But Catherine soon came to herself. She had been a VP for years and dealt with a lot of emergencies.
She knew that the designers were also unhappy about the rumors about Leslie and her. After all, there had indeed been nasty rumors that she was the reason Leslie divorced his wife.
The designers were all upright youngsters.
"I know I don't have to, but I thought I should explain some things to you," Catherine said, "There's nothing between Mr. Eastwood and me. I believe that you can see it with your own judgement."
"We're not talking about the rumors here," someone frowned and said with disdain, "besides, what happens between the two of you doesn't affect us at all."
"Yeah," another agreed, "You made the decision with the senior executives, why should we suffer the trip?"
"You didn't even ask for our opinions."
"I'm sorry, everyone," Catherine compromised, after all, she needed everyone's cooperation, "I'm sorry I didn't ask for your opinions. I should have."
"Ms. Collins, we just need you to respect us," someone finally said in a nicer manner, "The designers of the Marsh Group discussed and agreed to it before they set out."
"I'm sorry," Catherine bowed to everyone in a sincere manner, "But since we are already here, I wish you could bring out your best and adapt to the environment here soon."
"Alright now. Let's move our luggage!" a male designer shouted, "Just cut the crap!"
Then, everyone carried their luggage into their rooms.
The rooms here were transformed B&Bs. They used to be just private rooms.
Although the house was built by the river, it was not as good as the cabins specially built for visitors.
The house was about two miles away from the cabin district.
Catherine chose this place out of her selfish motive.
She wanted to haunt Ivan, to help R-Alan defeat the Marsh Group and to make Ivan regret what he had done!
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