In a luxury restaurant, Carla was casually enjoying a meal along with Noah.
All of a sudden, she felt an itch on her nose, so she put down the fork she was holding on the table to rub it.
"What's the matter? Did you catch a cold or something?"
noticing how she had been repeatedly rubbing her nose, Noah became a bit concerned and asked her.
"No, it's not because of that. I think I'm just a little allergic to the flowers they have here." Glancing over at the pink roses in the exquisite vase displayed on the table, Carla wondered if those flowers were the reason why she had been getting the urge to sneeze nonstop. She had been feeling fine even just this morning, so she was quite sure that she didn't catch a cold or anything.
Upon hearing her response, Noah immediately gestured for the waiter to come over and take the flowers away.
"Are you feeling any better?" he asked in a concerned voice.
Promptly nodding her head, Carla answered, "Yes, that's much better. Now, let's get back on track. Noah, from your perspective, what do you think is the most important issue that our company has to deal with in the merger we are forming with the L Company?"
She inquired about this question in particular simply because she had just heard about it in a meeting, and as a result, she became somewhat interested in the L Company. Supposing that Noah might be able to give her a bit of information about it, she brought back the topic regarding the merger.
"If I had to say, it would most probably be the fact that they still haven't made up their mind about working together with us. The L Company has shown great interest in the merger when we discussed it in a meeting before. But as of this moment, I really don't have any idea what's causing them to hesitate about it. And even up until now, they still haven't given us a definite response regarding the merger."
Savoring the food in his mouth, Noah casually answered Carla's question.
As Carla was bobbing her head, he went on and added, "I actually have plans to go to the L Company personally in order to talk about these matters with them thoroughly in the days to come. Would you like to accompany me there to keep your mind off of things? There's a good chance it would end up being quite a long negotiation, so I'm guessing that we would have to stay there for about a couple of days, possibly even weeks."
After hearing his suggestion, Carla pondered about it for a second before replying, "Hmm, let's see. I've just been promoted as the Marketing Manager, and there's still a lot of things which have to be taken care of. Well, in any case, I'm still trying to familiarize myself with running the company at the moment. So, I'm afraid that I'm not qualified enough to go there with you."
With a firm grip on her hand, he tenderly said, "Please don't push yourself too hard, Carla. You're already doing great. If you want to come in for work in the company, then feel free to do so as you please. But if you happen to not want to show up, I wouldn't blame you for it whatsoever. At the end of the day, your health is now of the utmost importance."
"Well, I know that already."
Carla beamed him a smile, shifting her focus over to the food on her plate and was about to eat. So, she pulled her hand away from his and proceeded to grab the fork and knife.
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