UNCHANGEABLE - FREENBECKY

the foundation

"sweet, huh? how did you feel about it?"

freen waves a hand. "can we not talk about that yet? i'm trying to make a point here."

"okay. okay." namtan drinks from her glass, gesturing freen to continue.

"so, the thing is, i had a long talk with my manager yesterday. i asked for some advice about starting a foundation... and she says she's willing to help us out."

namtan's brows furrow. freen takes it as a chance to continue.

"right after that, i reached out to the ex-SAU chapter in this town to ask for some help. they had all the connections needed. they found a temporary shelter forthose animals. they also started with the operation and rescued a handful of pets yesterday."

namtan looks confused. "wait. are you saying you're actually starting a foundation here?"

freen nods. "my manager has connections who are willing to donate for this cause. i will also have a meeting with my accountants to arrange how a certain percentage of my revenue will go automatically as a donation to this foundation."

"that's... that's great." namtan leans back. "but how does this concern me?"

freen smirks. "that's what the proposal is all about." she slides down the couch and bends on one knee.

"freen, careful! you're injured!" namtan was about to help her up, but freen stops her.

"let me do my proposal right, okay?"

namtan chuckles. "gosh. aren't you cheesy?"

"i don't care." freen clears her throat and reaches out to hold namtan's hands. "namtan tipnareei, the one who gave me this whole idea, the one who lit up a purpose in my life, will you do the honour of leading this foundation with me?"

"y-you're not serious, are you?"

"two-hundred percent serious, my lady."

"gosh. freen. it's really an honour. but i don't think i'm fitted for this. don't get me wrong, i would love to do this but i--"

"we'll work on this together," says freen assuringly. "i'll be the face of this foundation so we can gather more donors. but i need help to run this here. and there's no other person i think will be more fitted to do it but you."

namtan stares at her, speechless.

"once the initial budget has been finalised, we'll start the construction of the main office here. we'll look for staff who can work as our back-office personnel -- ofcourse, you and they will get paid for it. then we'll look for a bigger property that we can either rent or buy that will serve as the new home for those rescued animals," explains freen. "it's a win-win situation; we provide employment and we save the animals. and once we're smoothly running in this area, we'll also start chapters in other towns. everything has already been planned. the only thing that's missing is you saying yes to this."