Page 19 of Spring Break With a Baby Daddy
His words have me curious. “You didn’t all work together?”
“Oh, we did. But I ran the LA office while Vail and Quade headed things up in Charleston and New York.”
“You didn’t want to be with them?” It seems strange, but then what do I know? I don’t even know what it is they do, until now I hadn’t been curious other than to search how successful QVE is.
“In the beginning it made sense to split ourselves between the three places most of our business was.”
“And what exactly is that? Your business? I don’t really know what you do.”
“Many, many things. But we started buying old buildings and refurbishing them. Then we moved into doing it with companies we thought had unrealized potential.”
“Sounds like you’ve got your fingers in many pies.”
“We do.” His gaze moves to the baby. “But recently, Quade and Vail have had other priorities.”
“Ones you think you’ll now share.”
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Other priorities.
It’s something I didn’t see myself having for a long time. But the more I think about it, the more I realize I’m ready for change. QVE Enterprises is more than successful. It made me and my two best friends billionaires.
We could all walk away tomorrow and never work another day for the rest of our lives and not be able to spend all the money we’ve made.
Watching my two best friends pull back and focus on their personal lives has shown me our business doesn’t need us to be as hands on as we have been in the past.
And with the possibility of a baby to care for, and the role I want Vivi to have in my life, pulling back and letting someone else run the day to day seems like a good idea.
But am I ready for my life to change that much?
I’ve spent over a decade working seven days a week. It wasn’t forced on me, it’s what the three of us chose to do to get QVE to where it is today.
But how much more successful does it need to be?
Like Vivi said, we have our fingers in multiple pies. Over the years we’ve diversified in a way that doesn’t require the attention it used to.
“Penny for them.”
Vivi’s voice pulls me out of my thoughts. With a smile, I look over at her. “Just thinking about the changes that have happened over the last year.”
“Oh?”
“Yeah. Quade and Vail have found other things in life worth their time and attention, and I’ve seen them go from working seven days a week to letting others take over a lot of their tasks.”
“Tasks I’m sure those people are fully capable of doing.”
“Of course. We’ve employed highly skilled people over the years.” I frown. “And in hindsight, I don’t think we’ve taken advantage of their skills the way we should have.”
“Laney said Vail isn’t the grumpy workaholic he used to be.”
“She’s right. He’s handed over more and more of his workload in recent months. But that has more to do with her than anything else.” I grin. “I wasn’t at all surprised when they came out as a couple.”
“You weren’t?”
“No. There were a few times over the years when I caught one or the other staring in a way that said there was more to their relationship.”
“They didn’t have a relationship before Laney went to work for him.”
