Never did Rex think they would give him the cold shoulder. He tried buttering Colby up, yet the latter ignored him. But I can’t come clean and tell them the instruction came from Ms. Queen, can I?
When he found out Roxanne was the person-in-charge of the research institute, he even further humbled himself before her as he knew she was the same person who cured Alfred.
After exchanging glances with Colby for a moment, Roxanne looked at Rex and nodded at him in response. “What brings you here, Mr. Tanner?” she queried.
Roxanne believed the man standing in front of her was the man who did not bother to entertain Colby over the phone. No wonder Colby gives him attitude today.
Upon hearing the tone of Roxanne’s voice, he could not help but sigh before saying apologetically, “Dr. Jarvis, Dr. Galloway called me yesterday, but I was in an urgent meeting. When I thought of returning his call after the meeting, Mr. Queen called me to his office. I got caught up with work and eventually forgot to get back to Dr. Galloway. And that’s how the misunderstanding started…”
Roxanne’s lips curled into a cold smile. “In other words, you’re blaming us for being impatient? Are you trying to say we should have waited for your call, Mr. Tanner?”
Cold sweat began beading on Rex’s forehead.
He thought talking to Roxanne would be easier than communicating with Colby because the former was a woman, but to his surprise, she twisted his words and intimidated him.
“That’s not what I meant…”
The woman was petite but exuded a domineering aura. Rex broke out in cold sweat as he could not explain himself.
Roxanne glared at him for a few seconds before reaching out her hand. Dialing down her domineering aura, she uttered, “Since you’re the manager in charge of Queen Group’s herb, and we’ll still be working closely with you in the future, I hope you’ll treat us with respect and ensure that yesterday’s incident will not repeat.”
At the end of the day, the man was from Queen Group. Since Jonathan had left the matter to that man’s hand, that meant he was also one of Jonathan’s men. Therefore, Roxanne was not going to put him in a tough spot. What she said earlier was merely a reminder for him that the research institute was not easy to deal with and for him to put in more effort into the matter in the future.
Coming back to his sense, Rex let out a loud sigh of relief. He then quickly held Roxanne’s hand, nodding vigorously. “Of course, of course!”
Roxanne flashed him a polite smile. “I look forward to working with you, then.”
Rex wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and agreed to her words fervently.
On the other side, Colby was done with counting the herbs. He then asked the employees to move the boxes in before he walked over to the other two people.
Clearly, Rex had done similar jobs before, for he quickly handed Colby the document when he saw the other man approaching them.
Colby glanced at Roxanne. Technically, the person in charge should be the one signing it.
Nevertheless, Roxanne inclined her head at Colby.
After a moment of hesitation, Colby took the document and signed it.
However, long after he signed the document, Rex did not take it back. It seemed as if the latter was lost in his thoughts.
The corner of Colby’s lips twitched before he noncommittally urged, “Mr. Tanner?”
Hearing him, Rex snapped back to his senses and awkwardly took back the document. He then poured another round of apologies before Roxanne used her work as an excuse for him to leave.
After watching the people from Queen Group leave, the two turned and went back into the research institute.
“Will this batch of herbs be enough?” Roxanne asked seriously.
Colby was walking behind her when he heard her. He then nodded. “Maybe Queen Group is trying to compensate us for how Rex rejected us yesterday because they’ve given us a little more herbs than we’ve ordered. We’ll have enough for this period of time. In fact, we might have a little more than enough.”
Hearing that, Roxanne furrowed her brows. “Why didn’t you say anything about that just now?”
Colby arched a brow in response. “I wanted to, but I saw that the list stated the same amount as the amount I’ve calculated, so I didn’t raise the issue.”
If he were to mention it around Rex, Rex would certainly take the opportunity to brush over his rejection the day before.
There was no way Colby would give him the chance to do that.
Knowing what he was thinking about, Roxanne smiled.
Even so, she knew it was Jonathan’s doing. She could avoid mentioning it around Rex, but she had to thank Jonathan still.
The moment Roxanne returned to her office, she called Jonathan.
Jonathan picked up the call quickly. In fact, he even started speaking before Roxanne could. “Dr. Jarvis, have you received the herbs from Queen Group?”
Roxanne chuckled. “I have. Your company’s people came earlier than I did. Moreover, I saw that Queen Group has sent us more than I ordered. Mr. Queen, this is what you intended, right?”
Jonathan did not disagree with that. “What happened yesterday must have been troublesome for your research institute. After you left, my grandpa chided me. Indeed, we should be held responsible for this, but I didn’t know how we could compensate you. So, Dr. Jarvis, I hope you’ll accept these herbs.”
Having Rex send the research institute more herbs than ordered was partially a selfish wish of Jonathan—he hoped it would salvage Queen Group’s reputation among Roxanne and the others.
Roxanne did not reject Jonathan as she knew that the extra herbs were but a trivial amount to Queen Group. Instead, she said, “Thank you, then. It’s true that your batch of herbs has helped resolve my current crisis. I’ll come to you to thank you personally another day.”
“That sounds like a good idea.” Jonathan chuckled. “My grandpa has been asking about when he will be meeting you.”
After a brief small talk, the two ended the call.
After Roxanne put her phone to the side, she proceeded to read the details about the research institute’s recent use of herbs, and her head throbbed.
To be honest, she had already planned it all the night before; she was going to ask for a favor from Jonathan to introduce her to a few herb suppliers.
However, Queen Group had given them benefits earlier in the day. If Roxanne asked for another favor, it would seem as if she was greedy. As a matter of fact, she hesitated for a long while earlier in the call and ended up not saying anything about that to Jonathan.
Thus, she had no choice but to contact her seniors who she had met at the medical conference the other time.
Roxanne wondered if they still remembered her.
As the day before had been tiring, and as she had not gotten a good night’s sleep the night before as well, Roxanne could not help but feel frustrated as she scrolled through her contact list.
Everything had been going smoothly at the research institute, and they had even completed several major projects under her lead.
However, in the blink of an eye, they had returned to step one. In fact, the situation was even worse than back then.
That was all thanks to Sonya.
At that, Roxanne could not help but feel fury.
I didn’t do anything wrong, so why won’t Sonya just let me go?
The intensity of that fury rose to its peak after Roxanne failed to get anyone to pick up the calls.
Furrowing her brows, she weakly massaged her temples. Once again, she was forced to acknowledge how weak and helpless she was.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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