Sweet Love novel Chapter 31

Two hours later, Rayburn greets Rolf, the German representative, again. Just after seeing them off, Rayburn’s door is knocked on by Yusef, who then walks into this office.

Rayburn sits on the chair and looks at the visitor. He is not surprised at all, instructing Rose, “Two cups of coffee, please. It's rare that Mr. Yusef comes here, remember to use the best coffee beans."

Yusef is younger than him, but Yusef’s position is more necessary than his. Therefore, even if Rayburn believes that he is one of the secrets of this company's success, he still needs to show his respect on the surface.

Chuckling, Yusef walks to the sofa near him and sits down, "Come on, uncle Fackler, don't stand on ceremony. I just want to ask about the current situation and will leave soon."

In any case, Rayburn was once his father's right-hand man, so Yusef always calls him uncle in private.

Rayburn asks knowingly, "What is wrong?"

With an ordinary tone, Yusef raises his eyebrows slightly, "Has the price with German representatives been determined? I just saw them leaving when I came."

The division of projects in the Penn’s is very clear. Yusef, Rayburn, and Eliot never intervene in projects that other people are responsible for, otherwise it may cause confusion and entanglement, making everyone unhappy.

This is a customary rule in the company, and Yusef knows this well. As long as it is not his project, he will not ask at all and only examine the final result.

But this time, he not only asks, but also goes to Rayburn's office specially...

Rayburn glances at him, "The price is fixed, and now we are going to sign the contract. Once we have the contract ready, there will be no problem."

"Sounds good." Yusef says lightly, just as Rose comes in with coffee and hands him a cup.

After Rose leaves the office, Rayburn looks at Yusef and asks with a smile, "Yusef, you come here…not just want to know how the project is going, right?"

Yusef chuckles softly, slowly putting down the coffee cup in his hand, "I want to know whether Uncle Fackler is satisfied with the final price. After all, my clumsy secretary gave Uncle Fackler a lot of additional trouble, didn’t she?"

Rayburn stands up, picks up the documents on the desk, hands the documents to Yusef, who is sitting on the sofa, "This is the final quotation from the other side, and the price per piece is actually 0.06 higher than my expect."

Rayburn doesn’t continue to say, but apparently there is dissatisfaction in his tone. Regardless of the fact that a single accessory is only 0.06 higher, it will increase the price of the final product a lot, which affects the sales and competitiveness in the market to a certain extent.

Yusef glances at the data on the file, raising the corner of his lips. "Uncle Fackler, learning about their technology is not the only way. Nowadays, there are more and more technical teams emerging in China. As long as we get these goods, it’s very easy to figure out the cardinal principles. Therefore, if we don't affect their foreign markets, we’ll be able to produce our own accessories."

He puts these documents on the coffee table and stands up, "Since the price has been negotiated, it cannot be adjusted anymore, but we can change ourselves. Never forget to think outside the box."

Rayburn's face darkens, " It's easier said than done. We could subtract this 0.06 if your secretary doesn’t..."

Suddenly, he breaks off in mid-sentence, seeming to realize that his attitude is too agitated and looking at Yusef's face.

Yusef doesn’t show his emotions at all, "No matter what, things have happened. Uncle Fackler, even if I really fire her now, it won't help anything."

Rayburn keeps silence for a long time. After a while, he stares at Yusef and asks, "Yusef, aren't you interested in that girl? I have never seen you help any subordinate like this time!"

"Really?" Yusef chuckles, "Uncle Fackler thinks too much. If you regard it as “help”, there is really a reason. Before you came back, I held a high-level meeting and took over the project of Eliot. I also made a bet with Eliot, which involved Macy. Before accompanying me on the business trip to South Sea City, Macy couldn't be fired by any mistakes she made. Uncle Fackler won’t embarrass me, right?"

Yusef smiles, as if discussing with him politely, while his eyes are clearly firm and could not be rejected.

Rayburn frowns and doesn’t answer directly. He does hear about that gambling, and since Yusef said so just now, he has no reason to keep being dead against Macy specially.

"Yusef, for the sake of you, I will spare that girl this time, but I kindly remind that she is Earnest's daughter, no matter what... I advise you to fire her as soon as possible."

Yusef gives him a long deep look, "That's my own business. Uncle Fackler doesn’t need to be worried about."

Rayburn waves his hand, as if he doesn’t want to say anything else, "I'll let Rose tell her that she doesn't need to be punished anymore."

"No." Yusef suddenly says, "Since she makes a mistake, she should to be punished.

Without punishment, how can this girl memorize the mistakes she made? How can it be clear that some things cannot be decided without other’s permission? How can she understand that people always have to be cautious in the society? She should learn to take the consequences for her mistakes.

Rayburn seems a little shocked. As he looks towards Yusef again, the man has already walked to the door.

"Uncle Fackler, take your time." Yusef opens the door and leaves the office.

At the same time, at the entrance of the toilet in the staff cafeteria, Macy carefully sweeps the soot near the door. With a suit and high heels, she is unable to bend too low, so she could only clean the floor slowly.

Soon, almost near the end of business hours, many employees who have to work overtime or are too lazy to cook at home will choose to eat in the cafeteria. After a while, the cafeteria becomes very crowded.

Along with more people in the cafeteria, there are more people going to the toilet. Everyone can see Macy is cleaning. She is in a professional dressing and, of course, doesn’t looks like a cleaner. Then someone spreads the news privately, and a lot of people know that she is punished because of a mistake.

Sweeping the floor, Macy lowers her head, and occasionally hears some sounds of laughter and discussions.

"Hey look, that is the new secretary of our Mr. Yusef! It’s said that she is punished by Mr. Fackler for making mistakes!"

"Is she the daughter of the Earnest Downey? Oh my god! Now she's in this kind of situation..."

"I can't imagine her destiny is so..."

"..."

Macy grits her teeth and continues to sweep the floor. The smell coming from the toilet, she endures everyone's gaze, as if she is stripped naked and displayed in front of everyone, without any dignity.

At this moment, there is a sudden commotion emerging from the door, and then someone says, "It’s Mr. Yusef …he comes to the cafeteria for dinner?!"

Macy ‘s hand holding the broom tightly, and she looks towards the door...