Chapter 299. Calm Before the Storm

“I’m fine. Thank you. How is everything going?” I asked.

Julianna must have been referring to the fact that I had to leave the party early. In all honestly, I was as fine as I could be physically. Emotionally, the problem that I was facing wouldn’t be over until this project was over. In a sense, I was just a victim of time and Ace’s merciless attempt to keep everything from me.

“So far so good. It could have been better…” Julianna mumbled before biting on her lower lip.

“What’s the matter?” I asked as I suddenly felt like something was off.

“Julianna’s just not happy with the viewing stats. There’s nothing to worry about yet, it’s still morning…” Ace replied calmly.

I turned to see him sitting at the head of the table in a relaxed manner. It didn’t seem like I missed out on a lot of action early in the morning. Julianna was clearly on edge but I was sure that a major part of that was due to her high expectations of everything rather than the actual per