Chapter 225
Last night, Jolene said she had been hired by a design firm. Is her newpany also involved in the
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bidding process? The idea shocked me. Although I had thought about how to deal with her, I didn’t
expect her to be my adversary at work.
When the elevator arrived, the receptionist led President Smith and me to a room on the seventeenth
floor. After two cups of tea had been ced on the table, the receptionist politely told us, “President
Smith, Ms. Hawkins, please wait here. When the meeting starts, I will let you know.”
After the receptionist left, President Smith sipped his tea. “This is a nice cup of Earl Grey. Lillian, try
it. Is very good.”
Smiling. I took the ss and was about to drink. However, as soon as I smelled it, I immediately
dropped it. which provoked a puzzled look from President Smith. “Why don’t you drink?”
“President Smith, this tea has a strange smell. It doesn’t smell like Earl Grey.”
“No way. I’ve been drinking tea for years. I can tell what tea it is just by smelling it,” countered President
Smith.
“But that’s really not Earl Gray in my cup. It stinks. It’s like…” I didn’t finish my words because the smell
of tea was indescribable with words.
“Like what?” Picking up my cup of tea, astonished, President Smith sniffed at it and immediately put it
down. “What kind of tea is this? It has a horrible smell. Is weird. Our teacups look different.”
“I don’t know. Maybe it’s a Walker Group rule that a boss and an employee should be given different
types of tea.” Despite what I said, I felt something was wrong.
Walker Group is such a bigpany so I don’t think they would treat their guests any
differently. Someone yed a trick on me? But I don’t think I offended anyone at theirpany.
After waiting in the room for over ten minutes, the receptionist returned. “President Smith, Ms. Hawkins,
please follow me.”
Getting up from the sofa, we followed the receptionist and arrived in a meeting room, in which many
acquaintances were already seated.
Representatives from all of Riverdale’s famous design firms were in attendance. As I sat down, I looked
around but didn’t see Jolene and the man with her.
Did I make a wrong guess? Maybe Jolene isn’t here for the pageant.
While I was deep in thought, Eric and his special assistant entered. He was dressed in a ck suit,
purple shirt and white tie. During our meetings in the past, he was usually dressed in casual clothes, so
this was the first time I saw him in a
suit.
It was said that handsome men with good figures looked better in a suit; Eric was no exception.
I wasn’t sure how I should describe Eric in a suit. Despite the fact that all the men in the conference
room were dressed in suits, the moment Eric walked in, they all paled in front of him.
There were also plenty of female stylists who stared at Eric uncontrobly and were reluctant to look
away.
It looked like Eric was used to being the center of attention as his expression remained calm. Upon
taking the main chair, his special advisor announced the beginning of the meeting.
Eric weed us briefly and got right down to the bidding. “About this bidding. I must emphasize that
you alle from the best design firms in Riverdale, so it’s an honor to have you in the bidding
process. I hope everyone will show me the best design and achieve a win-win partnership with us.”
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Then his special assistant started talking about the details of the bidding while Eric leaned back in his
chair with an impassive expression.
In the middle of the meeting. Eric’s beautiful secretary hurried in and whispered in his ear, whereupon
he rose from his chair and left the room. He never returned until the end of the meeting.
At the end of the meeting, the bidders began to leave the room. When we get to the door,
President. Smith suddenly stopped in his tracks. Perplexed, I asked, “President Smith, what’s wrong?”