~Arlo Frantz~

“You’re smiling, sir.” Pierce pointed out something I shouldn’t be doing at this particular time when the board members seated around the table kept talking about the decrease in sales.

I put down the tablet I was looking at and hummed back.

“Am I?” I replied, feeling the corner of my lips curve upward even more, which silenced the entire room.

Pierce stared at me while he stood at the sides, then he shifted his attention back to the meeting at hand to clap his hand once.

“Meeting adjourned, this will continue at a later time,” he said, and the room dispersed instantly, as if people didn’t want...