Can You Love Me Even If I'm Broken
Chapter 4: I'm over it
A few days have passed since the incident.
Iris was initially sad but got back to being herself. Brushing off the incident as if it never happened.
Julian Thorne (ml)
📱Iris. The initial drawings are excellent.
Julian Thorne (ml)
📱Precise, yet they capture the life of the plants. Exactly what I was hoping for.
Iris Vance (fl)
📱Thank you. I've compiled a list of recommended species for the shaded areas of the courtyard.
Iris Vance (fl)
📱I'll email it to your assistant
Julian Thorne (ml)
📱That won't be necessary.
Iris Vance (fl)
*startled by his reply* 📱Oh. I see. Of course.
Julian Thorne (ml)
📱I mean, emailing my assistant won't be necessary.
Julian Thorne (ml)
📱I'd like you to present them. At the Thron Industries quarterly board lunch next Friday.
Julian Thorne (ml)
📱It's a good opportunity for you to get direct feedback from the decision- makers.
Iris Vance (fl)
*in disbelief* 📱The board lunch? Julian, that's ..that's for the executives. I'm just a contractor.
Julian Thorne (ml)
📱Your work is integral to this project. I want them to see the mind being the art.
Julian Thorne (ml)
📱Please. It's important to me.
Iris Vance (fl)
📱I'll do it.
Julian Thorne (ml)
📱Excellent. The luncheon is at the Grand Crest Hotel. Black-tie. I'll have a car sent for you.
Iris Vance (fl)
Black-tie? Julian, I don't..
Julian Thorne (ml)
📱It's standard for these events. Don't worry about a thing. And Iris...thank you.
Iris Vance (fl)
📱He wants me to present my drawings to his company's board of directors at a formal lunch.
Maeve(fl bestie)
📱WHAT?? That's a great opportunity!! That's definitely a "I am very proud of you" move
Iris Vance (fl)
📱Or it's a "I need to show my father I'm taking this seriously by involving the hired people" move
Maeve(fl bestie)
📱Iris Vance, you should stop being like that. He believes in you.
Iris Vance (fl)
📱in my work, not me.
Iris Vance (fl)
📱Anyways I'll send you the details later.
Iris Vance (fl)
*wearing a black dress she borrowed from Maeve*
Iris Vance (fl)
(To Maeve) 📱I'm here. Everyone is in diamonds and looks like they own a yatch.
Iris Vance (fl)
📱This was a mistake.
Maeve(fl bestie)
📱You belong there just as much as they do! Don't worry.
Iris Vance (fl)
*feels a sudden shiver run down her spine*
Arthur Thorne (ml father)
*staring intensely at Iris with 'dont mess it up' look from across the room*
Suddenly the quiet room is filled with murmurs
Iris Vance (fl)
*turns to see the cause of the murmer*
Iris Vance (fl)
*swiftly texts Maeve* 📱He's here. And he's not here alone.
Iris Vance (fl)
📱Isadora is on his arm. In a dress that probably costs more than my car.
Iris Vance (fl)
📱They look.....perfect together.
Julian Thorne (ml)
Iris. You made it. You look.....very professional *almost in a mocking tone*
Isadora (FL rival)
So you're the little artist Julian's been so obsessed with.
Isadora (FL rival)
*in a mocking tone* How.... amateurish. I didn't know they let just anyone into these events.
Julian Thorne (ml)
Isadora, please. Iris's work is vital to the project.
Iris Vance (fl)
*coldly* I'm fine. If you'll excuse me, I should find my seat.
The presentation went in a blur. Iris talked about root systems and sunlight, with a small voice
After the meeting was over. Julian finds her collecting her things
Julian Thorne (ml)
❄️Your presentation was well....adequate. The board was impressed.❄️
Iris Vance (fl)
*forcing a smile* Adequate. Great.
Julian Thorne (ml)
My father has asked that Isadora consult on the aesthetic elements moving forward.
Julian Thorne (ml)
Her family's foundation is a major donor.
Julian Thorne (ml)
I will need you to coordinate with her in the final selections.
Iris Vance (fl)
*in disbelief* You want me to run my work by her? For her approval?
Julian Thorne (ml)
It's a complicated situation. It's just how these things are done.
Julian Thorne (ml)
I need you to do this for me.*saying with pleading eyes*
Iris Vance (fl)
I understand. You need to keep your donor happy.
Iris Vance (fl)
And your father. And your..... girlfriend *giving more pressure in her tone while saying girlfriend*
Julian Thorne (ml)
It's not...It's just business, Iris.
Iris Vance (fl)
❄️Right. Business. I'll have the revised lists. for Ms. Vale by the end of the week.❄️
Julian Thorne (ml)
Iris, wait-
But she doesn't. She walks away, her heart feeling like a stone in her chest.
Iris Vance (fl)
📱Maeve, It's over. The project. Everything.
Maeve(fl bestie)
📱What happened? Tell me.
Iris Vance (fl)
📱He brought her. To my presentation.
Iris Vance (fl)
📱He let her call me amateurish. And then he told me I have to get her approval in all my work from now on.
Iris Vance (fl)
📱Because her family donates money.
Maeve(fl bestie)
📱I swear I am going to kill him. I swear. I am.
Iris Vance (fl)
📱I'm such a fool. I thought he saw me.
Iris Vance (fl)
📱But he just saw another resource to manage. Another problem to solve. I'm going to finish the work he paid for, and then I'm done.
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