The next day, at a coffee shop...
Stella had already organized all the documents and asked the negotiation director of the RK Group to meet her at the coffee shop.
As she was waiting, a man wearing a black suit and gold-rimmed glasses came over. But when he walked over and saw Stella, he looked shocked.
Stella also looked at the person in front of her and was shocked, too...
Because the one standing in front of her was RK's assistant, Alex Triston.
For a moment, both of them stayed quiet.
It was Stella who took the initiative and said, "Long time no see."
Alex heard her words and quickly regained his composure.
He nodded and sat down.
Stella didn’t waste much time and went straight to the point. "Mr. Triston, here are the documents. If you find them satisfactory, please sign them."
As she spoke, she pushed the documents in front of him.
Alex looked at the eye-catching price of 70 million and was shocked. "Miss Richard, the RK Group can only offer 40 million. The price your company is asking for is very high."
Stella didn’t want to sign this contract from the beginning. She would never let that man become her boss.
She felt like she was wasting her time on the RK Group and should find another company.
"It's alright, but we can't sign this contract."
She said, packing her things and deciding to leave.
Alex saw that she was about to leave and that she wasn’t interested in this deal, and he panicked.
He rushed over and stopped her. "Miss Richard, please wait. Let me call and ask about the price again."
Stella stopped and nodded. "Of course."
Alex stepped to the side and made a call.
****
At the RK Group's CEO office...
RK was sitting in the head chair, listening to a report from the marketing department, when his phone rang.
RK glanced at the phone and hung up.
He didn’t like being disturbed at work.
But after a few seconds, it rang again.
The people standing in the office saw his cold expression and trembled. They felt like the person on the other side was about to die.
RK's face didn’t look good, and the people reporting to him felt a chill down their spines.
RK picked up the phone and asked, "What is it?" His voice was cold.
Alex reported the situation on the other side.
"Tell them it’s not going to happen. 70 million is too much; they’re not worth it." After he finished speaking, he was about to hang up.
But Alex said something that made him pause for a while.
His fingers tapped on the table, and after a minute, he replied,
"Okay, then let's agree to 70 million." After that, he paused for a moment and added, "Tell her I’m coming to the company, and ask her to personally explain to me how it’s worth 70 million."
After he spoke, he hung up the phone.
There were some unknown emotions in his deep blue eyes.
The people from the marketing department heard his words and were shocked.
"The CEO is going to personally sign the contract."
"Is that negotiation really worth his visit?"
Moreover, they knew that in this negotiation, Mr. Kingston didn’t need to be personally involved.
All of them had question marks on their faces.
****
Alex wasn’t too far away, so Stella could hear parts of his conversation.
She heard Alex directly reporting her name to the person on the other side of the phone.
Within just three minutes...
"Miss Richard, wait! Mr. Kingston said that they have no problem with your price. The agreement must be set according to your company’s plan. Let's quickly sign the deal so that no one can back out."
After he finished speaking, he took out the documents, signed his name, and handed the pen to Stella.
Looking at his arrogant attitude, as if he had already bought her company, Stella was a little shocked.
She stared at the pen in a daze.
She hadn’t expected the agreement between the two companies to go so smoothly and effortlessly.
Stella felt like she had made her stand clear by not lowering her price and being firm in her decision.
But who would have thought that...
RK would be even more determined than she was in the acquisition of the company? He even agreed to sign the contract at her price.
"Didn’t he pride himself on never changing his decisions, no matter what? Then why did he change this one?" she thought.
"Was it because, after living with the love of his life, he changed?"
But no matter what...
Now, what could she do? Stella took the pen and signed her name.
She didn’t care about him anymore.
Anyway, she wasn’t going to stay here.
Usually, she didn’t want him to become her boss, but what could she do? She needed to finish this job and leave quickly.
Alex put the documents back, shook hands with her, and said, "Miss Richard, from now on, we’re colleagues in the same company. Please take care of us in the future!"
Stella just gave him a forced smile.
Only she and God knew how much she didn’t want this man to be her boss.
Alex looked at her and added, "Miss Richard, please go back to the company quickly. Mr. Kingston will be there in a while. He said he wants you to... personally explain how your company is worth 70 million."
Alex also didn’t know why his boss wanted Miss Richard to do it personally, after what happened between them before.
But as an assistant, he could only do as he was told.
*****
On the way back to the company...
Stella was sitting in the car, but her mind was filled with thoughts of how RK would soon become her boss.
"Ahhh! Stella, you’re the best. You just signed the contract as soon as you showed up!"
The one who speak was the assistant to the director of the company. "Stella, you don’t know, but before you came, Mr. Paul sent many people to negotiate with Mr. Kingston, but he only kept lowering the price."
She hugged Stella and said happily, "Stella, you’re our lucky star."
Stella just lowered her head and didn’t speak. Because it wasn’t what she wanted.
Lily continued, "Stella, you just came back, so you probably don’t know much about the city, right?"
As she spoke, she leaned closer to Stella’s ear and whispered, "Let me tell you, Mr. Kingston is the most handsome man in X City. He’s not only handsome but also rich and capable. He’s the dream man of many women in the world..."
Stella heard her words and felt speechless.
"I heard that he had a fiancée before, but he already left her, six years ago,"
Lily said.
"He didn’t marry her sister?"
Stella couldn’t believe they hadn’t married yet.
Didn’t he give her a divorce because he wanted to marry her sister?
She thought that by now, they must be married, have children, and be living happily together.
"Stella, here you are..."
When Jack heard that Stella had reached an agreement with RK Groups, he personally came to welcome her with a big smile on his face.
"Stella, you didn’t disappoint me. Quickly, go to the meeting room and sit for a while. Mr. Kingston will be here soon, and you will come with me to welcome him."
