After exiting the hospital, Chloe looked up nearby swimming pools on the Internet while sitting in the car and waiting for Noah's reply. She found a private high-class pool about seven kilometers away from her office that was ten times more expensive than public pools. She booked a time and decided to give it a try.
She waited for around half an hour but Noah seemed to be missing in action. He had not texted her back. Feeling confused, she texted him again.
[If you're busy, we can meet up another time.]
After about ten minutes, her phone rang.
"I'm sorry. Something urgent came up. You go on ahead and eat. How about meeting up at five instead?"
Chloe did not dwell much on it and agreed to it. She then picked out a random restaurant and had her lunch before going to the office.
The company's performance improved lately. Half of their success was due to the deals she landed in Estre. The remaining half were the clients that Joseph had introduced to her. They gave her interest that was far more than the average price in the industry.
Chloe told her marketing team in a complicated tone, "Let's drop the clients that Joseph introduced to us."
"But why? Those clients are of high caliber. If we don't work with them, our competitors will swallow them up. It'll be a great loss for us."
"It's the client’s freedom to choose another company. We can only blame ourselves for not being exceptional. It's not a long-term plan to rely on connections either."
"Oh..." Her employee could not understand her. She did not understand why they could not use the resources available to them. Did she want to rely on herself instead of a man?
"Do as I say."
"Okay, understood."
Chloe got down to work until a staff member of the swimming pool called her in the afternoon. She put her work aside and stretched her neck, then headed out to the pool.
*
At the swimming pool.
The staff led Chloe, who had changed into a swimsuit, to the side of the pool and introduced, "This is the beginner pool that’s specially designated for children and pregnant ladies. We have more than ten coaches on standby to provide assistance at any time."
Chloe nodded and bent down to stick her hand into the water to test its temperature. It was just nice.
"Do you know how to swim?"
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