Chapter 93. Cancelled


    "What is it?" Guetta stared at her husband curiously.


    "The wine cost ￡441.173,21." Robert said in a disbelief tone.


    Gretta eyes also widen in surprised. "What? ￡441173,21 just for at


    Robert couldn''t believe seeing the price of the wine. He hadn''t expected it to be do expensive.


    Guetta, sitting beside him, leaned in, and whispered, "Why did you offer to pay when she was about to?"


    Robert rolled his eyes. "Ten''t lose face again, Chetta,"


    Goettareplied sarcastically, "yeah, and now we have to pay for that very expensive wine,"


    Robert red at her. "I''m the one paying, not you."


    She couldn''t help but frowned. "Why did you ept her offer to eat here? We can just


    ust find another restaurant?


    It is time for Robert to frowned as he listen to his wifeint. "You were the one that wanted to eat here in the first ce. Don''t put the me on me." Guetta was silenced as she telt guilty. She did asked Robert to eat here but she didn''t expect ire to be here from all those luxuries restaurant across London. "Yes, I did but then I told you to find another restaurant when all the tables are full."


    Rolling his eyes, Robert is tired of arguing with his wife as he shift the conversation. "Let''s just go. My head hurt staring at the bill."


    He didn''t wait for his wife as he walked out of the restaurant with his wife following behind him.


    The next day is a special day for ire.


    She woke up feeling excited since today Hp will announce their newptop release partnering ng with Mi


    Mcortex as well as the release of the trailer.


    This is the first big project she has done after three years of not being involved in the business world. "Good meming, Ms. Peterson. You look excited today."


    ire smiled at her. "Good morning, Sandra. What can I say? I can''t wait for our meeting with Hp and also the announcement of our new project and partnership with them."


    Sandra nodded, agreeing with her boss, of course. I couldn''t wait to see the public response."


    "I am confident they will like it."


    Her anticipation was palpable as she made her way to the meeting room, apanied by Sandra, her secretary


    ire entered the room and smiled at her team, all of them seemed to look nervous and full of anticipation. They rehearsed their presentations countless times, ensuring every detail was perfect for their meeting with the HP team. greatly


    ire felt more confident as they reviewed their project onest time. She was positive that everything would work out and that their efforts would be gr rewarded


    However, as the minutes stretched into hours with no sign of the Hp team walked in, a sense of confusion began to settle over the room, ire checked her watch asiously, wondering if they were probably stuck in trattie


    After thirty minutes had passed, ire''s patience wore thin. "Sandra, could you please contact them and find out what''s going on?" she asked, her voice tinged with frustration


    Sandra nodded, her fingers flying over her phone as she dialed the number for the tip team. The room fell


    ill silent as they waited for her to return with answers. Sandra returned to the room with a somber expression after twenty excruciating minutester, ire noticed a worried looketched on her face. Frowning, ire stood up from her chair. "What''s wrong, Sandra?" Sandra took a deep breath before delivering the news. "The HP team... they re cancelling our coboration." she said, her words hanging heavy in the air. casps of disbelief echoed around the room as ire struggled to process the suddennews. ire couldn''t believe her ears. As far as st


    ishr remembered, a week ago, they contacted ire about their next meeting which is today.This is property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    ire felt a surge of anger and disbelief coursing through her veins. "Sandra, could you please exin everything from the beginning?" she demanded, her voice


    Sandra took a minute to gather herself before telling the story of her chat with the Hp team. "When I contacted them, they didn''t offer much of an exnation. They simply said that our coboration was over," she exined.


    ire''s mind raced as she tried to make sense of the situation


    How could this be happening?


    What had gone wrong


    Questions run through her mind without any possible answer.


    "They didn''t borate? ire asked baffled by the short response,


    Sandra shook her head "No, they did not."


    ire, still frowning incordusion, stood up and exited the meeting room. She made her way to her office. Chater Cancelled


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    Sandra followed closely behind, concerned. As soon as ire reached her desk, she tumed to Sandra.


    "Arrange a video call with Mr. Rodriguez right now," she said, her voice urgent and serious.


    With a nod Sendra moved toward her own desk Her fingertips skimming the keyboard as she swiftly dialed the secretary of Mr. Rodriguez. A few minutest Mr. Rodriguez showed up on the screen. His expression was stem and serious. "Mr. Rodriguez, thank you for joining us on such short notice," ire said, trying to keep her tone polite despite the annoyance she felt earlier. "I wanted to ask why you decided to cancel our coboration"


    Mr. Rodriguez''s face remained senous as he responded. "ire, your project is only a copy."


    ire''s confusion deepened. "A copy? What do you mean by that?" she asked, trying to understand his usation.


    A look of disappointment crossed Mr. Rodriguez''s features. "We expected so much from Metacortex. We trusted you. But it seems like you are no different than Robert Robertson," he said, his voice filled with regret. Before ire could respond, Mr. Rodriguez ended the call, leaving her hanging in confusion. She stared at the nk screen, trying to process: happened.


    "Copy? And I am no different than Robert? I don''t get it." frustration stered her face a even get the chance to ask and evenin about their deal about this coboration. Her breathing was heavy as she tried to plece together the puzzle. what had just


    she tried to understand what Mr. Rodrigues w


    was implying. She didn''t


    She pressed the inte button and called Sandra to her office. Within moments, Sandra appeared, at


    a nervous look on her face.


    "Tell the team the meeting is cancelled," ire said, her voice calmly. "And find out why Mr. Rodriguez cancelled our coboration."


    Sandra nodded quicldy and headed back to work, leaving ire alone with her thoughts


    One word from Mr. Rodriguez''s usation kept echoing in her mind: "copy." He had imed that Cortex 20 was not an original project, which baffled and offended her deeply. Cortex 20 was genuinely her own and her team''s idea, a product of countless hours of hard work and innovation.


    With a worried and scared expression on her face, Sandra finally rushed back inside her office.


    ire frowned, sensing something was wrong, "What''s the matter, Sandra?" she asked.


    Sandra hesitated before speaking "ire, Venus AMD just announced their new project."


    he quickly searched for the announcement on herputer. As she read the headline, her eyes widened in shock


    ""It can''t be," she said to herself in disbelief.


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