Chapter 1358: Chapter 1358: The Main Event Has Yet to Begin
"I thought it was just some idle gossip, but I didn’t expect it to be true!"
Coco hurriedly asked, "What happened to Mr. Battleson? Didn’t he attend the board meeting yesterday?"
"It’s nothing too serious, just a minor injury to his arm. But because he left the hospital directly yesterday, it aggravated his condition a little. The doctor advised him to rest properly in the hospital for the next few days."
Even though Coco was standing right in front of her, Charlotte Thompson stuck to the story she and Justin Battleson had agreed upon yesterday.
The circulating rumors within the company now were intentionally spread by Charlotte and Justin themselves.
"Why does it feel like everything bad is piling up at once for the company recently?" Coco muttered as she followed behind Charlotte.
Charlotte chuckled softly at her remark, "Oh, this is just the beginning. The real show hasn’t even started yet."
Upon hearing those words, Coco seemed to grasp something, blinking at Charlotte with a knowing look. But Charlotte quickly changed the subject.
"By the way, have you finished organizing those drafts I mentioned before?"
"I finished them long ago," Coco responded with a firm nod and ran back to her desk to grab a stack of documents for Charlotte.
After putting down her coat and bag, Charlotte gestured for Coco to follow her.
"Let’s go, to the conference room."
Coco followed closely behind Charlotte, and soon, the two of them arrived at the conference room.
Having already instructed Teddy Carter in advance, Charlotte found that most of the designers were already present as she entered the room.
Glancing at her watch, it was precisely on the hour, but Charlotte still chose to sit down and waited a few more minutes. Gradually, a few more designers hurried into the room.
However, the designers exchanged puzzled glances as they looked toward Charlotte.
Typically, design tasks were delegated directly to the group leaders, and while Charlotte was the company’s Design Director, she technically didn’t handle any day-to-day affairs of the Design Department. Charlotte’s role within the company was entirely independent.
As such, her hosting a meeting—let alone a design department meeting—was something quite peculiar for everyone.
Though curious, none of them openly discussed their thoughts.
Once everyone quietly took their seats, Charlotte scanned the room before speaking up. "Is anyone else missing?"
The group looked around, but no one said a word.
Seeing this, Charlotte pressed her fingertips to the edge of the desk and repeated her question, but this time her tone was decidedly colder.
"Is anyone else missing?"
At that moment, a designer sitting in the corner hesitantly raised her hand and murmured, "Miss Thompson, Florienna isn’t feeling well, so she didn’t come."
Charlotte raised her eyes to look in that direction. The designer speaking up was someone who was normally close to Florienna. As Charlotte’s gaze landed on her, the woman’s expression grew visibly nervous.
"Is that so?"
As she spoke, Charlotte’s lips curled ever so slightly. "But I crossed paths with Florienna in the elevator this morning, and she didn’t seem unwell to me. Isn’t that right, Group Leader Carter?"
Teddy Carter, suddenly called out by name, froze slightly.
In the past, designer meetings were typically handled by Teddy and the other two group leaders jointly. And everyone knew about Teddy’s relationship with Florienna. For meetings that weren’t too critical, Florienna often didn’t bother to show up.