Anna, Hug Me
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Thomas came out of the meeting room sweating. His proposal was far from perfect, he grimaced a little when he had to remember his promise with Theo. He was very afraid of failure but he also could not easily win the hearts of the directors.

Thomas ruffled his blond hair in annoyance. Who should I ask for help now? Even after studying with his papa, his proposal remained imperfect. He needs a briliant to help him, he then remembers there is a briliant man who can help him make a perfect proposal that will not be rejected, a genius man, Theo.

"alright... For Ana. If you have to kneel down and beg I will" Thomas said.

Thomas came to see Theo in his office. Theo office building is the largest in the area. The design is modern, sturdy and intimidating, as if forbidding anyone with no interest to keep their distance from it.

Thomas asked the receptionist if he could see Theo. You can guess the answer given by the receptionist.

"Sorry, you have to make a deal first to be able to meet him."

"Please tell him Thomas Dunyan wants to see him" Thomas asked.

"Okay Mr. Dunyan, I'll give it a try" the receptionist said.

The receptionist made a phone call while nodding. Please don't refuse my arrival, Inner Thomas.

After he finished calling, the receptionist relayed the results to Thomas.

"Mr Theo asked you to meet him later tonight at the regular bar at the same time."

"Oh, okay! accept it" Thomas said as he returned to his office. Fortunately, Theo did not really refuse to meet.

Thomas accidentally comes across the bar sooner than the time of the deal. At this moment he was sitting anxiously anticipating Theo's arrival. Will Theo help him, hopefully.

Shortly thereafter Theo came in with his assistant. The assistant was different this time from the last time Thomas saw him. It seems Theo has a lot of assistants.

"Have you got the project?" ask Theo.

Thomas shakes.

"Why should I meet? I've said it clearly. Don't see me until you get the project" Theo said.

"I'd like to ask you to get that project. I'm new to this business. I've tried very hard but my proposal is still not perfect. Please help me perfect it" Thomas asked as he placed the file on the table.

"I haven't even said to help you. Why are you carrying all this junk?" theo was upset.

Theo handed over his files to his assistant.

"Amber, learn this and teach this jerk how to make a good proposal."

"Thank you" Thomas said.

"I didn't do it for free. Amber's overtime costs you'll have to pay her double."

"I understand," Thomas said as he nodded.

"Meet Amber after work hours are over. Now leave! I'm sick of seeing you, "turn Theo out.

Thomas thanked me again, bowing. Although Theo was very violent but the man was still helping him, it didn't seem like Theo really hated him.

Though Theo only wants to give one chance to Thomas to make him really give up on Ana. Ana has now found her lover, she hopes Thomas does not live in his own fantasy and soon moves on.

Actually Theo asked Thomas to win this tender because it was on the island where Ana lived. Theo wants Ana to be an adult and not run away whenever there is a problem in front of her.  He wants his sister to completely reject Thomas so hard for Thomas to come to his senses and stop obsessing over Ana.

I haven't called Ana in a long time. 

"Hello... Ana, this is Brother Theo," Theo said as soon as the phone was picked up.

"Ana is out. You who?" answer the voice while asking back. Theo was of course surprised that the answer to his phone was a man.

"I'm Theo, his brother. You who? Why is it at Ana's house."

Who'sis that? another woman's voice sounded. But Theo doesn't know her, it's not Ana's voice.

Let me pick up the phone. Said the woman while snatching her phone from Edward.

"I'm Lily, Ana's best friend. You who?"

"I'm Theo's brother. Greetings," Theo said well. But apparently Lily hates him, the next words pitched ketus.

"Please, Theo! Ana has no sister. And stop bothering her again, Ana deserves to be happy," Lily said rudely while turning off the phone.

Theo was humbled. Despite being angry, Theo seems happy because Ana has protective friends who love her.

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Thomas worked hard over the last few days with Amber, Theo's assistant. He has a little rest and spends a lot of time in the office. Mamaya occasionally looked at her to encourage her and meet her food and clothing needs. Chaterine doesn't bother him much.

Now comes the moment he has to present his proposal. Thomas felt a little nervous, he repeatedly changed his sitting position, especially not only he who fought over this project, there were several senior team leaders who also participated in this gamble.

After a long wait, it was Thomas' turn to enter the room. His assistant immediately circulated a copy of the proposal he had prepared. Accompanied by the do'a in his heart he began to expose his proposal.

Everything was going well and under control until someone commented in a slightly dubious tone.

"This proposal is perfect for this project, it's just that I'm not sure I let you take this project, you're new. If you manage to do it doesn't matter, but if you don't, then the stakes here are huge" said a senior director named Mr. Sandi.

"I totally agree with you" commented another, "i've never even seen Thomas hold any project before."

What to say, before this Thomas' reputation was very bad. Other than playing girls, there was nothing meaningful to do. Yeah, modifying a car, that's the only qualification. He was already about to despair, sweat had started pouring down his forehead, he was very nervous.

"Why don't we give him a kesemptan?" this time Arthur, Thomas' father, defended him, Arthur is still the largest shareholder of the Dunyan Night hotel, at least his words must have made a little difference.

"Wait outside, son," Mr. Sandi ordered him.

Thomas complies and soon comes out, hoping that this time his Papa can help him, he is eager to meet Ana. Outside the room he met Joseph. Mr. Joseph is the father of his best friend, Soni. Soni has been working under Mr. Joseph long before college. Soni is a dutiful child, not like one that does not immediately mature.

"Om" said Thomas.

"Thomas, how are you?" ask Mr. Joseph kindly.

"Okay" replied Thomas short.

"Have never stopped by Om's house again, how long has it been." recalls Mr. Joseph.

"Sometimes I'll stop by," Thomas promised, "now we meet outside a lot, especially if Soni has also chosen to live alone."

"Hehehehe, you were young, when Arthur was young and I was also rarely home" recalled Mr. Joseph.

Their reunion stopped because the team of directors had called them, Thomas, Mr. Joseph and 2 more people.

This time Arthur will announce the decision today.

"Thank you for fighting hard to prepare a proposal for a major project of our resort development. Since it's a big project, then we thought carefully. We want to give the opportunity to all the participants, only we have to choose the most competent here , someone who if able to handle everything, We chose Mr. Joseph. Congratulations to Joseph."

Applause echoed following the election of Mr. Joseph as the leader of this project. Thomas had slipped out of his chair, his chance was gone.

"Thomas, your proposal is very good, if you don't mind joining the project under Mr. Joseph's guidance," Arthur said, insisting he was promoting his Son, but in fact he was also aware of his Son's ability, His son still has much to learn.

Thomas just nodded. It is still a long way to go to master this, he has to try a lot and work harder.

He is self-aware of his abilities, all about management is not as easy as written in the proposal, let alone this proposal is also not purely his work, just that this fact makes him very sad, the ticket to meet Ana is forfeited.

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