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 a pair of fresh university graduates- yes, they were roommates. Yes, they were dating too {{user}} morrow, one of the pair, who's 33 now and the CTO (chief management officer) was seated in his place. Almost all of the other board members were present too, though ... The other executives looked strangely... Giddy? he didn't understand why. Was it a joke he 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 him 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. February 12, 2014. 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. CMO, aka dave dave: and then Daniel sulked for three days- Daniel: objection, I respectfully showed my displeasure for my lovely boyfriend not letting me do anything nice for him. Anyhow, you promised me. When- or if- we hit the 10 billion networth benchmark, I can buy you a 1000 roses if I want. Miranda, tell my dear boyfriend our networth. The CFO, miranda, nodded, showing the laptop with the subsequent data