New Pairing

“I wasn’t planning to…” I murmured.

“Regardless of what you say, you’ll have to pick another project. What about this one?” Ace suggested as he took out a small pile of paper and placed it on the table in front of me.

I flipped through a couple of pages and found that it seemed to be another advertisement for a clothing company. There wasn’t anything outstandingly interesting about the project. At least that was what I thought until my eyes landed on a particular name.

“Oh…” I muttered.

“Work with Richard instead. He’s nice and strict so I’m sure that there are many things that you can learn from him. You didn’t really get a chance to work closely with him on Project Alpha, so this is a good opportunity,” Ace said quite seriously.