Chapter 1163: Chapter 1163: Discussing
Alexander Taylor shuddered with fright, quickly nodding and bowing as he backed out of George Robbins’ office.
The office finally returned to quiet.
At this time, the curtain to George Robbins’ rest area was pulled aside, and Florienna Ellis walked out. She adjusted her somewhat loose clothes and cast a glance in George Robbins’ direction.
"It seems you haven’t gone through with firing Elijah Walker, have you?"
Seeing this, George Robbins quickly extended his hand to pull Florienna Ellis over, angrily saying: "If it weren’t for Charlotte Thompson, Elijah Walker would already be out the door by now."
"I said it before; there must be something going on between those two. Otherwise, why would Charlotte Thompson protect Elijah Walker like that?"
"Ah, we can’t speak carelessly about Charlotte Thompson now."
Florienna Ellis snorted and rolled her eyes at George Robbins, then broke free from his embrace.
"So what do you plan to do about Elijah Walker?"
George Robbins stood up with a grin and then sidled up to Florienna Ellis again.
"Don’t worry, Charlotte Thompson can save Elijah Walker once, but she can’t protect him every day, can she? I’ve said it before, he’s just a junior designer. To fire him, is that not an easy thing to do?"
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After leaving George Robbins’ office with Elijah Walker, Coco finally spoke up, "Designer Walker, what happened? Why did the company suddenly decide to fire you?"
"It’s not the company that wants to fire me, it’s just Mr. Robbins who wishes to," Elijah Walker responded, his voice betraying a sense of immense relief.
If it hadn’t been for Charlotte Thompson sending Coco in time, he dared not imagine what would have happened next.
But Elijah Walker couldn’t understand; there wasn’t any friction between him and George Robbins. Why would George Robbins want to fire him without hesitation?
"Did Miss Thompson suddenly call me in for something?" Elijah Walker turned back to the matter at hand.
Coco acknowledged with a sound, "It’s about that task. Sister Charlotte will explain the specifics to you later."
Elijah Walker nodded without asking further and followed Coco to Charlotte Thompson’s office.
When Elijah Walker entered, Charlotte Thompson detached her gaze from the computer screen and nodded her chin at him.
"Take a seat."
"Miss Thompson, did you suddenly call me over because there’s a problem with the project?"
"There’s no problem, your collaborative design with Zara Ward was excellent."
Charlotte Thompson shook her head, "But the reason I’ve asked you here is indeed to discuss a matter."
Elijah Walker straightened up, listening attentively to Charlotte Thompson’s words.
"You can only visit Melissa Tanner’s studio after work hours, and you often deal with designs until late, so I’ve been thinking of arranging a business trip for you. That way, you’ll be able to spend this period of time over at Melissa Tanner’s."
However Elijah Walker calculated, the time he had after work was not as much as during the day, and the continued effort was a considerable burden.
Hence, Charlotte Thompson made this decision after consulting with Justin Battleson.
She sought Elijah Walker’s opinion at the earliest opportunity.
What Charlotte Thompson didn’t expect was that upon hearing her proposal, Elijah Walker actually chuckled.
"Miss Thompson, I don’t think there’s any need to arrange a business trip."
"Why not?" Charlotte Thompson asked, puzzled.
Elijah Walker lowered his head, noticing that his cuff was inadvertently stained with a coffee mark. He let his arms dangle and slowly replied:
"Because just now, George Robbins already notified me that I’ve been fired from the company."