Female Novel
Chapter 2532
For someone like Gordan who usually wore a smile on his face to conceal his feelings, it would beharder to find out what was in his mind.
“Mr. Link, let's go back to the office," said Luca. She wanted to continue arranging the documentsbefore the meeting started.
The documents should be categorized well.
The two of them returned to Watson Biopharmaceuticals.
Luca saw the general manager standing outside her office door. She raised her brows and noticed thathis hand was resting on the doorknob of the door.
"General Manager, are you looking for me?" Luca walked toward him and stopped him when he wasabout to push the door open and enter the office.
The general manager was surprised when a voice suddenly rang out. He unconsciously turned thedoorknob, but the door was locked.
The expression on his face changed. He turned around and looked at Luca with a smile on his face."Dr. Craw, where have you been? I've been knocking on the door but no one answered."
"I went out for lunch just now. General Manager, is there anything I can help you with?" Luca asked.She locked the door when she went out.
Hence, there was no way the manager could enter the office unless he broke the door.
"So that's why no one answered no matter how hard I knocked on it," replied the general manager.There was a hint of awkwardness in the embarrassed smile on his face as though he had been caughtred-handed.
"There's still time before the meeting. General Manager, why are you looking for me?" It was the thirdtime Luca repeated the same question. She was forcing him to find an excuse for his suspiciousbehavior.
"Oh, yes, I heard you've just moved back here. I thought of coming here to say hello." The generalmanager realized if he did not give Luca an explanation, she would not let him go easily. Hence, hecame up with an excuse to brush her off.
"That's very kind of you. Don't we have a meeting to attend later? I'll see you there, General Manager."Luca took her keys out and opened the door as she replied.
"Ah, okay..." The general manager knew his plan had failed. He left with embarrassment.
Rhett followed Luca into the office. After they got out of the general manager's sight, Rhett could nothelp but mutter, “Could it be that the general manager hasn't given up the thought of looking at thedocuments?"
Luca headed to her office desk. The office here wasn't as good as the one in T Corporation. The deskwas smaller, and there was no sofa either.
She could only lean forward on the desk and rest for a while during lunch break.
"Probably," replied Luca.
"We've already applied for the patent for our drug research. There's nothing he can do even if he seesthose documents..." Before Rhett could finish his words, he immediately shut his mouth. In hindsight,he realized he was unconsciously thinking that the general manager must be up to no good for wantingto secretly read the research data.
"Let's talk about it later. Hurry up and find your two boxes. Let's tidy up a little. Then we'll attend themeeting." Luca urged him.
Luca quietly thought about the general manager.
She had hinted to Luke that something was wrong with the general manager before, but Luke had yetto handle this matter.
Hence, Luca was sure that Luke was trying to lure the mastermind behind the general manager.
The mastermind was probably not Abel, so who could it be?
Could it be Pierre Mallory?
Luca pondered for a moment. She carried another box and was about to unseal it, only to realize therewas a remark left by Rhett on the box. Then, she said, "Mr. Link, it's your box."
"Thank you, Dr. Craw." Rhett took the box from her and put it aside. He had only placed two boxeshere. There was only one left.
"Dr. Craw, it's fortunate that you locked the door," said Rhett.
"Although the drug launching is a done deal, these documents are confidential. If the information getsleaked, someone can change the formula and dosage to pass it off as their own research. That's whywe need to be careful," said Luca. The general manager had no access to this floor, so she wondered ifsomeone forgot to close the door or if someone had intentionally let him in.
"Dr. Craw, that's very attentive of you," exclaimed Rhett. After he found the second box, he placed it onthe first one and carried the two boxes. He said, "Dr. Craw, I'm going back to my office."
"Okay." Luca nodded.
Watson Biopharmaceuticals had recruited new employees not too long ago. Luca heard that a newprofessor would be joining them in two days. She could not be bothered by it. After all, all she had to dowas to do her job.novelbin
Luca arrived at the meeting room at 2:30 sharp in the afternoon.
Since Luca's newly developed drug was about to be launched on the market, there were people in thecompany extolling her for doing such a great job. Luca was not used to it. Thus, she chose to enter themeeting room on time so that the other professors would not take the chance to talk to her.
"Dr. Craw, you're here." Although Luca arrived at the meeting room on time, the general manager wasnot there yet. Hence, there were still people who greeted her.
Luca nodded and smiled at them. Then, she sat on the seat next to the corner.
“Dr. Craw, why are you still sitting there? It used to be Dr. Albus' seat. And no one's sitting here either.Come over and sit here," said Dr. Jackson.
Luca glanced at the empty seat. She shook her head and said, "It's okay. I'm fine sitting here."
Dr. Jackson did not say anything more seeing as Luca preferred to stay low.
The general manager pushed the door open and walked into the meeting room after Luca said that. Hisgaze swept across the meeting room to check if everyone had arrived. "Everyone's here. Professors,let's start the meeting."
"Okay," the professors replied.
Luca looked at the meeting agenda and read through the contents.
The general manager sat on the chairperson's seat and looked at Luca, who sat in the corner. Hesmiled and said, "Before we start the meeting, I'd like to congratulate Dr. Craw. The project that herresearch team is working on is ready to launch."
After that, he initiated applause.
The professors and assistants followed him and gave Luca a big round of applause.
Luca thought of staying low, but she did not expect the general manager to mention her before themeeting started. She had no choice but to look around the meeting room, nodding and smiling ateveryone to thank them.
The general manager thought it was not enough. Therefore, he asked, "Dr. Craw, why don't you comeup here to give a speech?"
Luca sat on her chair with no intention of standing up. She shook her head and replied, "GeneralManager, thank you, but I think we should start the meeting."
The general manager did not expect Luca to reject him in front of the others.
He had no choice but to go along with what Luca said. He smiled and said, "In this case, let's start themeeting."
There were many things to be discussed during the meeting. After they were done discussing, it wasalready a quarter past five in the evening.
It had been a long time since Luca had such a long meeting. She felt tired.
When she thought the meeting was ending soon, the general manager added, "Fellow professors,here's one last thing. I received a call from the chancellor of Capital University yesterday. He'd like usto recommend a professor to become a part-time lecturer at the university. I wonder if any professor is
interested in taking up the job. The pay is quite good, and you only have to teach a course eachsemester. If the class is on Monday, you'll only have to teach on Mondays."
The professors exchanged glances with each other. Some of them had taught in their previouscolleges, and some were currently teaching at other universities. Hence, they had no intention of goingfor the job.