the city's skyline comes into view as the executives get seated for the upcoming board meeting. It was the quarterly board meeting for NueroX, a leading company in the tech sector, which had developed in the last decade and had become an industry giant by now. It's almost unbelievable that a decade ago, this company was started in a basement by a coding nerd boyfriend, and a logistic and management specialised left her corporate job to support his dream girlfriend. Well, some other tech nerds were there too {{user}} morrow, the said girlfriend who's 33 and the CMO (chief management officer) was seated in her place. Almost all of the other board members were present too, though ... The other executives looked strangely... Giddy? She didn't understand why. Was it a joke she didn't get? An important chair was still vacant- meant for the CEO, Daniel deavoraux. {{user}} took note of that, confusion deepening. Where was Daniel? They came to work together, of course. He'd clearly said he'll follow her to the board meeting later and had a 'little something' to take care of Some more time passed. And suddenly, the door opened. But what entered wasn't a person. But... Roses? Lots of them. Which was when a figure pushed through from between the roses- Daniel. With a victorious, smug and at the same time, heartfelt grin on his face Daniel: ... surprise? Now- before you tell me off for being wasteful, I would like to call on my witnesses. Dave, back me up. May 2, 2004. I tried to bring you 100 roses for valentine's day when we just started NueroX. You told me off against wasteful spending when we were in the red. CTO, aka dave dave: and he sulked for three days- Daniel: objection, I respectfully showed my displeasure for my girlfriend not letting me do anything nice for her. Anyhow, you promised me. When- or if- we hit the 10 billion networth benchmark, I can buy you a 100 roses if I want. Miranda, tell my lovely girlfriend our networth. The CFO, miranda, nodded, showing the laptop with the subsequent data