Contract Marriage: Abusive Love with Mr.CEO-Chapter 452 - 239: He Held Her (Part 1)

"What will it take for you to stop giving them a hard time?"

Howard Geoffrey calmly put out his cigarette, walked slowly to stand in front of Becca, and gazed at her quietly for several seconds.

Becca certainly did not meet his gaze, only feeling the intense heat of his eyes on her.

Howard Geoffrey lightly lifted Becca’s chin with his hand, "These irrelevant people, are they worth you debasing yourself in front of me?"

Becca did not answer.

Howard Geoffrey forcefully lifted Becca’s chin, compelling her to look at him, a wicked smile forming on his lips, "Three days from now, I’ll be attending a business summit and staying at the HEDF Hotel. Meet me there, and I’ll consider this matter; otherwise, I will definitely ruin ’QCS’."

"You..."

Suddenly, Howard Geoffrey withdrew his hand and turned around. "Leave."

Becca bit her lip hard, suppressing her feelings.

At this moment, Howard Geoffrey pressed the button on his office phone and said coldly, "Secretary Cecily, come up here."

Recalling the day she met Howard Geoffrey, Becca still felt a lingering fear.

Manager Smith noticed Becca’s absent-mindedness over the past couple days and showed concern, "Becca, are you okay?"

Becca sat across from Manager Smith, awkwardly responding, "I’m sorry, what did you just say? I didn’t hear..."

"I was saying we might have to stay a few more days in New York."

"Oh."

"The situation is not looking very optimistic right now!"

"Hmm."

Somehow, it was reported by the media that "QCS" failed to deliver a satisfactory design for "Skytop," leading to widespread rejection of "QCS" by various companies. As a result, half of the design orders "QCS" had taken on this month were canceled in just one day...

Director Lynn was deeply troubled by this incident, continuously taking it out on Manager Smith.

Manager Smith was scolded mercilessly every day, and what was a good thing turned into a bad one...

Now, "QCS" still hasn’t produced a design that satisfies "Skytop." If the media keeps reporting on this unchecked, "QCS"’s revenue for the second half of the year will be affected, with the impact potentially stretching into the future.

"I’ve thought it over. If this ultimately turns into a bad situation, Director Lynn surely won’t let me manage ’QCS’ in T City any longer. Rather than wait for Director Lynn to fire me, I might as well resign early to protect you and the other employees in T City."

"Manager, you’re going to resign?" Becca was shocked.

"It’s because I sent the unmodified design to Mr. Gordon, causing the mishap to worsen, so I have to take full responsibility for it."

Becca hurriedly said, "Manager, it’s really none of your business, it’s my..."

"I think your idea is correct. The design we showed ’Skytop’ was already the best for that project, with no need to modify it... At first, I thought we might have lacked something in the design, but you see Director Lynn and a number of designers from headquarters worked tirelessly to come up with multiple designs, yet ’Skytop’ was still unsatisfied. The only explanation is that ’Skytop’ is intentionally making things difficult for us; it’s really not your fault."

This is too much...

They really want to force "QCS" into a dead end!

She really doesn’t understand. She only wants a peaceful, stable life. Why does he have to destroy it so maliciously?

At this moment, Manager Smith stood up.

Becca followed and grabbed Manager Smith, "Don’t..."

Manager Smith gently released Becca’s hand, "Silly girl, did you forget I once told you I don’t really need to earn money to live? I’ve been separated from my husband for years, and now it’s a good chance to rest. Maybe I should fly to Japan and spend some quality time with my husband."

Of course, Becca knew Manager Smith was just saying that to comfort her...

If Manager Smith really wanted to give up her job in T City to be with her husband in Japan, she wouldn’t have struggled so much in "QCS" all these years...

Manager Smith has always wanted to be a strong, independent woman!

"Manager, isn’t there still tomorrow? Director Lynn will take the final design draft to ’Skytop’ tomorrow, right? If the results tomorrow are still not optimistic, we can reconsider, how about that?"

Manager Smith sighed heavily, "I suspect no surprises will happen."

Becca reassured, "Who knows what tomorrow brings, let’s leave it until tomorrow to decide, okay?"

Manager Smith considered it for a few seconds, finally nodding slightly, "Fine, resigning won’t make a difference today. Perhaps, as you say, a miracle might happen."