Chapter 18
Nadia knew about the past grievances between Kathleen and Lucille. When she heard Kathleen’s tone, which sounded discouraged instantly, she comforted her hurriedly. “She should be in the Marketing Department, but maybe I am wrong. Even if she is really in the department, she may not be the one responsible for your project. Don’t worry. I just wanted to warn you beforehand
Kathleen was still very depressed. “I think you’re probably right. When I called, I was directed to Miss Barron. There are so many Barrons in the world. I never expected it to be Lucille.”
“It doesn’t matter even if it’s her. Trust me” Nadia comforted Kathleen. “I’ve been to your shopping district and have been paying attention to the policies and recruitment there. As the new central business district of the city, the shopping district will definitely be successfully established. As long as your proposal gets through to Matthew’s hands, he would definitely agree to it. Matthew has an eye for things like this.”
“Really!” Kathleen asked and her eyes lit up.
Nadia nodded. “It’s true. The problem now is how you can get your proposal to Matthew’s hands. Matthew has always hated people pulling strings to get something done. He might not read your proposal if you give it to him directly, but his company has a clear division of work between rolles and it’s difficult for you to get your reports to the higher–ups directly. So, if the person in charge of your proposal is really Lucille, and she rejects your proposal directly, I suggest you go to Harrison Logan to have a try. He is Matthew’s special assistant in name, but in fact, he is the second–in- command in the company. Harrison has great authority. His style of work is similar to that of Matthew. As long as your proposal is good enough, there should be no problem”
“Harrison Logan?” Kathleen didn’t know who Harrison Logan was, nor did she remember anyone of this name.
Nadia said. “I’ll send you a photo of him later, Matthew likes to drink freshly brewed coffee downstairs of his company. He has the habit of drinking coffee at noon to refresh himself instead of taking a rest. So generally, Harrison would go downstairs to buy Matthew coffee when it’s nearly 12 o’clock every day. You can consider coming across Harrison, by accident‘ and leaving a document or something behind.”
Kathleen said thoughtfully, “You know Matthew very well. You even know his habits at work”
Nadia didn’t know what to say
reg
Kathleen said. “Alright. 1 will stop messing with you Go and rest. Pregnant women shouldn’t stay up late. I
go to work first
“Okay” Nadia nodded. “You should rest more too Don’t tire yourself out, and don’t think only about coming over to keep me company. I can handle it Don’t worry!”
Kathleen made an “OK” gesture and hung up the phone. She put away the relaxed expression she kept on her face when talking to Nadia just now and put on makeup carefully. Then, she left home and went to Glory Group.
Sure enough, the marketing manager responsible for Kathleen’s proposal was Lucille, as Nadia had guessed.
Lucille was clearly stunned when she saw Kathleen. She didn’t expect it to be Kathleen either.
“Hi, it’s been a while.” Kathleen tried her best to greet Lucille with a smile, but her simile looked a little awkward nonethelesa.
Lucille glanced at Kathleen coldly and said directly, “We all know what kind of people we are. You don’t have to make things difficult for yourself.”
She really didn’t hold back at all.
Kathleen stopped smiling and said, “You haven’t changed at all after all these years”
Lucille said, “Likewise.”
le spoke, she sat down opposite Kathleen and reached a hand out to her. “Give me the proposal I’ll take a look first. If it is worth approving. would approve it. If it isn’t, so be it. We won’t waste each other’s time.”
Kathleen handed her proposal over directly.
Lucille glanced at it briefly and handed the document back to Kathleen. “Tim sorry, your company’s section is still not yet established. We have to consider the return on investment and have to turn it down for the time being”
It was just as Nadia had guessed.
Kathleen didn’t want to waste any more time with Lucille. Thank you”
After that, she put away the documents, stood up, and was about to leave.
Lucille stopped Kathleen. “Wait”
1/4
123 PM ₫t
Chapter 18.
Kathleen turned to look at her. “Is there anything else?”
“No.” Lucille stood up too. I thought you would ask me for help. After all, your proposal.”
She glanced at the document in Lucille’s hand. “You must have spent a lot of effort on it.”
Kathleen forced a smile. “You’re abusing your position to take revenge on me?
“That’s not it.” Lucille was also straightforward. “I just don’t have high expectations for your shopping district. I don’t think it would be popular in the future. There are so many shopping districts like this across the country, but only a few of them really succeeded.
Kathleen sized Lucille up and said, “Wish your vision, are you a spy sent from a competitor to destroy Matthew’s company?”
Lucille said, “I’m not that good”
“You’re right” Kathleen was in the mood for chit–chat now. “By the way, how did you get to work here at Gloraxy Group? I heard that it’s very difficul to get in
Lucille glanced at her and said, “It just shows that I’m that good.”
Kathleen seemed to smile. “With your business vision, I thought you must have pulled some strings to get in”
Lucille choked and asked, “What do you mean?”
Kathleen also said straightforwardly, “Matthew really didn’t arrange for you to get in?”
Lucille asked. “Is this any of your business!”
