A Beautiful Misunderstanding

Zac said in a low voice, "You are not suitable for the CEO's office."

His words poured cold water over her. Cherry shivered and thought, 'Did he mean to have me transferred from the CEO's office?'

"I've just arrived, so I'm afraid I am not aware of what happened. If I did something wrong, then I'll do my best to rectify it. Please don't transfer me to another department."

Cold as ice, Zac turned his eyes back to his computer screen like he didn't hear anything that she said. Amy knew exactly what that meant and immediately pulled Cherry out of the office.

"Your internship is over. Starting tomorrow, you don't have to come to the office," Amy said in a cold voice.

Cherry's face turned pale. She said, "Are you firing me? I thought the boss just wanted to have me transferred to another office."

"Only regular employees can be reshuffled to other offices. You are an intern who haven't signed a formal internship contract. Once you make a mistake, it is our prerogative to ask you to leave," Amy said sternly.

"Was it wrong for me to send a document?" Cherry asked defensively.

"Although you are an intern, you received the employee code of conduct two days ago. You were expected to have studied the document and kept its contents in mind. It is clearly stated there that only the top executives are qualified to enter the CEO's office, unless the CEO has summoned others in. Non-executive rank employees can only send work reports or express their thoughts and opinions by email. Another thing: there is one absolute taboo in the CEO's office: never approach the CEO with any ulterior motive. In other words, if you dare express improper desire toward the CEO, you will be fired." With that parting shot, Amy turned her back to the other woman and returned to her desk.

Upset, Cherry called Mary as soon as she got out of the Emperor headquarters.

The news that she was fired surprised Mary. She immediately rushed over to meet up with Cherry.

"What's wrong with you? How could you irritate Zac the moment you came in?" she admonished the younger woman, disappointment written plainly on her face. She deliberately arranged for Cherry to be assigned to the office of Emperor's CEO. Her assignment was to get close to Zac and seduce him away from Essie.

If Valery couldn't win his heart, then she had to find someone else. Essie dared to be so presumptuous because her son was fascinated by her. That vile woman could only be displaced if Zac would fall in love with another woman and transfer his feelings for her.

"I was too eager for him to notice me that I ended up accidentally violating the company policies. I think I made a good impression on him. He didn't intend to fire me, only to transfer me to another office. It was his subordinate who made that decision without his permission." Cherry ranted to Mary in a voice full of agitation and righteous indignation.

"Forget it. I'll officially introduce you to each other this afternoon, but..." Something strange flashed through her eyes as a thought occurred to her. She leaned over and whispered something to Cherry.

Zac was preparing to leave the office when he received a call from his mother, who asked him to meet her for afternoon tea.

As soon as Zac entered the most high-end afternoon tea room on the West Street, Mary immediately introduced the person seated next to her. "Zac, darling, do you still remember Aunt Tracy in the United States? This is her daughter Cherry. She had just graduated from Columbia University and come to Dragon City for her career development."

Cherry lowered her eyes, a picture of demure gentility, but it was to hide the frustration in her eyes. Then, she looked up with a gracious smile on her face and said, "He is the CEO of the company I

to pretend that she didn't know Mary's relationship with Zac. That

at her with his deep

Cherry, Mary took a sip of tea and asked, "Which department are

office, but I've been recently dismissed." Cherry fluttered her thick eyelashes, and tears began to form at

Her son was a very shrewd person, so she had to take care not to overdo her

went beyond authority to send a document," Cherry replied, voice injected with

looked at Zac and said, "Son, please give Cherry another chance. She is one of Columbia's top marketing students in her batch, and I'm sure she wants to develop her practical knowledge in marketing. She will definitely be of big help to you if

glance on Cherry. "You are learning marketing, so why did you apply for a

extremely powerful in their own right. I hope to become one of them, so I applied for a job in the CEO's office," Cherry explained with conviction. After all, her goal was to get close to him. The CEO's office was the department directly under him, so obviously it

which is different from the special assistant position. It seems like you have yet to figure out what you want to do." The corners of his mouth

said quickly, "I'd like to be a secretary,

sharp, as if he had already seen through her

one more chance? She should at least

his mother. He picked up his teacup, sipped at the tea, and said slowly, "If you must insist, I'll

in his voice, Mary couldn't say much else. She could only go and

looked at her watch and decided to leave first so as to give them a chance to spend time

an appointment to play mahjong with my friends, so I'm leaving now. You have a good chat with Cherry. Do me a favor and send her home later," she said to Zac before standing

redeem his image in his wife's eyes and so had made up his mind never to spend time with another woman except within a business

with some unfinished business. Please ask the driver to take her home." Without waiting for Mary's response, Zac left

did she give

to all women except for Leila. Now, he was so addicted to a harlot whom he treated like a priceless treasure. He was blind to other women who were actually suitable

She murmured, "Auntie,

need to be patient with him." Mary patted her hands to comfort her, but her eyes took on a hint of darkness. If Cherry didn't meet her son's ideal type, she could look for another woman who would. There were so many women in the world that it was surely impossible for him to love just one woman. She could always find someone to replace

son, she had definite plans for him. She was organizing a high society ball, to which she would invite all the unmarried daughters of rich, influential powerful families in Dragon City. Then, she would have him pick

of Zac. For starters, he was not married, so she could select a girlfriend for him openly and brazenly. Second, his taste in women vary within a wide range of preferences, a fact

a huge blow to her. If she failed, she could complain to Albert about her

party for Saturday night but deliberately did not tell Essie to prepare for it until Wednesday before the event. She only had three

for her but did not refuse, lest she found

Then, she enlisted the help of Ivy and Daisy to come up with a list of celebrity and high-society guests. After all, no one