Susan waited for a while, and two luxury commercial vehicles arrived at the gate of WST. When the vehicles stopped, Susan walked over in no time.
Clara first got off the car. Looking at Susan, she hurriedly called her, "Miss Phillips."
Susan nodded.
Then, Manuel got off the vehicle, too. After getting off the vehicle, Clara came forward to help Manuel tie up his black tie and said sweetly, "It's a bit crooked."
Manuel took a glance at Clara and said, "Thank you."
Clara wore a bashful expression on her face. Susan was a bit speechless to see them flirting during working hours. But she was now a subordinate and dared not have any dissatisfaction with Manuel. All she could show was a flattering smile.
After they finished, Susan volunteered to speak, "Mr Johnson."
Manuel squinted at Susan. With a dark expression, he said, "Susan, as a leader, you need to be punctual."
Susan had prepared for that, so when Manuel was scolding her, she did not feel anything strange. She just nodded and replied, "I'll be punctual next time."
She didn't explain more. Manuel glanced at her again, and spoke, "Get in there."
He then strode ahead, followed by Clara, hurriedly. Susan stopped, and Tammy immediately came over to her, "Miss Phillips, luckily you are here, I was on edge all the way and afraid you haven't arrived. Thank God you are here, I'm so relieved now."
"Where's my laptop?" Susan cared nothing but this.
"In Clara's hand, the laptop she's holding now is yours," Tammy answered.
"Why did she have my laptop?" No wonder the laptop she had just seen looked a bit familiar.
"She said Mr Johnson need to see more about the scheme, so I gave it to her," Tammy explained.
Therefore, Susan didn't think too much of it. Based on her understanding of Manuel, she always thought that he was not at ease with her. Although when the scheme was finalized and confirmed by him yesterday, it was inevitable that he would check it again early this morning.
"Hurry up, Miss Phillips." Tammy urged.
Susan also felt that even Manuel was waiting for them, so she hastened to catch up.
They were warmly entertained by the partner company's hospitality and sat in the meeting room. Manuel was talking with the partner company's leader, Mr Brown.
Manuel had just turned 25 a few days ago while the leader of the partner company looked at least 50 years old. Although they were from different generations, they were not far apart in the conversation. Manuel was not old, but his calm and steady style let him be an extremely outstanding existence on such a business occasion.
The staff of the partner company helped them connect the computer projection. Everything was ready.
Susan opened her laptop and looked for her file. But when she opened the stored files, she was stunned completely. She looked for the PPT again and again, but still couldn't find it.
"Tammy," Susan quietly called the person standing next to her.
Tammy hurriedly stepped forward, "What's wrong, Miss Phillips?"
"Where is my file?" Susan asked.
After leaving, Manuel didn't go straight to the restroom, but to Susan, with a dark face, "What's wrong?"
Susan bit her lips, looked up at Manuel, and said, "The PPT we made last night was missing."
Manuel's face suddenly changed. Susan knew she would be scolded, and it was her fault. She felt that even if Manuel shot her with a gun now, she also deserved it.
"Miss Phillips called me to check the file again and again, and I checked it and then gave it to Clara, I don't know why…" Tammy's eyes turned red.
Tammy took responsibility for this failure. But she couldn't figure out why it suddenly disappeared.
Clara now followed Manuel. After hearing Tammy's words, she hurriedly said, "I can prove it. When I went to Miss Phillips' office, Tammy repeatedly confirmed to me that the file was still in her laptop."
She seemed to help Tammy, but in fact, to get herself out of this. She achieved her purpose.
"I'll take the previous draft scheme to report first," Susan said, constrainedly.
The scheme was changed over ten times. Every draft was stored separately in case a previous edition was needed. So, she still had the latest draft except for the final one. There were just some changes in the contents, which would indeed have some impact.
Manuel looked at Susan coldly and showed a darker face when hearing her words.
He lowered his voice, but that could not cover his great anger, "Susan, are you taking the business negotiation as a joke? Do you know how rigorous a business negotiation has to be?"
She knew, but she had no choice now. She could not manage to report it orally, and it would show no sincerity to them. At this point, it was the only plan she could think of.
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