"Why would I get angry?" Clara looked at him in a puzzle.
"It's about Laura." Horace hesitated and said to her.
Hearing Laura's name coming out of Horace's mouth, Clara only felt her heart tighten and her eyes were full of unease when she looked at Horace. "What's with her?"
Holding her hand tightly, Horace said, "Our company had a design for Elaine before, I never met Elaine at that time, and I didn't know she was Laura, so I accepted this collaboration.
When the contract was signed at that time, the other party asked to discuss the design proposal directly with the CEO of Solrace. I thought that the designer made this request to ensure the quality of her design, so I agreed without much thought.
Now that the contract has been signed, there is no turning back. So maybe in the next period, Laura and I will have some intersections in work. But Clara, I was afraid that you would be angry when you found out. I even wanted to hide it from you, but I thought again, it's not a big deal, it's better to talk to you."
Hearing his words, Clara didn't speak for a long time. She trusted him. If he wanted to do something with Laura, he wouldn't tell her about it. Besides, Horace is not such a playboy.
But when she was shopping with Laura today, Laura's attitude let her know that she had not forgotten Horace in her heart. It is very possible that Laura still likes him and wants to be with him again.
"Can't you withdraw the contract?" After a long silence, Clara asked. She did not want them to work together.
Hearing Clara's words, Horace was a bit shocked.
Clara had never asked him about the company's affairs and she always paid attention to integrity. He did not expect she asked him to withdraw the contract this time. It seemed that Laura's appearance had a great impact on her.
Horace patiently explained to her, "If the contract is broken, according to the contract, the company will compensate a large number of liquidated damages, and the people on the board of directors will not agree. This design will have a great impact on the company's performance in the next year. Elaine's previous design plan was outstanding among the competitors, so we chose her. This design plan was finally determined by all the members of the board of directors through various layers of selection, and I can't deny it alone. But Clara, this is just a job, I won't be back with her again. Can you trust me?"
Horace asked Clara softly.
Clara couldn't say anything more. She knew that her request for him to break the contract was indeed too much.
"So, when will you start working together?"
"There'll be a meeting tomorrow to discuss the details of the design."
"Oh, I see." After saying this in a low voice, Clara stopped talking.
Seeing she was obviously unhappy, Horace didn't know what to say to comfort her, so he pulled her into his arms and patted her on the back lightly.
"I'll go back to work tomorrow, that's all, um, okay, bye." Darren asked her to take care of herself and hung up on the phone.
Sitting on the sofa and turning on the TV, she kept changing the channel with the remote control, but Clara found that she couldn't watch any program. After turning off the TV, she turned around and walked into Horace's study.
Since she couldn't watch TV, maybe a few books were good. If she didn't do anything, she really couldn't control her thoughts.
After finding a few magazines in the study, Clara sat in front of the desk and flipped through them. But she really couldn't read. The words were dangling in front of her eyes but she didn't know what was written.
So, she put down the magazine, closed her eyes, and took a few deep breaths, telling herself to trust Horace. Horace said that he didn't have anything with Laura...
Then she opened her eyes and continued to read the magazine in front of her. At this moment, the door of the study suddenly opened and Clara saw the housekeeper walk in.
"What's wrong?" Horace was afraid that the housekeeper would accidentally mess up the documents he had sorted out when cleaning, so he always cleaned the study by himself. What is she doing here at this time?
"Mrs. Kirkland, You're here. That's why I didn't see you in the living room just now." The housekeeper said with a smile, "Master Horace called just now and said that he forgot to bring a document on the desk. He asked me to send it to him."
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