“Of course it is Kathleen stopped smiling and stared straight at Lucille. This is related to my best friend’s happiness. How is it not my business?”
Lucille frowned. “Nadia:”
“That’s right.” Kathleen nodded. “Don’t you know? They’ve been married for two years”
She saw that Lucille was taken by surprise.
Kathleen didn’t understand why Lucille was so stunned. Was it simply because Matthew and Nadia were married? Was it because they had been married for two years? Or was it because Matthew had lied to her?
Kathleen couldn’t figure it out, and Lucille didn’t tell her anything more
“What does it have to do with me?” Lucille replied coldly,
Kathleen observed her expression and chuckled, “It doesn’t. But they just got divorced.”
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Lucille looking at her in surprise.
She was really stunned for not knowing anything,
Kathleen still couldn’t tell if Lucille was stunned because she had broken Nadia and Matthew up.
“Did you do it” Kathleen had always been straightforward when dealing with Lucille for so many years, so she asked directly too this time
But Lucille didn’t give her a direct answer as usual “Who are you to question me? What does it have to do with you?”
“Forget it” Kathleen didn’t waste time arguing with her. “I hope you didn’t. Otherwise, it would make Matthew look like a scumbag and like she has bad taste. It’s better to keep it a secret.”
Tin leaving.” She waved at Lucille and turned to leave without hesitation
Lucille didn’t call out to stop lier again. She stood rooted on the spot.
Kathleen walked to the stairs and glanced at the conference room when she turned the corner. Lucille was lost in thought
Kathleen didn’t know what she was thinking and didn’t care. Nadia had chosen to part with anymore. It was none of her business who Matthew would marry in the future,
Nadia look
Matthew. They had nothing to do with each other
However, Kathleen still blamed Matthew for no reason. She didn’t understand why he could let go so easily. If he didn’t love Nadia, why did he approach her in the first place?
2/4
323 PM
Chapter 18
Because of the resentment in her heart, Kathleen was walking a little too fast. She vented all her resentment in her steps and wasn’t paying attention to the surroundings. When she turned around, she accidentally bumped into a man. With a hang, the documents in her hands fell to the ground.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry: Kathleen apologized repeatedly in a hurry as she looked up. When she saw the handsome face of Matthew she was familiar with, her apology was cut off immediately.
Harrison, who was behind Matthew, couldn’t help but scold Kathleen, “Hey. What were you doing? Why did you walk straight towards us?”
Kathleen was still resentful of Matthew and said grumpily. Didn’t you walk straight towards me too?”
Harrison asked, “We’re walking on the right side. Are your
Kathleen didn’t know what to say
Harrison was still angry. “Didn’t you see that we were talking? We were even talking on the phone with our backs to you. Who would have thought that someone would suddenly rush over from behind?”
Kathleen was rendered speechless.
After the call Matthew put away his phone and glanced at Harrison. “Enough!”
Harrison shut up immediately.
Only then did Matthew look at Kathleen.
“Sorry, I didn’t see you
Kathleen was not unreasonable. When Matthew apologized in a low and polite voice, she was also a little embarrassed.
“It’s okay. It was my fault.”
After muttering an apology. Kathleen bent down to pick up the documents..
Matthew bent down to pick it up before she did. Without looking at it, he handed them back to Kathleen and said, “I’m sorry.”
Kathleen took them and looked at him. “We were classmates. You don’t have to be so polite.”
Matthew smiled calmly in response. He didn’t care about her deliberate attempt to embarrass him. He still looked cold and distant.
Kathleen smiled and said, “You really treat everyone the same. Don’t tell me you’re like this to Nadia too.”
As soon as she finished speaking, she sensed that Matthew’s face grew a little colder.
Standing behind Matthew, Harrison winked at Kathleen hard, begging her not to mention Nadia.
Kathleen looked at him in confusion. Thinking of the proposal in her hands, she thought that she might as well take advantage of the opportunity of bumping into Matthew. So, she handed the proposal to Matthew and said, “By the way. I’m the business manager of Eclipse Development. Our shopping district sincerely invites your company’s hotel brand to join us. Mr. Brock, please take a look at our proposal. We’re really suitable for each other…
“I’m not in charge of approving this project,” Matthew interrupted her and pushed her documents back to her. “You can try to contact the Marketing Department. They will review your proposal.“⠀
After that, he nodded apologetically at Kathleen and walked past ber.
Kathleen pursed her lips, let out a long sigh, and muttered to herself, “Naidia was right.”
Matthew stopped in his tracks and seemed to have paused for a moment. He turned to look at her. “What did she say!”
Kathleen was rendered speechless.
She looked at Madiew in surprise.
Malew was still staring at her motionlessly, waiting for her answer.
Kathleen came back to her senses and said, “Oh. She said that you hate people pulling strings to get things done the most, so it’s useless to give my proposal to you directly”
Matthew glanced at her and his brown eyes fell slowly on the documents in her hands. Then, he reached out to her and said, “Give it to me
3/4
3:23 PM
Chapter 18
Kathleen didn’t know what to say.
