Ivor felt his chest heave as he watched this scenario, a heavy fury whirling in his eyes. He then slammed the documents heavily on the table.
“Since none of you can come up with anything, stay here until you do,” he said.
Floyd trembled in fear. ‘It had been long since I had seen the boss this angry. It seems that we’re going to get it today… I wonder when his anger would dissipate…’
As time passed, the meeting room atmosphere became so tense that you could hear a pin drop. The executives sitting in their chairs were even more tense. They were sitting upright and dared not even breathe. After all, everyone knew that their CEO was furious.
Ivor’s phone, placed on the table, suddenly vibrated.
“Bzzz…”
Ivor lowered his gaze and saw the caller ID, “Honey.” There was a slight hint of softening in his icy expression as he quickly picked up the phone.
“Honey, aren’t you busy today? Why do you have time to call me?” he asked.
A clear voice came from the other end of the phone.
“I was not busy, so I bought some groceries and planned to cook. I’m downstairs at your company now. Do you want to go back together? Or should I go back and cook, then message you when it’s done?”
She asked this because Ivor seemed very busy lately, often staying up late in the study and looking at documents. She was worried that he still had work to do in the company, so she didn’t want to disturb him. “Of course, let’s go home together, honey,” Ivor said. He was incredibly thrilled to be able to have a dinner prepared by Bonnie herself.
“You can rest downstairs for a while. I’ll be there in about 10 minutes.”
“Okay,” Bonnie replied.
Ivor hung up the phone and looked back at the executives. Although his face still didn’t look good, his tone was gentler.
“Today’s meeting ends here. After you go back tonight, think carefully about a solution. When you come to work tomorrow, I must see a feasible plan, or all year-end bonuses will be canceled.” Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and echoed, “Yes, Mr. Ivor…”
“Hmm,” Ivor responded lightly, picked up his phone, and walked out.
As the executives watched his hurried departure from the meeting room, they felt like a heavy burden had been lifted. Cold sweat formed on their backs.
As they watched Ivor disappear from view, the executives dared to discuss in low voices.
“We owe a lot to Ms. Bonnie. Otherwise, we would’ve been in big trouble today.”
“Yeah, I haven’t seen Mr. Ivor so angry in a long time. If not for Ms. Bonnie’s call, Mr. Ivor might have kept us here until late at night.”
“Did you see how awful Mr. Ivor’s expression was? It wouldn’t surprise me if we had to stay until tomorrow morning.”
“Truth be told, the person we should be most thankful to is Ms. Bonnie. We wouldn’t have been freed so easily if it weren’t for her.”
As the executives discussed, Ivor had already taken the elevator and arrived downstairs at the company.
He picked up his speed and hurried over to where Bonnie sat in the lounge, sipping tea and eating desserts. “Honey, sorry I’m late. Let’s go home.”
