Chapter 441
"There''s no need for that."
Derek said coldly, "Is there anything else?"
Huh?
Arya was taken aback. Then, she hurriedly said, "Mr. Xavier, I''ve already discussed it with Director
Mason. Both of us have reached an agreement. I think this kind of friendly technical exchange is very
good..."
Before she could finish speaking, Derek ignored her and looked directly at Meredith. His voice was
obviously much softer. Such a disparity in treatment woke Arya up. She gnashed her teeth in hatred
and swore to carry out her n.
"Meredith, do you agree topete with her?"
Meredith shrugged, "I didn''t fully agree with her. I didn''t have much desire, and I didn''t know if the
Derek suddenly understood, and looked at Arya with an even more unfriendly look, "So, Miss Collins,
you raised this so-calledpetition, did you? Miss Collins, do you have so much spare time?"
Arya bit her lips and tensed up. But she still boldly asked as if she had thought of something, "Mr.
Xavier, thepany doesn''t have rules and regtions about this, right? In that case, why can''t we
"Or in other words, Director Mason doesn''t dare topete with me? Or maybe she just enjoyed an
unwarranted reputation and her design skills are not good."
"Shut up, how dare you." Derek yelled out. His momentum made Arya''s face pale with fear.
Only when her heart thumped and her body stiffened did she realize what she had just said.
Mr. Xavier brought Meredith to thepany by himself. She had just said that Meredith didn''t have real
design skills. But she also refuted Mr. Xavier''s decision and vision.
Arya was immediately filled with fear and frustration. She immediately exined, "I''m sorry Mr. Xavier,
I, I didn''t mean that. But I really wanted topete with Director Mason, so I was in a hurry and said
the wrong thing."
"In that case, I''ll tell you again. There''s no need for thispetition. Did you hear me clearly?" Derek
said coldly.
Arya: "..."
She lowered her head and gritted her teeth. Though she was full of dissatisfaction, she did not dare to
say anything. Arya froze there and did not move. Derek became ck in the face. Just as he was
about to get angry, Meredith stopped him.
She looked at Arya and said faintly, "Since you want topete with me, then I will take up the glove."
Meredith looked at her and had a premonition that even if Derek escorted her today so that she
wouldn''t have topete with Arya, this woman would spread the news all over the Design
Department in the next second.
Undoubtedly the news must be that Meredith''s skills were showy and she was afraid to ept the
challenge.
In that case, it would be better than to agree with her. Anyway, she was from B Department. It was no
big deal even she failed in thepetition with people from A Department.
At the same time, she wanted to see how strong Arya was as A Department''s director.
Since she chose to take the road of design, she already knew that the brilliance was made through
countlesspetitions. This time, it was just a smallpetition.
If she didn''t even dare to take this, how would she go further down the road?
Arya was overjoyed. She was filled with pride and ridicule, thinking that Meredith was stimted by her.
Derek frowned. It wasn''t long before Meredith became the director of B Department. If she had won the
would have flooded in.
He looked at Meredith hesitantly. Seeing her determined face, he could only agree helplessly.
He tried every possible means to pave a smoother path for Meredith. But there were always some
arrogant and insensible people who irritated him.
So.
He looked at Arya and narrowed his eyes, "I can allow you topete, but I''ll add one rule. Miss
Collins, if you lose, you won''t be the director of A Department anymore and your position will be
reced by someone more capable."
Arya looked up in shock and blurted out, "Why?"
Derek''s face darkened, "What did you say?"
Arya turned pale. She took a deep breath and remained silent for a while, "What about Director
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Mason? What if she loses?"
"Then Director Mason loses thepetition. Nothing will happen then." Derek said unconcernedly.
Meredith: "..."
Such obvious favoritism made Arya feel ufortable and resentful as if ants were gnawing at her.
She was very unhappy and said rashly.
"Mr. Xavier, that''s not fair."
"Oh, you want fairness? I don''t agree with this unnecessarypetition. It''s you who insist. So you
have to pay the price."
"Besides, you are the design director of A Department. If you lose to Meredith of B Department, don''t
you feel shameful to ask for fairness then? I didn''t demote you from the headquarter to the branch
office, which is fair enough for you."
Arya: "..."
"Or rather? Do you actually want to go to the branch office? I won''t refuse either," Derek said
indifferently.
Arya''s eyes widened. She wasn''t angry anymore and said immediately, "No, I don''t have this idea."
Although she was angry at Mr. Xavier for being so partial to Meredith, no matter what, she could start
thepetition she wanted.
By then, when she won against Meredith, her goal would be achieved.
Arya had never thought she would fail at all. In her opinion, it was simply unrealistic. The reason why
she was angry just now was that Mr. Xavier was obviously protective of Meredith.
As Derek approved, the news of thepetition quickly spread throughout the headquarters.
Many people knew that Arya of A Department personally asked Mr. Xavier topete with Meredith.
Although Mr. Xavier agreed, he said that if Arya would be demoted if she lost.
And if Meredith lost, there would be no punishment at all.
This time, the wholepany was in an uproar.
Of course, they were not surprised at thepetition but at Mr. Xavier''s attitude towards the two
directors. Based on ability and value, it was obvious that Arya, as the director of A Department, was
much higher.
But even so, Mr. Xavier still humiliated Arya in public and was so partial to Meredith. Now everyone
spected again about Meredith''s rtionship with their big boss.
A lot of people were looking forward to this match. Of course, they were not looking forward to
Meredith. They wanted to see what would happen if Arya really lost.
The rules of thepetition were very simple. In order to be more formal, Derek was appointed as the
supervisor of thepetition. In order to make it fair, he was randomly selected one topic from the
unfinished project list of the Design Department.