Chapter 32: Friends?

Oliver's POV

Pitching her solution to the eleven seated board members came to Imela as easily as breathing. She was already used to selling excellent ideas, and she did it gracefully. I expected more hands up when she asked if anyone had any more questions, but only one had his hand up. Jake Ritchson.

He asked what the plan for revenues would be, and even though she had answered this during her presentation, she went on to explain the financial assistance that the Garcia Group would provide us in exchange for a percentage of our yearly revenue following this new, innovative direction.

Jake looked satisfied with her answer, and he said nothing else.

The meeting adjourned, with the new agenda now being the implementation of the Garcia Group's solution. We had a lot of work on our hands, but knowing this would save us all, it wasn't really work.

While others took their leave from the conference room, I stayed back as Imela picked up and rearranged her files and documents. It was the