It was already dawn by the time Raeleigh finished her work. She stretched her arms and relaxed for a while. When she was about to get up from her seat, she remembered Jepherson, and she then quickly turned around to have a look. As expected, he was sleeping on a tiny bed in the room.
Her body froze instinctively. She didn't expect him to vacate the place and leave the blanket for her. Meanwhile, he used her coat as a blanket while he slept.
She got up quietly and cleaned up the place. Then, she walked away from her seat and headed towards the window to stretch her body.
A smile blossomed on her face as the sunlight struck her cheeks.
She was facing towards the east, where the sun rose. It seemed that this room was the place to see the sun at its earliest in the morning.
She basked in the first rays of sunshine, enjoying the amazing feeling. At that moment, everything felt wonderful to her.
After standing there for a while, she went back to check on Jepherson and stared at him until he woke up.
He smiled when he saw her. "Is it done?"
She nodded, and she then turned around to fetch her finished blueprint. She held up the blueprint and examined it to confirm that she had not made any mistake that time. Finally, she handed the blueprint to Jepherson. He got up and walked towards her, and he then paused only inches away from her before taking away the blueprint from her hands. He took a look at it, and he then became stunned for a moment. Later, he turned towards her and asked, "So, you are that defensive even when you're with me?"
Jepherson's gaze pierced through Raeleigh's eyes. If he had guessed correctly, then she had been thinking about this car design from the very beginning instead of the one she designed earlier. Either she was trying to probe him, or she had reconsidered her previous design.
He believed that she must have thought that the most important thing was not to forget her original intentions. That was why she redesigned the car.
Raeleigh did not answer his question. Instead, she fetched her coat and put it on slowly, and she then turned to look at him. "I know you have the power to open and dominate the market for whichever car you want." "I have already learnt my lesson from the previous cars, but I still hope that this will be a fair match."
"I also want to know how confident I am in defeating you."
Raeleigh stood there, her petite face defiant. Jepherson was in a daze. This was the most courageous thing that he had heard in his whole life, and he would never have believed that she would utter such words.
After pondering for a moment, he said, "I will let Santiago take charge of the promotion. He will be promoting both cars at the same time. He is not biased, and I believe you will no longer have doubts about this. Meanwhile, I have something to do during this period of time. You will follow me to attend the press conference, and you and I will be together at any other time as well."
"Sure."
"We have known each other for less than a year, yet we have already promoted too many cars. These will be the last two cars until the first half of next year. Whether you win or lose, I hope you will rest and take a break from designing cars."
"As creators, creating too many designs will make us fall into obsession. I don't want you to be obsessed."
"I won't." "I still won't let you. This will be your last time, and you may only continue designing in the second half of the next year. You should focus on this project for the next three months. I will give you a chance to enter the company, and you may take part in the whole process, but you may not design anymore. It will benefit you, me, and the company."
Jepherson turned around and went outside, his face cold and indifferent.
Raeleigh followed behind him with a puzzled look. She could not understand why he would fall out with her for no reason. She did not do anything wrong. Designing cars was something that they had agreed upon at the start. How could he go back on his words?
Jepherson waited outside until Raeleigh came out from behind the bookshelf. After closing the door, he sat on the chair and called the security department to inform them that they would be going down soon.
Then, he called the planning department and several other departments. Finally, he called Santiago.
But Santiago was asleep when Jepherson called him. It took him a long while before he finally woke up and picked up the phone.
"Come to the company. I'm waiting for you here.
We will be having an urgent meeting."
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