Page 27 of Havoc
“Did you make up a story about me leaving a watch to have Alijah get us in the same room?”
Remy chuckled. “I did. You were ignoring me, and I’d had enough of it.”
“When was this? Because she didn’t say anything to me about it.”
“I ended up not needing her to. You were already coming to the office to see her,” Remy responded, and he glanced at Lawrence to see him nod in understanding.
“Well, she invited us on a couples trip in a few months.”
“That sounds like fun. We can go if you want to,” Remy responded. However, he knew that depending on how long it was, Kieran would be uneasy about both of them being gone simultaneously. Remy didn’t typically have to worry about when he scheduled vacations because Kieran seldom took one. That wasn’t the case now.
When they arrived at the movie theater, they got in line for tickets, and Remy allowed Lawrence to pay as he requested. Remy didn’t mind, and he allowed him to pay for small things now and then when they went out. When they had their tickets, they made it to the concession stand and ordered snacks before entering the theater room.
Remy allowed Lawrence to choose where they sat. The theater wasn’t crowded; the movie they’d decided to see had been out for several weeks, so they missed the rush of people wanting to see it. They still had five minutes before the previews started.
“We should get takeout after the movie,” Lawrence stated before the lights went down.
“If that's what you want to do,” Remy responded. He’d had the same idea when they’d decided on a movie time.
The previews came and went, and the movie started. The two shared their snacks as they watched. It was an okay movie, but seeing it, Remy didn’t understand what all the hype was about.
When it was over, they exited the theater, throwing their trash away, and headed towards the parking lot. Before pulling out, they decided where they would get food from and headed in that direction.
After picking up the food, they returned to Lawrence’s apartment. When they arrived, Remy unpacked the food on the coffee table while Lawrence grabbed plates and utensils from the kitchen.
As they ate, they watched another movie on television. This one was older, and Remy hadn’t seen it in years. He’d forgotten how much he enjoyed it.
When the movie ended, he helped Lawrence clean up and headed toward the door. They were having their basketball game tomorrow morning, or he would have stayed. He turned to Lawrence before opening the door.
“I’ll call you tomorrow,” Remy told him before kissing him.
Lawrence nodded, and Remy pulled away, exiting the apartment. He heard the lock click into place before going down the hall and onto the elevator. It was after one in the morning, and they were playing at ten.
Once Remy made it home, he went into his bedroom, turned on the light, and got undressed, placing his clothes into the hamper and his phone on his bedside table. He entered his bathroom and brushed his teeth. He’d showered before picking up Lawrence and decided to do so before he left in the morning.
Remy slid into bed after turning off the light, picking up his phone when it vibrated. It was a text from Lawrence asking him if he’d made it home okay. Remy responded that he had, telling Lawrence goodnight. He knew that if he didn’t, they’d continue a conversation for a while, and they both needed to go to bed.
He got comfortable before closing his eyes. It didn’t take long before he was drifting off to sleep.
11
Remy checked the time on his computer. He had a meeting with Kieran in half an hour. His boss had gone to tour Monroe Hygienics and ultimately made the decision Remy knew he would have. Andrew Monroe was pushed out of his company with a unanimous vote from his remaining shareholders. He knew that even if it hadn’t been unanimous, Cayman Industries had been able to buy fifty-two percent of the shares.
Takeovers tended to go over much smoother when you had the backing of a company’s board, and the board had already issued expectations the CEO hadn’t delivered on. While it was still a process, it would be much easier than if it’d been a blind hostile takeover with little to no one in their corner.
Remy turned his attention back to the schedule Chloe sent him. He’d ask her to amend a few of his meetings since he would be going out of town tomorrow morning on business for the rest of the week. He was going on a tour of a small company manufacturing training toothbrushes for children. They were mini-sonic and played a few different songs about brushing their teeth while in use.
Had it not been for the takeover they’d just initiated, it wouldn’t have been a product that the company was interested in. However, Remy thought it would be the perfect addition since the hygienic company didn’t sell one for children yet.
While he was out that way, Remy planned on stopping in and seeing how Trenton, the man hired as the operations manager of one of the extension offices, was doing. He’d been running thingsfor several months alone, and Remy felt it was time to visit him to see how things were going.
Not that he thought he would need continual checking in on. If he did, they wouldn’t have hired him. Trenton caught on quickly to the operations, and once he’d been working for a while, he’d settled in fine. Remy just wanted to ensure things were still running well for him and that he didn’t need additional support.
He approved the schedule and returned it to Chloe before rising from his seat. It wasn’t quite time for him to meet with Kieran yet. So, he decided to grab himself a cup of coffee since he’d bypassed it and breakfast first thing that morning.
He entered the breakroom on his floor, prepping his coffee. As it brewed, he decided to grab one of the muffins from the box of pastries that Chloe always brought each morning. It started as a habit when she’d become pregnant, and it seemed to be continuing since she’d given birth.
Remy didn’t mind it. They made for a good snack when he was craving something sweet or on days he’d skipped breakfast.
