Chapter 229 Sounds of a Heart Breaking
“Miss Yard, Mr. Fowler is in a meeting. How can I help you?”
“I have something important to talk about to him, so I must see him after his meeting.” Although she knew she shouldn’t be putting herself out there in such a lowly manner, she no longer cared by that point.
“Sure.” Niall returned to the meeting room after taking the things he needed. It wasn’t until the meeting was over that he informed Pierre, “Miss Meredith is here. She has something important that she would like to talk about to you, so she insisted on seeing you after the meeting.” Learning from his past mistakes, Niall made sure to avoid using ‘Miss Yard’ and had taken special care to mention that it was Meredith, and not Selena, who came for Pierre, in order to eliminate any possible misunderstanding.
Upon checking the time, Pierre replied, “I’m running late.” He knew exactly why Meredith came; it definitely had something to do with Megan.
“Mr. Pierre, but Miss Meredith—”
“Get the car ready immediately.”
Not daring to disobey Pierre, he quickly arranged for a car to send the latter to the airport. However, he had yet to figure out what to tell Meredith. On the other hand, Meredith had been waiting for Pierre. Having lost the right to enter his office, she could only wait outside, but after a lengthy wait, it was Niall who received her yet again in the end. “Has Pierre yet to finish his meeting?” she asked.
With an awkward look on his face, Niall replied, “Mr. Fowler had left.”
“He’s gone?” Meredith gaped at him.
Obviously uncomfortable about the situation, Niall explained, “He knows he’ll be off on a business trip today, so he held that meeting to hand over certain tasks. The trip had been postponed for a long time, so he was in a hurry indeed, which is why…”
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