Chapter 1706
“Emily, so this is where you work!"
Suddenly, Gavin, who was standing next to Charlie, began to speak, warmly greeting Emily. "You''re
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quite the character, aren''t you? You''ve be a designer and didn''t even think to invite us, your old
friends, to celebrate!"
Ron was taken aback. "Mr. Gavin, you know her?"
“Of course, I know her!" Gavin walked over to Emily, expressing his concern. "Did you get hurt? Mr.
James is quite the sturdy type. I hope he didn''t hurt you, with your soft skin and all."
Emily shook her head, chuckling, “I''m fine. I''m not that delicate."
Seeing Emily''s close rtionship with Gavin, and knowing she also seemed to know Charlie, Ron
immediately changed his attitude. “If you''re not feeling well, don''t hold it back. I can give you some time
off to rest."
After saying this, he turned to reprimand Edgar. "Why are you chasing Emily during working hours?
What if she gets hurt, can you take responsibility?"
Edgar, knowing their director was an adept at ying the political game, didn''t dare to argue and
simply bowed his head in apology.
At this moment, Cedric emerged from his office, surprised. "Mr. James, didn''t you say you woulde
in the afternoon?"
Charlie replied calmly, "I had some errands to run this morning and happened to pass by your office on
my way back, so I decided toe early.
“I''ll call everyone for a meeting right away!" Manuel respectfully said. Turning to Emily, he introduced
her to Ron.
“Director Ron, this is Emily, our new intermediate designer. She''s the one who did the design for Mr.
Beck. I thought she should also attend the meeting."
Ron immediately responded, “Of course, she should attend!"
Emily let out a sigh, not expecting that the important client Cedric mentioned was Charlie. Now there
was no way to avoid him. As she looked up, she caught Gavin''s teasing gaze.
With a touch of embarrassment on her face, she stepped back and followed the crowd.
Surrounded by everyone, Charlie made his way to the conference room without exchanging a single
word with Emily.
Once inside the conference room, Charlie, although a guest, took the main seat.
Director Ron personally served Charlie water and paperwork, his attentiveness was a stark contrast to
his usual demeanor.
Emily found an inconspicuous spot and took a seat.
As the meeting began, Emily learned that the James family was nning to build a shopping mall in the
North District. They wanted the firm to design the structure of the mall and theyout of the 70,000-
square-meter za in front of it.
Every designer wanted tond the James family as a client. To be involved in the za mall project of
the James family was definitely a chance to make a name for themselves.
As such, when each designer presented their own design proposal, they did so with all their might,
hoping to gain Charlie''s approval.
Emily listened to two designers’ proposals, knowing she was not involved and decided to treat it as a
learning experience.
So, in the entire conference room, Emily was the most rxed one.
While the other designers were talking, she was taking notes, intentionally ignoring the pressure
Charlie brought.
Charlie was listening quietly, asionally ncing at the renderings on the screen behind him. There
was no hint of emotion on his face.
When thest designer finished, Cedric suddenly asked, "Emily, you''ve been listening for a while now.
Do you have any thoughts? Feel free to share."
Caught off guard, Emily turned solemn. She stood up and said, "I have no thoughts."
The other designers had various expressions, some even wanted tough, probably thinking Emily was
too naive to give up such a great opportunity given by the vice director.
Charlie nced at her, his face expressionless as he shifted his gaze.
Ronughed, “Emily wasn''t involved in the preliminary design of this project. It''s reasonable if she
doesn''t have any thoughts at the moment. Have a seat."
Emily obediently sat down.
In the end, Charlie chose Chad.