Shameless
At the end of the day, Alliana walked towards her car while Assistant Hu followed.
She asked the man. "Is there any reply from Mr. Tan?"
Assistant Hu nodded. "Yes. They rejected our invitation."
"Hmm… Why are they playing hard to get?" She tilted her head.
"Mr. Tan seems deeply disappointed by the missed appointment. What do you plan to do about it?"
"Ask Mr. Tan's schedule tomorrow. Tell them that we wish to send an apology gift to Mr. Tan at an appropriate time. Even if he rejected my invitation, once he sees me, he will definitely change his mind."
Alliana's red lips curved up as she tilted her chin proudly. Her every step was oozing with confidence.
Assistant Hu stared dully at the back of his boss.
What makes you so confident, boss?
What if Mr. Tan does not swing in a normal way?
Ignorant of his internal cries, Alliana entered her car with a playful smile and left for home.
...
The next day, Assistant Yuan woke up to see an email in his office account.
He finally received a reply.
When he arrived at the office, Javier was already there, working on some documents.
"You woke up early today as well, boss," Assistant Yuan commented while he went to prepare coffee for the president.
He was already used to his boss arriving in the office earlier than him. He never once arrived earlier than him in the office. Even if he tried to get up early two hours before the office hours, he would arrive and still see his boss in the office.
Assistant Hu even once suspected that his boss might be staying and living in the office.
However, he immediately disregarded that, because he always sent off his boss to the car. Assistant Lu always drove the president home.
"Good morning. What is today's schedule?"
Assistant Yuan listed out the schedule for today. He then remembered the email he received earlier.
"Oh, right. The SanJin company is asking about the availability of your schedule and where you will be spending your lunch and dinner. They wish to gift you something."
Javier thought about it.
"Alright, if we continue being hard on them, they might take it to extreme measures. Since it is only a gift, you can send them the address of the private restaurant where I always eat my lunch."
...
Alliana stretched her stiff neck. However, her hands continued signing the papers she had already reviewed. She felt that her throat was dry, so she reached out for the tea that Secretary Jane prepared.
The tea smoothy moistened her dry throat. A refreshing feeling made Alliana relax.
Assistant Hu suddenly barged in and exclaimed excitedly. "President! They finally softened up!"
Pwooosh!
"Cough! Cough! Cough!"
Alliana sputtered and almost ruined the documents. Coughing, she reached for her handkerchief and wiped her mouth.
"President! Are you okay?"
Still coughing, Alliana glared at Assistant Hu. "Why are shouting in my office? Do you not know how to knock!"
Assistant Hu immediately bowed low in apology, straightened up nervously, and sweated.
His boss' eyes were beautiful, but when she glared like this at him, it reminded him of the psycho witch in the horror stories.
Truly scary.
Would he be fired… finally?
Alliana pointed at the box of tissue. "Don't just stand there and hand me that."
"Yes, president." He respectfully handed the box of tissues with both hands. He hesitantly asked, "Would you like another cup of tea?"
"What do you think?"
After Alliana cleaned up herself, she glared at Assistant Hu again.
"What made you so excited that you have to surprise me like that?"
"Ah, Mr. Tan finally gave his schedule. This is the place he usually has lunch with." He handed over a note slip.
Alliana took it and finally smiled.
"Good job. Since they don't want to accept our invitation, we can only invite ourselves in."
Assistant Hu blinked. "...?"
"Boss, I thought you were just going to send a gift?"
Alliana looked at her watch. "Yes. I am sending him a gift." She stood up and pointed proudly at herself. "Me, myself, and I."
Assistant Hu was dumbfounded.
'Boss...how can you be so shameless?'
He could now see how the other party would complain and call him a liar.
Ahhh… Was the partnership with the other party impossible after all?
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