"William, you can't go back on your word like this," Adam said angrily. "You have agreed to sell eighty percent of the company's shares to me. How can you go back on your word now? You just can't do that, William!"
"I'm sorry, Mr. Chen," William said casually. "I've decided not to sell it. The overseas trip has been cancelled. I will continue to develop my career here at home."
More importantly, he needed to find someone...
"What about our previous agreement? That was an agreement!"
"I will compensate for your loss in accordance with the agreement," William said calmly.
"You..." Adam was speechless. He was ready to take over the company, but was suddenly informed that the shares of the AJ Group weren't sold to him. How could he bear it? All the effort, for nothing!
"Mr. Chen, if there is nothing else, you can leave now." William knocked on the conference table.
"You... William, I was wrong about you!" Adam pointed at William as he scolded him, "That's not what you said when you and your wife came to Hainan last year..."
"Mr. Chen!" Kevin who sat on the other side of the table heard the word 'wife' and immediately interrupted him. A cold sweat broke out on his forehead. The last time he accidentally asked about Mary, he was almost demoted. Since then, he hadn't said the word "Mary" in front of William ever again...
If Mr. Lan got angry again and did something impulsive, it wouldn't be good!
Wife.. Hainan...
William didn't seem angry. He just sat on the chair and didn't move, but there was a hint of pain in his eyes.
"Humph!" Adam rolled his sleeves. "Goodbye!"
"Mr. Chen, let me walk you out!" Kevin walked towards Adam.
He sent him off. When he came back to the meeting room, William wasn't there anymore.
When he walked to the thirty-second floor, he saw Jane working lazily.
"Where is the boss?" Kevin walked over and tapped her on the shoulder.
"He's here!" Jane pouted and looked at the CEO's office. "He's inside. He's kept that posture ever since he got back." In the office, William stood in front of the window with his back to them. Nobody knew what he was thinking.
"Alas..." Kevin shook his head. Since Mary left for no apparent reason, William had often been seen in a daze for several hours, standing in front of the window, motionless for several hours...
"Mary..."
"Shh!" Kevin quickly covered Jane's mouth. "Keep your voice down! Don't you know that saying Mary's name is taboo? Aren't you afraid of being fired if he hears you? Now, don't say that name again!"
"Humph!" Jane shoved his hand away. She snorted and asked in a hushed voice, "Where did Mary go? Why didn't boss say anything? Mary's phone number is no longer in service!"
"I don't know." Kevin shook his head and sighed. "Let's just get back to work."
"Yes, work." Jane nodded. "Mary has left, leaving us with more work to do. Boss no longer wants to hire a secretary."
Kevin gazed at the empty desk. All the decorations on it were left untouched and there were still post-it notes on the computer, as if everything had stopped since the day Mary disappeared.
Did William want to keep this little memory? "I miss Mary so much." Jane pouted. She whispered, "Boss... Has he divorced Mary?"
"Well..." Kevin was about to say something, but stopped mid-way and gave it a quick thought. He remembered that there was a lawyer whose surname was Zhang. He brought a divorce agreement. It seemed that Mary wanted a divorce, but the boss drove the lawyer out...
"You must know something!" Jane's eyes lit up. "Tell me ..."
"Let's just work. It's none of your business, okay? Now, back to work!" Kevin glared at her and knocked her hard on the head.
"Ouch!" Jane glanced at him and frowned. "I'm just concerned about Mary..."
Kevin walked to his desk. Glancing at the CEO's office, he let out a deep sigh.
The contract was over and Mary was gone.
William's thoughts were filled with images of Mary.
It had already been half a year and there was still no news about her.
"Mary..." William finally turned around and sat down in front of his desk.
"Why can't I find you? Why didn't you give me a chance to apologize?" Before the working time in the afternoon came to an end, the elevator on the thirty-second floor opened.
Click!
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