The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 341

"I like anything that you prepare, grandma." Autumn chuckled. She gave her grandparents a hug and then hurried off to work.

Since everything had been cleared up with Charles, Autumn felt relaxed and wore a smile on her face. The world was beautiful again. As soon as Isla entered the office and saw a new and refreshed Autumn, she knew that she and Charles had made up.

"Take a look at this, Autumn. It looks like I'm gonna be really busy today, " Isla said holding up a stack of papers and left Autumn's office. The cooperation with Giant Promise Company, along with the fact that their opponent stole their proposal getting out, had led to a gradual increase in the company's business. Now the whole Cloud Advertising Company was swamped. One could feel the energy within the company.

As the company had been constantly getting better, Autumn was exhilarated beyond description.

She remembered that Amy invited her to dinner so she made time to call Charles and asked him to go with her and visit the Zhao family after work. "Okay, I'll pick you up after work then." Charles said holding the phone to his ear while signing a few documents.

"No, you don't have to bother coming here. I'll come to you, " Autumn replied, smiling by herself in her office.

After hanging up, Charles remained in his seat, looking across the table at Leila, and asked, "What did you say?"

"Oh, Mr. Lu, I said..." Leila beamed and repeated what she had just said. Since their return from Europe, tensions between Charles and Leila had eased a lot.

Charles was able to see Leila's abilities based on their latest business trip to Europe. Naturally, he wanted to treasure her talent.

After giving her report, Leila kept looking at Charles, her dark eyes gleaming with expectation. Charles gave her a puzzled look and asked, "What's the matter? Anything else?"

"Mr. Lu, you promised me a reward when we were in Europe, remember?" Leila reminded him with a faint giggle.

Charles smiled and nodded. "Yes, of course I haven't forgotten. So have you decided what you want for you reward?" he replied with one eyebrow raised.

"Yes!" Leila replied with a little hop. "Well, what I want is very simple. I just want you to buy me a meal. So... are you free today, Mr. Lu?"

Charles paused for a moment and asked, "Er... that's it?"

"Yes, that's it, " Leila answered. "Please don't get me wrong, Mr. Lu. All I want is to have dinner with you and nothing more. In my opinion, what I did was part of my duty and I don't need any reward at all. However, I always learn a lot from you every time I talk to you, Mr. Lu. So I want to take the opportunity to ask you what I need to get better with my job."

After a short pause, Leila smiled earnestly and went on, "I love my job and I want to keep improving at it. Of course, it doesn't matter if I am the one treating you to this dinner, as long as you are willing to join me, Mr. Lu."

"You've done a good job." Charles responded coolly.

"Not good enough, " Leila said, shaking her head slightly. "I want to be better. Mr. Lu, I really hope you can give me some advice. And I hope you don't turn me down."

"All right, " Charles agreed, a little reluctant. 'It's just a meal. No big deal, ' he thought. But it suddenly occurred to him that he had promised Autumn to go to the Zhao family for dinner this evening. "But I can't take you to dinner today. I'm sorry."

He then explained, "I have promised my wife to visit her family with her and have dinner with them today, so..."