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“Who told you to contact him on your own?” Work hours had not ended, and Melanie’s voice was a little loud. It was obvious that Melanie had lost her temper.
Viola fidgeted awkwardly where she stood. She said in a low voice, “Mr. Morrison has reached out an olive branch to us. Why won’t you take it, Melanie?”
Her eyes started turning red, and she sounded pitiful and sad. “I know you don’t trust me because Mr. Scott took me to see Mr. Morrison instead of you, Melanie. But I really think we can give this a try.”
The office had turned silent because of Melanie’s sudden burst in temper. Everyone could hear what Viola said clearly.
Even though she sounded upset, her meaning was clear.
She was trying to say that Melanie was picking on her because Melanie was not happy with her.
Melanie paused for a moment before closing her eyes and saying coldly, “I can’t cancel the appointment with Mr. Crane. Since you’ve already made an appointment with Mr. Morrison, you can meet him on your own.”
It was taboo to skip hierarchies when talking business, especially when Cameron was the appointed person in charge of Blue Inc. If Melanie were to leave him hanging, it would be impossible for LeapCo to establish a working relationship with Blue Inc.
Compared to LeapCo, Evan Morrison would be more willing to listen to the opinions of his employees.
Melanie had planned to meet Eva too, but this was not the right time nor the right way to do it.
She was frustrated and filled with anger. She said coldly to Viola, “If there’s nothing else, you can prepare to meet Mr. Morrison.”
Viola looked hesitant, but her hesitation quickly vanished. She said warmly to Melanie, “Mr. Scott had already instructed me to work with you on the Blue Inc project, Melanie. I promise I won’t disappoint both of you. I’ll have a good discussion with Mr. Morrison.”
Melanie suddenly felt like Viola had not learned anything at LeapCo. The only thing she had picked up was how to twist her words.
However, Melanie could not be bothered to comment much. She had to see her grandfather at the sanatorium before meeting Cameron.
Today was her grandmother’s death anniversary, and her grandfather had planned to see her. However, it was forced to be postponed because of Dylan’s sudden appearance and the trouble she stirred.
When Melanie arrived at the sanatorium, the nurse’s aide was accompanying her grandfather for dinner. Dylan had come by in the morning, but the sanatorium director had stopped her from entering.
Melanie felt better about it. She chatted with her grandfather for a while before rushing off to
meet Cameron.
Fortunately, it was not far from where she would be meeting him. He had just arrived when
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Melanie went over.
He looked at Melanie and reached his hand out to her. “Sorry for the wait, Miss Smith.”
Melanie smiled. “No worries about it, Mr. Crane. I didn’t ask you out for work tonight.”
She made sure her attitude about this was just right as it was clear that Cameron was still unsure about the business proposal. He was still debating the pros and cons of it, and LeapCo was clearly not his first choice.
Melanie understood that she could not talk only about work when trying to get better acquainted with such a person.
She smiled and said to Cameron, “I met a friend a few days ago who mentioned how interested he is to work with Blue Inc. He kept talking about how much he loved Blue Inc’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition, but he was working overseas last month when the tickets went on sale. He failed to get them.
“Will there be another Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition this year, Mr. Crane?”
Her smile was warm and gentle, and she looked very sincere. “My friend has promised to postpone all his work if there’s another exhibition this year.”
Cameron was generous about this. After hearing Melanie’s words, he said, “It’s not a problem. Just come over with your friend, Miss Smith. One ticket is no problem for us.”
“I thank you in advance for that, Mr. Crane.” Melanie accepted his offer and waved the waiter over to order some food.
Melanie kept up the conversation during dinner. Even though she did not talk about work, she still managed to find out quite a lot about Blue Inc.
She felt fortunate to have learned quite a lot from Xander about exhibitions, which was why she was able to keep up the conversation with Cameron.
Cameron was quite surprised. “I had no idea you knew so much about art exhibitions, Miss Smith. You’ve really surprised me.”
“I have a friend who’s in the industry, and I learned a bit from him,” Melanie replied.
