Ice and Fire novel Chapter 147

The secretary hesitated for a brief moment, and then replied, "Oh, no, no, everything's alright!"

Cherry felt that the secretary's expression was strange, and she stood up from her seat to get closer to her. She then looked her in the eye, and said, "You're my brother's secretary, so you must know the situation best. Besides, I'm not an outsider. Do you really think that I would want to harm my own brother?"

Hearing her words, the secretary pondered for a moment, and then said, "Actually, our company is confronted with a major crisis. The company lacks funds, because we've already spent too much money on the Future Project, and that leads to nothing. Currently, the company can still run well, but if we soon don't find a fix for the problem, in two months time the company will..."

The secretary didn't continue, but Cherry already understood what she was implying.

Cherry thought for a while, and then asked, "Hasn't my brother come up with some sort of solution?"

The secretary shook the head and replied, "No, he hasn't. He has been discussing this issue with several of his senior executives."

Cherry fell in deep in thought, and wondered how to cope with the big issue.

The secretary helplessly started to talk to herself, "Oh, if only there was a company that would help us out! Our General Manager is an overseas returnee, and he doesn't have that many connections around him. Anyway, there's no one that can help us from the city..."

Cherry thought about it for a while, and then said, "I'll see what I can do."

She waited an hour before Wilson came out of the meeting room. He was surprised when he saw Cherry and Joe, because he didn't expect them to be there.

"Cherry, Joe! Why did you come here?" asked Wilson.

His face looked tired, and Cherry felt terrible because she couldn't help him out with his problems.

"We were waiting for you to come back home together with us, uncle! Today, mommy was the one who picked me up from school!" said Joe, while he went towards Wilson.

Wilson looked happy when he was with Joe. He carried him in his arms, and replied, "Okay! Let's go home now!"

Cherry wanted to say something, but after a second thought, she decided to refrain herself.

They then went home together, and after dinner, Jacob and Elsa went to bed and Joe began to do his homework. When Cherry saw that Wilson was standing on the balcony alone, she went to him.

He saw her, and asked, "Cherry, why didn't you go to bed?"

Cherry ignored his question. She stood beside him, and asked, "Brother, do you have any problems with your company that you need to tell me about?"

"No, the company is running well, " hastily replied Wilson.

Cherry noticed that Wilson didn't even dare to look at her, let alone face her with his problems.

"Brother, if you have problems, you should tell me about them, so that we can try to solve them together. Does your father know about what's happening?" asked Cherry.

Wilson then quickly looked at Cherry, and said, "Don't tell my father! I don't want him to know about it."

Cherry didn't answer him, because she hadn't had the slightest intention of doing that.

The night was quiet. Cherry and Wilson stood on the balcony in silence, and just stared at the stars.