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Ciara was contemplating whether she would mention that they were leaving and planning to go back to Paris or just let it slide, as she knew that even Callum could not stop them from going home.
She has no serious plans between them at the moment, as she wants to make her daughter her priority.
But she wanted to see what Callum was willing to risk, knowing now that she was planning i
g to go back to Paris.
On the next day, she was already busy managing the upcoming plans she would be able to push through once she was in Paris, while she also reviewed some of the collaborations offered by the other big companies when she released her own
brand, CARA
“The Vervani?” Ciara asked when she opened the folder that contained a luxury brand that wanted to collaborate with her.
“Yes. The CEO also indicated a personal message for you if you wanted to talk about it over dinner,” Gwen said, showing the
message to Ciara
She read it carefully and was quite impressed that the well-known Vervani, one of the most luxurious brands, wanted to do a collaboration with her.
“What do you think?” Ciara looked at Gwen.
“Well, expanding your connection is actually nice. You get more allies, not just the brands under the company of your family, Gwen said.
Their company owns most of the luxurious brands in foreign countries. They have almost five of the well-known big brands. that have always been relevant over the years,
“Though CARA is a solo brand, which wasn’t under your family, as you wanted to raise it alone without the connection of the Sullivan, you could start building your own team through this by collaborating.” Gwen explained more.
“Give me the other files for the Vervani.”
Gwen nodded and crouched a bit as she manipulated the laptop. She opened a document and showed the screen, which contained information about the Vervani brand.
“Andreus has been the youngest CEO of the family Evander, which also ranks him as the youngest billionaire who built his own brand, which was the Vervani. His father was the ambassador of three luxury brands and owns the Rosh, a luxurious sports car, and is now leading in the UK, where they are more well-known.”
Ciara’s eyes went to the profile of Andreus, showing a man who was just the same age as Callum, with some dark features but a charming smile and hazel eyes. Just by the look in his eyes, she could immediately tell that he was a playboy because he knew too well that he was attractive and he could pull any woman he wanted.
“And looking at the message. I think he’s…” Gwen looked at Ciara meaningfully.
“Other than that, he has some brands in Paris, which are a nice influence on you since you are starting your own brand too. If there is anyone, aside from your family, who could relate to you, it might be him. You two have almost the same experience and you might learn from him a lot through the collaboration because both of you are expanding your own brands without being under your family’s labels”
Ciara could defnitely tell that Gwen wanted her to accept the proposal of Andreus. Though she has no problem working with the other brand, she could already smell the personal motives Andreus might have under his sleeves. Though she knew that it was pure admiration, something that wasn’t about manipulating her or using her in a bad way, for the longest time. she had been so isolated that she was less interested in other men
But at that moment, something more deep was running through her mind which she wanted to pursue and see the outcome
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for herself.
“Set a dinner with him and inform him that I’m considering it, she said before closing her laptop on that day.
She was already preparing to come back to Paris a month after while she just wanted to work on her newly released scents and attend some of the events that she was invited to so she could talk about her own brand.
She just made sure that Cara would agree on staying for a month for a while before they went back to Paris for good.
Callum has been continuously calling and texting her, to which she would reply sometimes and would always contemplate on telling him about Paris or not.
But then again, she doesn’t want to raise her hopes so much, but she also doesn’t want to lower it. It was only enough to let Callum do some ways to show to her that he meant what he wanted.
Dressed in a black deep v-neckline coat dress. She made her way to the reserved table while she was holding her small designer bag. Her hair was straight and pinned to the sides of her ear as the heel of her boots made a sound to her steps toward the table where Andreus stood and pulled the chair for her.
“Thank you for accepting my invitation, Miss Ciara,” he said, smiling.
It was so weird that she was meeting up with a man that wasn’t Callum, as she felt like all her life, especially from the past, she only centered herself on Callum, saying that he was the only one that mattered and that no man could ever compete with him when it comes to her life.
But to openly welcome another man into her life, to let herself explore, felt fresh and she could really tell that she was slowly getting brave. However, there was still a part of her that thought that those times she was with Callum were the best. and no one could ever give that feeling to her.
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They ordered some food first, but Ciara already caught Andreus glancing at her secretly a lot of times, which would make her smile because of those twinkling eyes he was giving her.
She could already smell that he was attracted to her just by the look in his eyes, and she’s enjoying it because she knows that she could benefit from it.
really “Wow… I mean, I’ve seen you at the exclusive event of your scents, the first introduction of CARA, but wow…you starstruck me…” Andreus gasped as he looked at her after ordering as if he were trying to find any flaw in her face, but Ciara just looked perfectly amazing
She smiled and put her b
rbag on the s
side. “You are the CEO of the Vervani?” She asked.
Andreus nodded. “Yes. I owned it. Fully,” he emphasized.
“Wow, So we are on the same page. I fully owned CARA too…” she said, looking so delighted.
“Well, that’s one of the reasons why I got curious about you too. As soon as I heard that you would launch your own project without getting under your family’s company, you amazed me. I remember when I started my own brand without involving my parents’ brand. It was challenging, but it was actually fun.” Andreus smiled until his dimple popped out on the side of his
left cheek.
Ciara’s eyes drifted to it for a while, as the next thing that got into her mind was letting the paparazzi take photos of them so she could get rid of the rumor of being linked to a Haynes
Though it wasn’t really escalating on the internet, she knew that there were a lot of people assuming that they were together. As Gwen told her, making a noise in public was actually a good marketing strategy because those who didn’t know you would be so curious until your name would immediately ring a bell to other people who weren’t invested in scents but still knew who you were
However, what she wanted was to establish an image that would reflect the brand: powerful and superior.
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Her phone chimed in the middle of Andreus talking so she just drifted her eyes on the screen until she read the message of the unknown number which she knew whom it was coming from.
Unknown:
You’re with Andreus Evander? Business?
Her lips wanted to stretch so much that the news quickly reached Callum. She wanted to let him see that even though she had given him a chance, she was still free, and she was far from that woman who would only let her life revolve around him.
“I wanted to learn from you in this field; that’s why I got interested in the collaboration too since I found out about your background on how you establish your own brand as well,” Ciara said while her mind was already somewhere, as she could vividly see the furrowed brows of Callum Haynes at the back of her mind.
Andreus chuckled. “Oh, it’s an honor to work with a Sullivan because I heard a lot of good things about you. Your other siblings are quite aggressive in the business, and I know for sure it runs in the blood,” he smirked meaningfully.
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