The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1686

Charles continued, "I don't care what method you use, but you can't depend on the Star Company's project. If our sales decrease from last year, you're all free to leave the company at the end of the year."

Afterward, Charles walked out of the meeting room.

Everyone sighed in relief after the boss had left, most especially Justin, the young manager who had been so heavily berated. He didn't think there was anything wrong with what he had said, but why was Charles so furious?

Justin thought it over, but he still couldn't understand. Seeing that David was preparing to leave, Justin stopped him.

"David, what's wrong with the boss these days?" Justin figured it didn't have anything to do with him, but rather that Charles was pissed at something else. As he thought of this, he guessed that something must have happened to Charles. Why else would he be so upset?

"Justin, it's best that you just focus on doing your job. Charles' personal life is none of our business," David said politely. After that, he left the meeting room too.

News spread that the meeting didn't go well, so everyone knew that Charles was in a bad mood. They were alarmed and started working cautiously, afraid to be criticized by Charles.

Compared to the Shining Company's chaos, Cloud Advertising Company was doing much better.

While Sheryl was also preoccupied with the divorce, she made sure that no one noticed. She acted as if everything was perfectly fine. Even Phoebe, who had been working with her for many years, had no idea what was going on, not to mention the others.

"Ms. Xia, Mr. Xu from Blue Cloud Technology is here. Will you see him? Or shall I call Ms. Zhao to ask if she can come back and meet him?" Phoebe said as she knocked on the door and then came in, looking at Sheryl hesitantly.

Sheryl glanced at Phoebe and noticed the panic in her eyes. Then she laughed. "No need. Tell Mr. Xu to wait for me in the reception room. I'll be there soon."

"Okay, Ms. Xia!" Phoebe was relieved to find that nothing was wrong with Sheryl.

Sheryl hadn't been expecting Lewis, but when she realized that her company was a partner of his, she thought it was perfectly normal for him to come by unexpectedly. She tried to calm down as she headed to the reception room.

"Mr. Xu, long time no see!" Sheryl reached out to shake Lewis' hand.

Lewis was emotional as he looked at Sheryl's beautiful face. Now more than ever, he just wanted to hold her in his arms and never let go.

He couldn't help but feel sad.

'Sheryl, do you really just see me as a business partner and not as your friend?'

"Sheryl, do you have to be so distant?" Lewis glanced at Sheryl with sadness in his eyes. When he spoke, his voice was low as if he was just mumbling to himself.

"Mr. Xu, did you really come all the way here just to talk about the past?" Sheryl asked as she kept a polite smile pasted on her face.

"Hmm, are you aware that Shining Company and Star Company are working together?" Lewis made sure to watch Sheryl's face as he told her about the purpose of his visit.

Sheryl's expression changed. Shining Company and Cloud Advertising Company had nothing to do with each other, so she couldn't understand what Lewis meant.

So Sheryl just looked at Lewis and remained silent.

"Here's the thing. I got the news that somebody's planning to sabotage the Star Company's project, so I'm here to inform you." When Lewis spoke, his voice was low as if he wasn't sure of himself.