Chapter 370: Chapter 370: Holding Her
"Ah, well, there’s some truth to your words, but Miss Thompson is genuinely attractive. Otherwise, why would Mr. Battleson be so taken with her? In my opinion, the rumors of Mr. Battleson and Evelyn Curtis breaking up started not long after Charlotte Thompson came into Mr. Battleson’s life. Don’t judge a book by its cover, tsk tsk tsk..."
The conversation soon redirected to another topic, but the moment Charlotte Thompson entered the office, everyone fell silent.
Coolly, Charlotte Thompson walked to her office, not paying any attention to the scrutinizing looks of those around her.
However, she paused when she came to Cindy’s desk.
She glanced at Cindy, who pretended to be engrossed in files, and couldn’t help but smile.
"Miss Cindy, could you please prepare the materials for these few projects later on? Many of the designs you submitted have problems, but thanks to Miss Cindy for pointing them out."
The moment she finished speaking, everyone turned their eyes to Cindy.
Everybody used to think that it’s because Charlotte Thompson didn’t like their designs, so none of their designs ever made it to the final project.
Now it seemed like it was Cindy’s choice.
No wonder, Cindy’s position is greater than Charlotte’s, so isn’t it Cindy who sabotages things behind the scenes?
"Alright, don’t just stand idle, your discussions have been loud enough to be heard over the hallway. Get back to work."
Charlotte Thompson said with a smile, giving Cindy’s shoulder a nonchalantly reassuring pat, which, however, left Cindy feeling most uneasy.
Just as Charlotte walked into her office, she received an internal message from Justin Battleson.
She glanced at it with no intention of responding, and simply picked up a file and began to read it earnestly.
To her surprise, less than 10 minutes later, there was a knock at the office door.
Charlotte looked up, slightly annoyed, and was startled when she saw her visitor.
"Miss Thompson," Justin Battleson said coldly, his tone stern.
"Miss Thompson, aren’t you going to let me in?" Upon seeing that Charlotte appeared to be lost in thought, Justin knocked on the door again, his voice somewhat icy.
"Hmm? Why would that be?" Charlotte gave a forced smile, put down the file she was holding, stood up, and approached Justin.
"Please take a seat, Mr. Battleson. What can I do for you?"
Charlotte spoke in a strictly professional manner, revealing no hint of emotion.
Justin was dissatisfied with Charlotte’s stiff attitude.
However, thinking of why he was there, he didn’t say anything else, instead, he started reluctantly.
"I just asked you to come to my office."
"Hmm?" Charlotte was taken aback, she had not expected that Justin would leave his multi-billion dollar work to personally come to the design department because of the message she ignored.
Charlotte found it somewhat amusing, and could not help but quirk a brow, her tone becoming more indifferent.
"I’m very sorry, Mr. Battleson. I was busy with work and didn’t see the message. Perhaps you wanted to see the latest design proposal? I’ve already asked someone to sort it out. It’ll be ready in about ten minutes. If there’s nothing else, you can leave first."
Having finished speaking, Charlotte turned to leave.
The next second, Justin stepped forward quickly, grabbed her wrist, and forcefully pulled her towards him.
Taken by surprise, Charlotte could not react in time.
Before she knew it, Justin had pulled her into his arms.
"What are you doing?" Charlotte’s face instantly darkened.
She tried to push Justin away unhappily, but he only pulled her closer.
She could smell a faint minty scent that was not hers. It wasn’t unpleasant, but it made her feel very uncomfortable.