Chapter 422 Ask Cassandra Back (Part Two)


    She looked up and saw Lionel standing in front of her desk, smiling genuinely. She got really confused


    and hurried to end the conversation.


    "What are you doing here?"


    Cassandra asked, quickly hanging up the call. She got up and kneaded the back of her waist. She had


    been sitting for hours now, her body was going numb.


    Seeing how tired she was, Lionel couldn''t help but ask in concern, "Cassandra, isn''t it more tiring to


    work here than it was designing in Tang Group?"


    It seemed like a casual question full of earnest concern. Cassandra only smiled at him, poured some


    water in a ss and handed it to him.


    "I put my heart and soul in whatever job I do. It doesn''t matter which one is more tiring. As long as I am


    passionate about my work, I can learn from every job and just get better,"


    Cassandra said, not answering his question directly. She didn''t want to answer it as she was no longer


    ''Manager Qin'' in his design department now.


    "Still...I think it''s a shame you changed your job. You''ve learned architectural design abroad and


    aplished so much in the field. All of that for what? Now you''vepletely abandoned your career


    as a designer!"


    Lionel said, looking at Cassandra with a regretful look on his face. She didn''t know how to respond to


    something like that. Why was he saying any of this to her?


    Didn''t he know why she had to give up her job? It was all due to the agreement she had signed when


    they got divorced.


    He had blocked all her ways of staying in the industry. And now, he had the audacity ofing and


    saying it was a shame? What did he want?


    Cassandra didn''t say a single word. Her silence made Lionel''s heart beat faster. He kept trying to figure


    what she was thinking but it only made him more anxious.


    After a while, he snapped out of his thoughts and took a step forward. "Anyway, Cassandra, let me


    show you a design. It''s done by the current design department at Tang Group. What do you think of it?"


    he said,ying the draft on her table.


    He stood eyeing the drawing as Cassandra still tried to grasp what was happening. She looked back


    and forth, alternating between him and the drawing. The draft was seriously castigated by the client


    with a lot of red marks on it.


    Finally, she took it in her own hands and started reading it closely. Soon, a frown appeared on her face.


    "The design is aesthetically pleasing but not very practical. Architecture isn''t all about making pretty


    buildings, you know. A proposal has to have a proper methodology of construction, as well as how one


    would incorporate the services,"


    Cassandra said as she turned the cover to read the name of the client.


    "Ah, he is an old client of thepany. This design is definitely not gonna work for someone like him,"


    She was very sure since she had worked with this client before. She knew heid a lot of emphasis on


    functionality in the building because of their previous interactions. No wonder he wasn''t happy with


    something as sculptural as what Lionel had brought.


    "Yeah, you are right, Cassandra. He wasn''t satisfied at all. In fact, you know what he said?" Cassandra


    raised her eyebrows with curiosity. "He said he wanted you to design the project!"


    Lionel hadn''t expected Cassandra would find the problem right away. It seemed like the client knew she


    would understand what he wanted, which was why he asked for her to design the project for him. She


    really was something else.


    "Are you serious? But that''s impossible..." Cassandra said, shaking her head. "I am no longer a part of


    Tang Group..."


    She gave out a helpless smile, shrugging. Then she folded the drawing, kept it neatly in the file, and


    handed it back to Lionel.


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    There was a time when she dreamt of bing one of the best designers of the world. But there was


    no chance for that dream toe true now. She didn''t even know if she would ever go back to her


    design career.


    "Cassandra..." Lionel said, sighing, his eyes shut, e back to Tang Group. It would be as if the


    agreement never took ce!"


    His eyes sparkled with excitement as he imagined her back in the office. Then he noticed the look on


    Cassandra''s face, which only made him sure about how much she was craving to go back to being a


    designer. It was her speciality after all.


    "That''s not going to happen,"


    Cassandra refused without a second thought, in a determined tone.


    "Lyndsy treats me very well and her career is just on the rise currently. She needs a responsible and


    capable team to help her. I am convinced about staying in the studio. I will never go back to Tang


    Group."


    Cassandra was no fool. It didn''t take her a lot of time to realise why Lionel had showed up out of the


    blue. He never contacted her unless he needed help. This time, he hade asking her to join the


    Tang Group. Sadly for him, she would never agree.


    "Cassandra, you are a designer, and one of the best in the country at that! You must hate me for


    forcing you to sign that stupid agreement. I agree that it put a stop to your career abruptly. But you


    need to understand I was fooled by Ivy at the time. I was just so angry that I made thewyer draw up


    those harsh terms."


    Seeing how confidently she had refused him, Lionel was quick to exin himself.


    "I know I was seriously wrong. But I''ve realised how foolish I was. I was blinded by a deceitful woman! I


    cannot thank you enough for not holding a grudge against me. The other day when you agreed to help


    me to talk to Rufus, it made me feel even guiltier.


    Cassandra, please give me a chance to prove I have changed. Please give me a chance to make up


    for my mistakes."