Chapter 172
Veronica’s POV
Harmon Designs – President Office – Next day
Yesterday night was a traumatic night.
With the message, and having to send the Blue Heart to the vault.
I truly felt like my mother was leaving us.
I was reviewing some files, and my gaze fell on Alex’s contract file.
A pathetic laugh escaped my lips.
“I surely have a lot to learn,” I said to myself.
“Jonathan didn’t like him from the beginning p>
“But I got so fantasized by his international image p>
“A fox in sheep skin p>
The once promising partnership now was nothing more than a trap in my eyes.
I took the cancel seal and marked the file.
“Hello,” I said on the phone to my secretary. “I’ve cancelled the Alex Vale contract, send it back p>
Just then Jonathan entered and saw the file.
He also noticed my expression.
“I hope you’re not bringing personal into business p>
“Jonathan,” I said, smiling.
“You’re the only one with whom I can combine business with pleasure p>
“I made my decision based what I understood of him p>
“I want Harmon Designs to succeed on its own, and like I said before p>
“If I need any support financial or elsewise, you’re here for me p>
“Jonathan,” I had a glow in my eyes.
“What do you want?” he said with pinched eyebrows.
“The first and last time you gave me that look,” he said, clutching his shirt’s collar.
“We got Janet and Joshua p>
“Well,” I walked over to him and put my arms around his neck.
“I do want to create something with you p>
“But not a baby p>
“Janet and Joshua are more than enough p>
“Then what else can we create together?” He asked me, smiling.
“A jewelry collection p>
“What?” he said looking confused.
“I was planning a new collection for Harmon’s p>
“I thought maybe I could use my abstract paintings p>
“Then I got this idea p>
“A completely unique idea p>
“Not a commercial line p>
“But a limited, exclusive, handmade, for only one couple through an auction p>
“And the money will be donated to the orphanage p>
“Okay,” he said.
“Who’ll make the jewelry?” he asked.
“Got any special designer in mind p>
“Every piece will carry their artistic vision p>
“Same question, who p>
“Us, who else!” I said with gleaming eyes.
“Us p>
Jonathan lifted me bridal style and walked towards the sofa.
He sat down, making me sit on his lap and listened carefully.
“I want this collection to be unlike anything Harmon Designs ever did p>
“A joint collaboration with Rollings Designs p>
“I want to tell everyone what we’ve accomplished together p>
“Not as a couple p>
“Not because we both have successful companies p>
“But because we genuinely understand each other p>
For me, now it was no longer about competing with Alex,
Rather to prove whom he’s messing with.
Jonathan smiled.
“And p>
“I know you have it planned p>
“Yes,” I said.
“I’ll design the pieces, and you’ll create them p>
Jonathan smiled again.
“Then let’s begin p>
I pulled my sketchbook out.
“Look,” I said, showing him.
“I thought of using my abstract paintings for the design at first p>
“Then I thought, how about unique pieces p>
“You know the only types in the world p>
“Like crowns, no one else has it p>
Jonathan nodded with gleaming eyes.
“I understand what you mean p>
“But for that we’ll have to use rare gems or jade to make them unique to buy p>
I showed him a sketch.
“Oh,” I said. “And this p>
“Interconnecting jewelry p>
“Yes,” I said.
“Pendants, rings, neck pins connecting to hair bun pins p>
“And inspiration?” He asked.
“We’ll have to tell about that too p>
“Yes,” I said.
“These are based on light and water p>
“These on memory, freedom p>
“And these about rebirth of a relationship, like second chance p>
Jonathan carefully studied my sketches.
“I can change whatever you think requires p>
“Regarding your art, there’s nothing to change p>
“Only practical points like size as weight changes how a jewelry behaves on and off paper p>
“But I do want to know how you want these pieces to be worn p>
I smiled as I realized he didn’t want to be the designer, rather he wanted to understand my vision.
“Like this one,” he said, pointing to one sketch.
“This is you p>
“Free p>
I smiled.
“Then let’s begin with this one p>
“I want Harmon Designs to present the collection as a collaboration p>
“Exclusive jewelry created by the CEO of Rollings Designs p>
“The let’s head over to the Rollings studio p>
Rollings Designs – Private Studio
Jonathan brought me to his office.
Then he pulled a book out of the bookshelf and the shelf moved.
“Wow!” I said as I saw a private studio at the back.
“Let me show you some material p>
“I want you to choose them p>
He removed some precious metals, rare stones, and some rare jade stones.
“Okay, choose p>
“What about jade?” I asked.
“I never saw it before except for in Chinese dramas p>
“Jadeite is known for its toughness and rich history,” Jonathan said.
“It comes in bright colors, higher translucency, rarer, and more expensive than other gemstones p>
“It symbolizes purity, wisdom, longevity, and balance in one’s life p>
“Ideal for pendants, and bangles p>
“Well, these are the bangle designs p>
“Can they be made in jade p>
“Of course,” he said.
“Overall Jadeite bangles are always made from the stone itself p>
“But you can add gemstones, gold or even make small stones of the jade and set it in a gold or silver bangle or bracelet p>
“As for pendant p>
“The same, cut to size p>
I showed him a design of a tie pin and a hair bun pin.
“Yes,” he said.
“We can put small jade stone pieces here on the line p>
“And a matching stone on the handle of the hair bun pin p>
“Making it a couple set p>
“And this ring?” I asked.
“The heart is in two pieces, one side with the other p>
“Yes, we can make a heart shaped jade gemstone and cut in two halves p>
“Design the ring such, when both combine their rings together, it forms a heart p>
Then Jonathan explained to me how to choose the texture, weight and movement of the gems.
He also told me how to choose stones that are rare so their significance of not being mass-produced is relevant.
He told me to keep my focus on making something that should make the buyer want only for his…her beloved.
“Now let me confirm p>
“These pieces will be one of a type p>
“Never again p>
“Yes p>
“That’s why I want them to be more unique p>
“My designing, your creation p>
It took us three weeks, but the collection was finally ready.
While we were making the pieces, I realized this collection became more than a business project for me.
It became personal as we did this together.
Once I thought our works are separate,
He designs, I paint.
Today our work is combined.
As I saw the final pieces, I was overwhelmed.
“This is exactly what I dreamt of p>
I was happy as what we created was something no jewelry home had ever created.
“Let’s show him what we are capable of, and why we don’t need him or anyone else p>