Publishedat 6th of July 2019 12:45:04 AMChapter 262: 262
"Jia Li, last evening, I just wanted you to know how I felt . I appreciated your honesty and I will return the favour . Yes, I was disappointed to know your reply but I am glad that we had this conversation . I hate living with "what ifs" . So if it is alright with you, can we go back to being the super smart boss and his efficient a.s.sistant? I won"t cross my boundaries and make sure you don"t either," he said it all with an affable smile . Jia Li looked at the kind man in front of her and gave a grateful nod in return . She was relieved that he wasn"t sulking, nor was he trying to pretend that all was hunky dory .
"Thank you, Mr . Ying," she said softly .
Shanghai
"Mr . w.a.n.g, my name is Samantha . I couldn"t meet you the other day when I had visited the office," Sam bowed slightly to the elder gentleman who sat in front of her .
"It is nice to meet you, Ms . Li . I must admit that I was surprised when you requested to meet me privately before the shareholders" meet . Tell me how can I help you?" Mr . w.a.n.g said .
He was hesitant about being drawn into the family feud of the Li family . Given a choice, he would have preferred not going into a partners.h.i.+p with them . But the business needed stabilisation and funds ASAP . As a result, he found himself sitting across the young woman .
"Mr . w.a.n.g, I am sorry . I won"t take much of your precious time . I have not had much time to prepare before tomorrow"s meeting but here are few of the ideas and thoughts which I gathered and wanted to bring to you beforehand . I am sure you would be wondering as to why did I bring this here instead of going to my father . By now, I think you would have surmised that the relations aren"t congenial in the Li household . But please don"t worry . I will try my level best that the ripples of those do not spread beyond the boundaries of Li Mansion," she handed over a thick report to him .
"MR . w.a.n.g, I am not here to curry a special favour from you . My only request is for you to give it an impartial read . If there is any merit in the suggestions made by me, I believe that you would be fair enough to consider them, and maybe incorporate them . That"s all . Thank you for your time today," with that she got up and bowed to him before walking out of his cabin .
Mr . w.a.n.g leaned back in his chair and stroked his chin thoughtfully . After a minute, he picked up the file left by her .
Next Morning, Li Mansion
"Where is Sam? Is she not ready yet? She is scheduled to attend the shareholders meet with me today," Li Yichen frowned at the breakfast table .
"Uh, the staff informed me that she went out early this morning," his wife informed him .
Muttering under his breath unhappily, Mr . Li gulped down a cup of coffee and got up from the table .
"Where are you going? You haven"t eaten a single thing," she nagged him gently .
"I don"t have the time . I don"t want her to reach the place early and try to pull any other stunt," with that, he stormed out of the house .
"Dad showed me the report which you had left with him yesterday . Quite impressive . I liked the in-depth research which you have conducted on our company and the compet.i.tors . Though we may not agree with all the points, there are definitely some things which we would like you to propose in the meeting today . I have earmarked them in the report," Wei had invited Sam for an early breakfast meeting before the shareholders" conference .
Dressed in a conservative light grey pants and matching jacket, she hardly bore a resemblance to the wild girl from before . Wei was having a tough time trying to reconcile the two images .
"I am deeply grateful to you and your father for the giving the report its due . Having said that, I have another request to make," she started hesitatingly .
At his raised eyebrow, she smoothed the non-existing crease from her pants to bid for a moment to compose herself .
She drew a calming breath and said, "it would be better if the proposal was put up from your end rather than mine . If I was to, err, put up these suggestions, they may meet some resistance . "
At her cryptic reply, Wei seemed to ponder over it and didn"t respond immediately .
Looking at him from under her lashes, she couldn"t help but admire the way the dark blue suit fitted him . He looked every inch the business tyc.o.o.n that he was supposed to be . The vulnerable man from the other night had been replaced by the confident, s.e.xy man who sat in front of her .