Chapter 251 No One Could Stop Him
Rachel initially didn’t hear her name being called. It was only until after someone tapped on her shoulder that she immediately returned to her senses. She blankly looked at the person who was behind her for a moment before she recognized the woman. “Lisa?”
Lisa looked at Rachel in shock. “What’s wrong, Miss Hudson? I have been calling you for so long, but you didn’t reply to me.” When Rachel returned to her senses, she answered, “I’m alright. What brings you here?”
Lisa waved the file in her hand. “Mr. Beckham asked me to send this file to the meeting room. It’ll be referred to in the meeting later. Congratulations, Miss Hudson.”
“For what?”
“Why are you still hiding the truth?” Lisa smiled. “Everyone knows that the meeting this afternoon is about your promotion. We’re just waiting for the official announcement from the Human Resources department. I guess President Burton wants to announce the news for himself.”
Upon hearing that, Rachel froze slightly.
If Lisa hadn’t brought it up, she would’ve forgotten about the promotion that Justin mentioned.
The corners of Rachel’s lips slightly twitched upward. “You’re exaggerating. Even if there’s a promotion, I won’t be the one to get it.” So many incidents have happened recently. Justin already knows that I won’t be staying for long at the Burton Group. I’m sure I won’t receive the position of general manager in the company. At the very least, this is what I can predict.
She shot a glance at her watch as the traffic light opposite them turned green once again. “Let’s go. We are having a meeting soon.”
In the company’s meeting room, Frankie had just finished printing out the documents and distributing them.
Rachel arrived rather late, but she did not expect to meet Justin at the door.
Their glances met for a few seconds before she quickly shifted her gaze and she walked directly into the room, leaving a frowning Justin behind her.
“I’m sure everyone has some knowledge of the main topic of today’s meeting—the person who would be the general manager of Burton Pharmaceuticals.”
His low and smart voice reverberated in the room. For meetings appointing the person in charge of a subsidiary, the management team of the main group would be present. In this case, a few leaders from Burton Pharmaceuticals were also in attendance and she was one of them.
“After many observations and meetings with the management team, we have made a decision.” Justin’s eyes scanned the meeting desk before his thin lips spoke a word. “Rachel.”
Rachel was just lowering her head and perusing the documents. When she heard her name being called, she raised her head in shock. She thought she had heard it wrongly, but the applause rang in the meeting room.
The congratulatory words from the people surrounding her merely served to confirm the fact. How is it possible that Justin still insists on promoting me to the general manager of Burton Pharmaceutical?
Everyone left one after another when the meeting ended.
“Why me?”
Rachel immediately stood up to question Justin.
Beside them was Frankie, who tactfully walked out and closed the door behind him, leaving only Rachel and Justin in the meeting room.
Justin crossed his arms as he leaned back in the leather chair. His calm and collected composure was exactly the same as five years ago. “The words I say and the decisions I make are rarely changed. Why do you think that you won’t be the one?”
“You clearly know that I won’t be in Burton Group for long.”
“Everyone including the intern to a high-level manager and even the shareholders can’t guarantee that they will stay in Burton Group forever.”
“That’s different.”
“In my opinion, they are the same. It’s normal for people to enter and leave a company.”
With that, Justin rose to his full height and buttoned his suit as he asked her, “Are you done yet? If yes, I have something else to attend to. I’ll excuse myself first.”
Rachel was at a loss for words.
“Send your proposal after the promotion to my office in three days,” he added.
Then, he walked to the door in large strides.
As she looked at his back, she suddenly asked, “If I tell you that I’m going to resign today, what would you do?”
Justin clearly stiffened, but he did not turn around to face her. “It takes a month to complete the resignation process. You would at least have a month to do that. I guess I don’t have to teach you to end things well, so just focus on what you need to do.”
Rachel frowned as he left in large strides.
Upon seeing that Justin came out of the room with a darkened expression and he walked directly to his office, Frankie guessed that Justin had an argument moments ago.
Other people might not be clear about the relationship between Rachel and the trouble that the Hudson Pharmaceuticals had gotten into, but Frankie was clear about that.
“President Burton, do you really plan to ask Miss Hudson to stay in the Burton Group for a long time?”
“Why? Are you also against that idea?”
“What I meant is that she has a deal with Old Mr. Burton. Even without me telling you, I’m sure you are clear that she can’t stay for long, even if she wanted to.”
Since the beginning, Arthur had never planned for Rachel to stay in the Burton Group. One could guess that the deal was for her to leave Justin and the Burton Group without thinking deeply into the matter.
Justin clenched his fists tightly. “As long as she is willing to stay, there are many ways to ask her to do so formally.”
With that, he immediately entered the office.
As the office door closed, Frankie suddenly realized something. “President Burton, you’re saying that…”
He was shocked as he stared at the tightly shut office door. He insisted on Rachel’s promotion so that she doesn’t have to worry about staying? If Rachel is in charge of the future of Burton Pharmaceuticals, no matter what deal she had made with Old Mr. Burton, he would not let her easily leave for the sake of Burton Group’s future. When that time arrives, even if she wants to leave, he would ask her to stay. President Burton has really exercised a lot of effort into this. Would Rachel be appreciative of his actions, though?
Frankie heaved a quiet sigh as he thought of what Rachel had done after she returned.
On the other hand, when she returned to her office, the colorful confetti flew around with a loud bang, which startled her.
“Congratulations on your promotion, Chris! In the future, we would need to address you as President Hudson.”
The members of her department gathered and enthusiastically cheered for her, making her unable to stop smiling.
“You guys…”
Lisa was the first one to speak, “What did I say? Everyone already knew about the promotion. Chris, from now onward, you are our official boss.”
“Yeah, we will have to address you as President Hudson in the future.”
“Let’s work hard with Chris from now on!”
Amidst the cheers, the crowd pushed a small trolley that had a cake with lit candles and they asked Rachel to blow out the candles.
One would have to admit that just in a few months, she had built an excellent culture in Burton Pharmaceuticals. Everyone was loyal to her and they prepared the celebration as soon as they heard the news of her promotion.
“Chris, come and blow the candles now!”
“What’s the rush? The main highlight of the show is still not here yet!”
Rachel asked in confusion, “What highlight of the show?”
Lisa mysteriously looked at her. Then, the crowd cleared the way to a corner of the office desk as they stood in two rows.
Then, Rachel immediately saw a huge bouquet of roses.
