Chapter 26 Back To Work (Part Two)

When Sherry heard this, it sounded like an aged old story that she had already left behind. However, she realized that she had seemed to have forgotten her glory days in only a span of three years.

"Your series with Eternal Love caused you to become a luminary and many companies rushed to employ you with high salaries. However, your decision to suddenly quit and leave the advertising industry came as a surprise for many,"

he said inquisitively and Sherry could tell that he was very curious about this matter. The air was still and the only sound that could be heard was the tapping of his fingers along the edge of the sofa.

The smile on Sherry's face that she was trying to keep up throughout the conversation had gradually stiffened. She simply repeated herself and said, "Like I said, it was because of personal reasons."

Not a lot of people knew that she had spent the last three years trying to save a hopeless marriage.

"Well, your reappearance is also quite sudden. I won't probe you any further, but I would like to give you a task." Chester Gu couldn't seem to get through her.

He sat upright and this meant that he was finally ready to move to the next step, which relieved Sherry.

"What is it?" Sherry found it strange that the interview had not even started, yet Chester was already assigning her a task. Questions started rummaging through her head.

"I've recently signed a contract with a beverage company and I will be assigning you to this case. If you manage to execute a unique and flawless plan that will catch the eyes of customers, I will make an exception and directly promote you as the manager of the planning department."

Sherry was taken aback from this agreement that her pretty eyes widened with doubt. "A plan for beverage?" she asked.

"Yes."

However he did not mention that this specific beverage producer was known to be troublesome to deal with. He hadn't originally planned to sign the contract with them, but the they recently persuaded for a negotiation between the two companies. Since he remembered coming across Sherry's name when he looked through the resumes, he decided to sign the contract with the beverage producer.

Manager!

Sherry found this agreement very tempting.

She saw this as opportunity to prove that she still had the same skills. Even if she would be a little rusty, as she hadn't worked for over three years, she thought it would not be a difficult task because she had spent all the more years working in this industry before she got married.

"Okay, I'll take over this case," said Sherry in a serious and firm tone.

Chester Gu's grin had gotten bigger and deeper as he heard this.

He had his secretary, Beisy, take Sherry to the planning department. When she arrived, all eyes were glued to her with initial curiosity.

Soon after, Maggie Lin stepped out of the office while talking with another woman. They also cast a glance at Sherry.

"This is Maggie Lin and she is the manager of the planning department. The creative director is currently at a business trip. So she will be handling you, from now on," Beisy carefully informed Sherry.

Sherry nodded. and watched as Beisy muttered a few inaudible words to Maggie Lin before she walked out of the planning department.

Maggie Lin walked towards her with a smile and said, "You must be important to pass the test without a real interview."

Maggie Lin was currently manager of the planning department, so if Chester Gu sought to promote Sherry to her position directly, did that mean she would lose her role?

Sherry shook her hand as she examined these thoughts through her mind. However, when th

e employees had overheard what Maggie Lin had said, they started to give her looks of contempt and underestimation.

This woman must have a strong background, they believed.

"Attention everyone! We have a new colleague and her name is Sherry Xu. She used to be well renowned legend in the advertising industry. Everyone could take this time to learn from her."

There were mumbles and whispers amongst the colleagues and they looked at Sherry with such incredulous expressions. However, when they saw Sherry smiling back at them with a natural and strong posture, they were easily convinced.

Maggie Lin showed Sherry to her desk and she slowly walked towards to take a seat. Maggie Lin proceeded to give her some materials and all the necessary files on the beverage company. As she sat down on her seat, she looked at the materials on her desk with a gratified smile on her face.

She was going to do everything in her power to prove she was still the same legendary Sherry.

Just before she was about to focus on her work completely, her cellphone started to ring from her bag. She took it out to look at the screen as saw that the call was coming from Jeremy.

She hesitated for a few seconds and worried that he was trying to mess with her momentum, but chose to pick up the phone and said, "Hello? What's up?"

"I left an important file at home. Can you please come here and send it to me?" said a familiar voice from the other end of the line.

File? A look of disappointment fell over Sherry's face as she heard this, and was unsure if what he had said was true. Jeremy had never asked her to visit his company, fearing that her presence would only be misunderstood. Why would he ask her to go there so suddenly?

Besides, he had a personal secretary who could take care of these things. Why couldn't he order Barry instead?

She quickly realized that Jeremy was just teasing her. She replied in a cold tone, "I'm not going there."

"But I need that important file right now..."

Before he could even finish, Sherry had already hung up the phone.

It was her first day at her job and she couldn't be bothered by his same old tricks.

On the other side of the line, Jeremy looked at his phone. His eyebrows furrowed together and his eyes darkened with displeasure. The damn woman dared to hang up the phone on him!

Most importantly, she refused his order for the first time. He wondered if this was really the Sherry that he had married.

At around noon after a busy morning, Sherry had just finished reading the contract and files, when everyone was about to head to the company canteen to have lunch. A female colleague approached her and said, "Sherry, would you like to join us for lunch?"

"Of course, I'll join you guys in a bit." Sherry organized her desk and proceeded to walk out. Before she reached the door, she heard heels clanking on the floor. When she turned around, she saw that Beisy was walking towards her.

"Miss Xu, Mr. Gu is inviting you to have lunch with him," said Beisy.

That same moment, the elevator had just arrived at their floor, and everyone was busy chatting and entering the lift. No one paid direct attention to Sherry and since she was just a new comer; they barely even noticed her presence.

"Mr. Gu wants me to eat lunch with him?" Sherry repeated with a stupefied expression.

Beisy nodded. Sherry thought for a while and came to a conclusion that he was inviting her to because they were schoolmates. It was reasonable for him to host her on her first day at work.

At the thought of this, she followed Beisy towards the special elevator for the CEO on the other side of the room.