Chapter 227


    Chapter 227 d to Work With You


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    Nicole came up shortly after Queenie left.


    Walking by her side, Tony led her into the office and just as he was about to leave her with Colton, he


    heard Colton say something.


    “There’s no need to bring refreshments in.”


    Geez, what tant partiality! It is so obvious you don’t want to be disturbed!


    Even though Tony was silently grumbling to himself, he still nodded and left.


    Nicole wasn’t aware that Queenie had just left, and neither did she care as she went straight to the


    point.


    “President Gardner, it seems rather improper to me that the announcement states I am the sole


    founder of ‘Ann’.”


    Colton didn’t think that this was what Nicole woulde to talk to him about today, so he stopped


    doing his work and raised his brows slightly as a little smile appeared on his face.


    “What’s wrong? What about it is inappropriate?”


    With a solemn face, she looked straight at him and said, “I may be the one who made the main


    products of the brand, but Director Schmidt has also contributed a lot. I am afraid it is inappropriate that


    my name is the only one mentioned.”


    “You want to add Joanna Schmidt’s name, you mean?” he asked.


    Nicole nodded and eximed generously, “After all, it couldn’t have beenpleted with just me alone.


    I represent F&M Apparel, and Joanna represents the Gardner Corporation.”


    Hearing that, Colton smilingly stood up and walked over slowly as he stated, “The brand is only popr


    because of Lisa. There is no need to add anything else. It will only make it more cumbersome.”


    Nicole stiffened for a moment before she looked up, just in time to see the half-smile on his face.


    Seeing that she wasn’t replying, he continued, “Chief Designer Lisa from F&M Apparel has a certain


    position in the design industry. But all Lisa does is produce couture and asionally design something


    for F&M Apparel. She does not have her own brand.”


    Nicole quickly understood what Colton was saying then. With a glint in her eyes, she asked, “Are you


    thinking of making ‘Ann’ my brand, President Gardner?”


    “You can think of it that way,” he replied with a nod.


    His answer made her purse her lips as an odd feeling arose in her chest. She looked up and when her


    eyes fell on his handsome face, her lips parted as she finally asked, “Why did you spend all that time in


    the clothing industry, President Gardner? Why are you handing over the result of your hard work to


    someone else?”


    The corners of his lips curled into a smile and instead of answering her, he askedzily, “Don’t all


    designers want to have a brand of their own?”


    When she nodded without objecting, Colton continued, “This might be a coboration between the


    Gardner Corporation and F&M Apparel, but it is also a coboration between Lisa and the Gardner


    Corporation. You are in charge of design, and I am in charge of the operation and finances. I will be


    fulfilling my mother’s wish, and you will get rich and famous if we manage to grow the brand. Isn’t this a


    win-win situation?”


    Upon hearing that, Nicole was at a loss for words.


    She onlyughed after a while. “It is a wonderful n, President Gardner. My coboration with the


    Gardner Corporation is only supposed to be half a year. You are making it necessary to keep


    coborating with yourpany this way.”


    “It is not about the coboration. It is about building your own design brand,” he corrected her.


    Nicole pursed her lips at that. She had to admit that Colton’s n was a good one. It was indeed every


    designer’s dream to create their own brand. Of course, as a designer herself, Nicole had also thought


    about it before.


    The only thing that got in her way was the fact that she was the Chief Designer at F&M Apparel.


    What Colton was doing was help her create a brand the right and proper way, but at the end of the day,


    he was still the one who had the power in his hands.


    Seeing how she had fallen silent, he tugged the corners of his lips up and continued to ask, “How is it?


    What do you think, Miss Nicole?”


    She narrowed her eyes but instead of refusing, she nodded and said, “Pleasure to work with you.”


    “Likewise.” He smiled.


    They did not continue to talk in depth, and Nicole left shortly after the negotiation.