"Sue's fine. She's getting better. I think she will be able to walk in a while," replied Holley with a soft smile. Staring at Sheryl, Holley then asked, "How are you these days? What's up with you? Have you adjusted to working in the Shining Company?"
Before Sheryl could reply, she went on to continue, "Don't worry. I have punished Kitty and Tammy. If this happens next time, just tell me. I will handle it. You don't have to trouble Mr. Lu. I will help you to deal with it."
After hearing this, Sheryl felt uneasy. She glanced at Holley and said, "Miss Ye, it is not as you think. Please don't misunderstand me."
"I know. I know you," responded Holley. She grinned and continued, "Don't worry. I won't poke my nose into your private affair. But..." Holley paused for a while and finally said, "I can't allow the company's interests to be compromised. Charles fired two models. Do you know how much money the company has lost because of this?"
Though Holley wore a smile face, her words were laced with sharpness. "I just want to remind you to be careful before doing any such thing the next time."
"Miss Ye, I have something to discuss with you." Glancing nervously at Holley, Sheryl hesitated for a few seconds and finally said, "In fact, I think it is not appropriate for me to work at Shining Company anymore. What do you think? I need your opinion on this matter."
"Why?" asked Holley with a frown. "Are you angry about what I just said?" added Holley.
"No, no. Of course not," replied Sheryl while shaking her head. She looked at Holley and explained, "Actually I have mentioned it earlier to you. I told you that I didn't want to go there, but you declined my request. Now I am also responsible for whatever has happened."
Shery looked at Holley with unseeing eyes and then stopped for a while. "I have thought about this for quite a long time. I think I can't go to Shining Company anymore but I am afraid our company will suffer even greater losses. Miss Ye, please arrange to send other models to Shining Company."
"Sheryl, you are really very simple-minded," said Holley. She gazed at Sheryl and then asked in a rather casual yet cold voice, "Sheryl, do you really believe everything will be solved if you stop working at Shining Company? You are wrong."
"What do you mean, Miss Ye?" asked Sheryl with confusion.
"Well, since you don't understand, I will have to be brutally frank with you." Saying this, Holley sneered and went on, "Charles said he didn't care about any other model as long as you were willing to go to his company and work there."
"What? Are you serious? You must be kidding." Sheryl was taken aback by Holley's words. She hastily asked, "What do you mean?"
"I mean..." Holley hesitated to find the right words. A few seconds later, she said, "He came to our company on the pretext of picking some good models. Actually, the real reason was you. He came here for you. If you quit at this time, then I am sure he will end the contract with our company. So don't say this again. If you quit at this key moment, our company will really suffer huge losses."
Sheryl was stunned completely by Holley's revelation.
She had never figured out Charles' real intentions and she was very surprised when Holley told her the fact.
Sheryl just felt that she was surrounded by conspiracy. Quietly she left Holley and went to Shining Company. She directly went to Charles' office instead of the training hall.
All the employees in Shining Company were clear about Sheryl's importance to Charles, so no one dared stop her. Sheryl walked in directly but stopped when she saw Archer and Judith sitting there in an aggressive posture.
Seeing this, Sheryl turned to go back.
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