A Moment in Destiny

Chapter 26: Small Boy

“Er! I'll look for Mr. Brooks for the business plan!" Sherry smiled. But she was wondering how could Alice know so much that she knew the confidential details.

“Dearest Sherry, where are you going?" She met Liam before she reached his office.

"Mr. Brooks, it's regarding the business plan with AVL. Mr. Rowland isn't in and Ms. Gill is rushing me for it. Can you please have a look?" Sherry explained.

"Okay! Come in.” Liam opened the door and walked in. Although he browsed the documents quickly, he was very focused and was entirely different from his typical casual attitude.

“Okay. I've seen it.” Liam raised his head. "Sherry, how much will the fashion show cost?"

Sherry was stunned. She didn’t know! “I don't know! I haven't calculated!"

“Your business plan is not bad. You actually selected the open-air Golden Plaza which is new but you didn't calculate the costs. That is your main error. Mr. Rowland will tear you if he found out that you didn't calculate the cost!" Liam laughed as he said, “but I'm a kind person and will not squeal on you!"

Sherry broke out in cold sweat, "Mr. Brooks, is a cost of five million US dollars too much?"

"Sherry, you should know that fashion shows are the lifeblood of all fashion clothing companies. If you want to stand out from the millions of fashion shows each year, the cost of five million US dollars is nothing but not every company can afford this. To calculate how much is acceptable, you have to figure out what are the returns!”

Liam didn't refute her but raised a complex question. Sherry now understands that he was rigorous towards his work and far from his usual devil-may-care attitude.

She had a new appreciation of Liam, "I will research into the cost of fashion shows in the country and work out a suitable budget. Thanks a lot, Mr. Brooks.’

At least today she had learned something, to raise a question to the subordinate but not provide the answer. It really looked like it took skills to be a manager, Liam was an genius.

William hadn't come to work for three days and Sherry didn't need to make coffee for him but she felt uneasy after shouting at Mr. Rowland last night.

She thought that the entire situation was unnecessary. It was just a 9.90 yuan condom and she could easily make the money. She had been too brash!

Because William wasn't present, the task of receiving the important customers fell upon Liam.

Sherry accompanied Liam to the company's reception room. A regional sales manager saw Liam and quickly walked over. Liam found this person very familiar and must be some important manager but he just couldn't recall who he was. He quickly turned towards Sherry and whispered, "Do you know who he is?”

“When the appointment was made over the phone, it was stated that he is the sales manager for the northern region, Ben Lowe!"

Liam stride across quickly and extended his right hand and firmly shook Ben's hand and pat his shoulder with his left hand. He enthusiastically welcomed, "Mr. Lowe, how are you doing?"

When Ben saw that the Rowland Group General Manager Liam remembered him, he was overjoyed, laughed radiantly, and hurriedly replied, "Mr. Brooks, I'm the same as before!"

Sherry looked amused at one side but didn't dare to reveal her thoughts. She simply smiled quietly as she witnessed Liam's performance of pretending to know Ben for years.

After Ben left, Liam turned around and looked at Sherry, "Did you see it? That's how you should receive someone even if you don't know him well! How? Is the purchase order settled?”

Sherry nodded in admiration.

"Let's go, I'll treat you to dinner, okay?"

“Thanks, Mr. Brooks, but I have something on tonight” Sherry smiled as she turned him down. She had to pick up Dan and thereafter get some goods to sell. She didn't have the time for dinner!

“Okay. Then what about tomorrow?" Liam asked again without giving up.

"Mr. Brooks, I don't have the time at night”

“Then how about lunch tomorrow?"

"Er...’ Sherry saw that he was serious and heaved a sigh, "Mr. Brooks, I have something on, I'll leave first.

“Sherry, what's the big deal about having a meal together? It's not getting you to cross oceans or climb mountains.’ Liam didn't understand why his usual tactics of chasing women weren't effective on Sherry.

“Sherry, Mr. Rowland said that his flight is arriving at six thirty and asked you to pick him up personally and brief him on the developments of the cooperation project!" Ms. Hines told Sherry just as she was about to leave the office.

Sherry frowned and looked at the watch. It was already five fifty which meant that she only had forty minutes to get to the airport. She quickly called Celia and left after taking her bag.

Alice pondered as she looked at Sherry's back view and mumbled, "Ms. Hines, why do I feel that... Mr. Rowland specially wanted Sherry to pick him up at the airport. Is there something going on between them?"

