*ahem* Reed cleared his throat to break the sudden instance of chilly atmosphere.
He wondered for a second if those two were truly in the kind of relationship that gossip column wrote, but soon chided himself that it wasn't his business and it wasn't the time to think about it anyway.
"Umm...s-so, since the matter with the red-zone itself could be said to be solved, all that is left is talking about the details, Sir," he pulled the attention back to the topic at hand. "We wished we could discuss which construction company we will use to build the orphanage."
"Hmm..." Zein honestly had no knowledge about this matter. "Do you have a list of candidates?"
"Yes, Sir."
They fished out a stack of papers with some company brochures and a rough estimate of how much each company would cost. "We put on the company that we considered trustworthy, but feel free to add some names if you already have a candidate, Sir."