not seeming to work was making him worry that his wife would hate him forever.

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Taking one last look at the folders in his hands, Lorenzo lazily threw them on his desk. Opening the liquor cabinet, Lorenzo poured himself a glass of whiskey. The brown liquid sliding down his throat smoothly with a slight burning sensation to it.

Taking one more swing of the whiskey bottle, followed by another, then another, Lorenzo was able to drink half of the bottle in no time. Drinking that much would already intoxicating a normal person but Lorenzo was still standing tall and walking straight.

Having the ability of having a high tolerance to liquor was both a blessing and a curse. Lorenzo wanted to relax and take his mind off things but all he could do was enjoy the drink as it repeatedly burned his throat. Lorenzo wanted to be set free to gain a clearer state of mind when he finally faced his wife the next morning.

Taking one last look at the unfinished work on his desk, Lorenzo shrugged his shoulders and cursed in the air.

"F*ck it,"

Taking the bottle, he gulps down the rest of its contents in one go before putting it down.

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As he walked through the long walls, his feet brought him to the one place he could find peace at.

Looking at his sleeping wife, Lorenzo couldn't fight the urge to be beside her.

Making sure not to wake her, he carefully slid his body beside her and locking her in his tight embrace. Looking at her mesmerizing face, he couldn't help but kiss her. She looked so serious while sleeping yet to him she looked like an angel that fell from the sky and he was just one lucky bastard to have been able to successfully catch her.

Call him selfish but if he could, he would want his wife to be beside him and in his arms, all the time. Because if she ever disappeared from his life, Lorenzo would not know what to do with it anymore.

He already lost her once, and he doesn't want to lose her again.

His angel has finally come back home to him, and he would move heaven and earth to keep her in his warm embrace.