“Impossible!” Lara retorted, "Mr. Rowland brought Lisa on the business trip. How can Mr. Rowland like someone who is so unpresentable like Sherry?”

Sherry didn't go to the airport to receive him because no one was able to pick up Dan as Celia had gone overseas. How could Sherry bear to leave Dan at the kindergarten to pick up Mr. Rowland at the airport? She wouldn't do that even if it meant losing her job.

She didn't receive a call on her way home so Sherry thought that it wasn't a big deal.

"Mommy, do you have something on?" Dan raised his head and asked.

“Why do you ask?”

“You had been looking at your watch for so many times! Do you have a date?”

"Mommy doesn't have a date!" Sherry shook her head. "Dan, mommy made some significant sales yesterday. Shall we eat outside tonight?"

"But aren't we suppose to tighten our belts and repay Celia her money?" Dan said thoughtfully.

Sherry's heart ached. Dan had been with her for five years and had always been so obedient and thoughtful. He did not throw tantrums and she couldn't bear that he suffered with her, "Dan, mommy will bring you to eat what you like!"

"Then let's go and get some goods first and then we'll sell them after dinner!" Dan thought that it was the weekend and didn't need to go to school the next day.

"Dan, Mom sells products for adults! It's inconvenient for kids to be around” Sherry shook her head.

“Mom, aren't they condoms?" Dan raised his eyebrows like a young man, "My classmate Mason has condoms in his bag and gave us to blow them up like balloons!”

"What?" Sherry was stunned. Since when did condoms become so common that it made their way into kindergartens?

“Mommy, don't be shocked. I know that this can only be used after a man and woman get married. Rest assured that I will not use it!”

"What?" She was shocked.

"Mommy, I'll go with you to buy the goods. I'll behave myself!"

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“Mommy, why you are so indecisive!” Daniel pouted, "Let's go and get the goods, and then we'll set up our stall after dinner!"

Sherry couldn't convince Dan and she brought him for dinner before buying the goods. Because it was the weekend, she decided to buy more and bought a big box of condoms.

Sherry bought the goods from an adult store in the city. This adult store was also a wholesaler. After Sherry took the goods, she remembered that she had forgotten about a new product which was recently launched. This new product was actually sought by some customers who wanted to buy it.

"Dan, stay here and look after the box and do not go anywhere. Mommy is going to get some more goods. Remember not to go anywhere. This box of goods cost five thousand yuan! If we sell it all we can make almost half the amount!”

"Understand! Go ahead, Mommy!" Dan patted his chest and said confidently, “I will be right here!”

Sherry was satisfied and went to get what she needed leaving Dan by himself to look after the box.

William drove with Lisa towards the adult store and saw a little boy standing beside a huge box. He stepped on the accelerator and glided past. William frowned slightly, that boy...

That little boy was bathed in the golden sunset and looked very much like a little angel. He was about the same age as Sammy. He couldn't help but grinned and said to Lisa, "Didn't you need to get something here? I'll wait for you over here’

“Okay!” Lisa went bashfully. She found out that this was the largest adult store in the city and suggested that William brought her here. She wanted to give William a surprise tonight.

Lisa got out of the car and walked towards that shop and William also got out. He continued to look at Dan. It was inexplicable that the kid continued to attract his attention. William lit a cigarette and walked towards Dan.

“Uncle, do you need a condom?" Dan saw that a man approached him and thought that he should try to make a sale.

William was startled and looked towards the box.

Dan eagerly explained, "Uncle, they are the latest condoms. They are like mini candies, you can use it when you go out with a lady”

God! William was shocked by what he said. He looked as Dan opened the box and he could see that the box was filled with condoms of all types and sizes! William was stunned! He looked at Dan again and it made him think of that woman who didn't receive him at the airport.

Was it a thing to sell condoms along the streets now?

Daniel looked at the speechless William and raised his puzzled little head and then shouted, "Mr. Big Dick, we meet again!”

“What? It's you?” William also recognized him. This was the kid who rushed for the toilet ahead of him in the airplane. The kid was very adorable and intelligent.

“Uncle, don't you want a condom? The quality is very good!” Daniel continued to pester.

"Who made you sell these?" William didn't believe that the child's parents would be so cruel.

"Uncle, are you going to buy some? These are very good. Those who used it all say that they are very good!” Dan thought about the sales pitch that he saw on television and continued to recommend them to William. “Wow, this is a pink one, all girls like them!"

William was dumbfounded as he looked at this natural businessman and wondered who could have given birth to such a talented child?

“Did your parents make you sell these here?”