The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 66

So Charles Lu was confident that she could handle the situation and close the deal on her own. What she said to Sam Lin today was only to reduce the distance between them.

Linda Zhao relaxed a bit. She smiled and told Sam, "Let's drink, Mr. Lin. It is important to have fun in life. It doesn't make any sense to care so much about the trivial details. Don't you think so?"

Linda smiled and filled Sam's glass again. "I know you are not feeling well, so I bring you red wine this time. So… should we have a toast on that?"

"Sorry, I don't drink wine." Sam said faintly.

Linda looked embarrassed for a second but continued, "Mr. Lin, come on… this is really embarrassing."

"How come…" Sam smiled and said, "Peter will drink with you, okay?"

When Sam stopped talking, Peter stood up. "Miss Zhao, please don't make things difficult for Mr. Lin. I'll drink it up with you. Please consider it as our redemption."

Peter drank up the wine without saying another word. No matter how hard Linda tried, Sam didn't drink at all. Linda was getting a bit anxious.

Till now, Sam didn't drink any wine. Linda knew very well that several business deals were closed at this table only after the involved parties were satiated with food and drinks. If Sam remained as sober as he was now, she might not be able to finalize the deal.

Linda stood up and put her hands on Sam's shoulder. "Mr. Lin, about the cooperation..."

While she was talking, Sam stood up in an instant. Although he was talking to Linda, his eyes were on Autumn. Seeing Mr. Song force Autumn to drink, he could no longer sit still.

"Lin… Mr. Lin, what's wrong?" Linda was shocked. So was Mr. Song who was seated on the other side of the table. He stopped what he was doing to check on Sam, "Mr. Lin, what's the matter?"

"Nothing..." Sam struggled in his heart but finally sat down and told Linda, "Take a seat. There are a few details about the cooperation that needs to be clarified. Peter will discuss the same with you."

"OK…" Linda took a seat by his side. Peter raised a couple of specific questions and Linda gave him the appropriate answers. Indeed, she was quite a professional at work.

"Mr. Lin, I have no further questions." After getting satisfactory answers, Peter told Sam, "Miss Zhao made a great offer and the product quality is guaranteed. Most importantly, Shining Company has a very good reputation. If you are okay with it, we can fix a time for the contract-signing."

"Good." Sam nodded slightly and suddenly asked Linda, "Miss Zhao, who is this lady over there…"

Linda was elated about the cooperation. However, her smile vanished in an instant when Sam enquired her about Autumn. She asked Sam, "Mr. Lin, are you interested in her, too?"

"No." Sam said placidly, "She looks kind of familiar, like a classmate from the old times…"

"Oh, I see." Linda took a sigh of relief and told Sam, "She joined the company today. She is Ye. She works as a small secretary here. There is no way that she could have been your classmate, Mr. Lin."

One was a senior executive and the other was a mere secretary, how could the two be rooted from the same soil?

"Is that so?" Sam frowned slightly but his eyes were fixated on Autumn. He was concerned about her.