The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1090 We Are Not Sincere

Sheryl wanted to call Charles to tell him everything and hoped he could persuade Melissa. After all, if there was anyone who knew her personality best, that would be Charles.

She started to key in his phone number, but before she could even press the call button, she decided to clear them all again. Whatever she had to tell him would be better explained face to face. Things couldn' be changed no matter how anxious she was. She decided to wait until Charles came back, so she could tell him everything clearly.

Just as she was in deep thought, her mobile phone started ringing. It's Duncan again.

In spite of the extreme disgust she was feeling towards Duncan, she couldn't deny that his nonstop calls were the reason why Melissa ended up spilling her beans. Thinking of this, Sheryl picked up the call. However, Sheryl didn't know that Duncan ended up being severely criticized by Rachel when she talked with Melissa. What was worse, Duncan ended up losing his job after Rachel fired her. Duncan had worked in Tarsan Corporation for more than twenty years, and he was even assigned to a branch abroad where he had served the company for many years. Although he had not performed meritorious deeds, he believed that he had always done hard work for Tarsan Corporation. And now that the company had finally transferred to Y City, he could also be closer to his hometown. But to his surprise, Rachel fired him.

And it was all because of Sheryl!

So, Duncan's last phone call was not to put her mind at peace. This call was to get his revenge.

As soon as Sheryl picked up the phone, a voice of resentment came to her ear. "Sheryl, okay, you may have won by now. But wait and see. I will make sure that you will pay for what you have done!" Sheryl was really confused. It was Duncan who threatened Cloud Advertising Company. He also arranged for someone to initially do the same. Why did he come to her now? "Mr. Qiu, don't you have anything else to do? Did you really bother to call just to insult me?" Sheryl yelled.

"Sheryl, don't pretend to be innocent. I know you must have come to find my boss to complain about me. I've worked in Tarsan Corporation for more than twenty years, but now she fired me just because of you! Sheryl, remember, since you don't want me live blissfully, I'll make sure you will also be miserable!"

"What? You've been fired?"

This news was indeed somewhat out of Sheryl's expectation. After all, she didn't know who the boss of Tarsan Corporation was. And she also never mentioned this to Charles, so he wouldn't have influenced it. "Do you think that if you pretend to know nothing, I'll believe you? No!" Duncan warned, "Sheryl, listen clearly! You'd better pray that you never meet me in the future; otherwise, you'll regret it." He then ended the phone call. Sheryl stood dumbfounded. She didn't know what else she could do.

Today must be the hardest day she had faced since she returned to Dream Garden, she thought. She did nothing, but both Melissa and Duncan misunderstood her. Why did she suffer such bad things? But there was no use in complaining and getting angry. After her anger subsided, she realized that she should have a game plan. Now that Melissa no longer needed her, she could go back to the company. At least she could use work to release her depression.

With that in mind, Sheryl ended up going to Cloud Advertising Company directly instead of calling Charles.

Although Cloud Advertising Company lost the case of Tarsan Corporation, they still had a lot of cooperation with other companies. So Sheryl decided that she wouldn't let this case cause her despair. Thinking back on how Duncan threatened and scared her a little while ago, she now understood that the guy just got angry because he ended up losing his own job. So she didn't feel afraid of him and didn't care about his words.

'After all, Duncan is not a fool. It's impossible to do anything illegal in today's society,' Sheryl thought.

"Sher, hello!" Isla greeted her as soon as she came in view.

"Hello, how's everything going today?" Sheryl asked about the situation of Cloud Advertising Company as usual.

"Nothing special. All things are going well. This is the final confirmation of the case last week. Please sign it," Isla said as she handed a folder with the confirmation documents to Sheryl.

Sheryl went over the few pages before she finally signed her name on the last page.

"Thanks," Isla said. Sheryl just smiled at her. Suddenly, the telephone started ringing.

Sheryl and Isla looked at each other. Then Sheryl looked at the caller ID. The number looked like one of Tarsan Corporation's.

'But our cooperation has already ended, so why would they still be calling?' Sheryl thought.

Isla also recognized the number, and she immediately got reminded of Sheryl's disagreeable encounter that day. She felt blood rushing to her head, so she proposed, "It's from Tarsan Corporation, let me answer that."

"Hello, am I speaking with Ms. Xia?" A sweet and gentle female's voice spoke from the other line.

"Why are you looking for her?" Isla responded in a direct and harsh tone.

"Hello, my name is Irene. I'm the assistant to CEO of Tarsan Corporation. Two days ago, our companies had a temporary disagreement due to an abuse of power by one of our employees, Duncan Qiu. We sincerely apologize for what has happened." The voice remained sweet as she explained the reason for her call.

"What do you mean? Are you calling to apologize to Cloud Advertising Company?" Isla couldn't believe what she had heard. Tarsan Corporation was a large company; it was very unlikely to have them apologize to Shining Company. So she found it really strange that they actually took the initiative to apologize to them.

"Yes, I want to apologize to Ms. Xia on behalf of Tarsan Corporation. Our CEO has fired Duncan today, so he is no longer associated with our company from now on. We hope that Ms. Xia would put everything behind us now and continue to help Tarsan Corporation plan the wine party."

Isla was not sure if Irene's voice was born with innate appeal, or if she just thought that Sheryl should make this decision. Either way, she ended up handing the phone to Sheryl with a happy comment. "Sher, they said they want to apologize to us."

Sheryl nodded and took the receiver from Isla's hand, "Hello, this is Sheryl."

Upon hearing that it was Sheryl on the line now, Irene repeated the apology she initially mentioned to Isla, and then asked her afterwards, "Ms. Xia, what's your opinion?"

"I could see your sincerity, but I'm actually curious about one thing."

"What are you curious about, Ms. Xia? Please tell me."

"There are lots of advertising companies in Y City. Although Cloud Advertising Company is somewhat well-known, it's not unique. I can't figure out why your CEO wants to partner with us?" Sheryl really can't understand why Tarsan Corporation wanted to work together with Cloud Advertising Company. They even fired Duncan just to resolve their conflicts.

"Ms. Xia, I can definitely answer that for you. The fact is, our CEO knows that your planning is one of the best in this field which is why we would like to work with you. Our CEO hopes that you will agree to planning this wine party for us. So Ms. Xia, are you willing to continue with our partnership?" Irene explained.

Hearing Sheryl's query, Isla couldn't help but send her a signal. She thought, 'Sheryl is really stupid! If Tarsan Corporation wants to work together with us, just agree with that. We need not know the reason why they have to partner with us.

If we continue to work with them, our previous efforts will not be in vain, and our company could also get large profit. If it's mostly to our advantage, it's not even worth asking them why.'

Sheryl pretended that she did not see Isla's indication. She decided not to answer Irene's question, but instead she said, "Irene, please tell your CEO that I will need time to consider your offer."

"Ms. Xia, is there anything you're not satisfied with? Why do you need time to think it over?" Apparently, Irene didn't expect that Sheryl would give her such an answer. She was expecting she would accept it immediately.

"I'm not dissatisfied. I just want time to further study your proposal. If you are not okay with it, you could tell your CEO that Cloud Advertising Company is not sincere." Sheryl's tone remained unusually calm.