Aurelia sent a cheerful emoji, [How about I cook for you this weekend? I'm staying at my cousin's place so it's not very convenient. Can I buy the ingredients and cook at your place?]
Arnold replied with a smiling emoji, [Sounds good.]
Then, he sent her some pictures he took of her from their trip to Provence.
He seemed to have a knack for capturing every perfect moment. In his lens, she was always stunning.
After lunch, Aurelia called a meeting with her colleagues to assign tasks.
The Design Department was divided into seven product design groups, each led by a senior designer and staffed with several designers and assistant designers.
Only four people were willing to follow Aurelia.
In other people's eyes, Evelyn was the obvious choice for director. They saw Aurelia as cannon fodder, doomed to fail.
No one was foolish enough to risk their career.
"This time, I'll take care of the diamond wedding series. The rest of ornaments and jewelry will be handled by Jenny and Darcy, home gifts will go to Lily, and watches and men's items will be Gary's responsibility. We're understaffed and have a heavy workload. Let's give it our all."
"Alright." The four of them were both excited and nervous. This was the first time they were leading a project.
Aurelia naturally wanted to encourage them. "You've all been with the company for over three years, longer than me even. We should have confidence. We're no worse than those senior designers. This is a rare challenge. As long as we give it our all, we have a chance at success."
The four clenched their fists, nodding vigorously. "Alright, we'll give it our all!"
…
That evening, when Aurelia returned home, she found Laura cooking and quickly joined in.
She wanted to learn several dishes and a soup before the weekend.
Laura thought she was doing it to please Leopold and was delighted.
"You know what they say, the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. If the young master falls in love with your cooking, he'll never want to leave you."
Aurelia knew Laura had misunderstood, but she didn't correct her, just gave a small smile.
Under Laura's guidance, she made a pot of beef and carrot stew and fried pork chop.
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