292: Chapter 299: eting Emma 292: Chapter 299: eting Emma Joan’s parents ca here to help the couple with buying a house and also to see if they were happy together, since after all, the elders had saved up their whole lives and were worried about their daughter being deceived.
Now it seems that the couple is still very loving, and Jas is very caring, which reassured them.
The only regret is that Joan hasn’t gotten pregnant yet, causing a bit of a false alarm, but they figured it would happen eventually after so ti.
And Joan’s parents didn’t stay long here, not wanting to disturb the couple’s private world; plus, they had work to attend to, so they went back the next day.
Once her parents left, Joan finally breathed a sigh of relief and imdiately kicked Jas out of her house.
The decisiveness made Jas both cry and laugh.
Recently, lody hadn’t called Jas, which surprised him.
After their last encounter, it would be odd for lody to go silent; it felt very peculiar.
After thinking it over, Jas took the initiative to call lody.
The phone rang a few tis but was suddenly hung up, which puzzled Jas even more, wondering if sothing had happened to lody.
After a while, lody called back and Jas imdiately said, “lody, is sothing wrong with you?”
“Nothing, I’ve been attending a training in the province these days.”
“You scared .
You haven’t called for days; I thought sothing happened to you.”
“Hmph, I deliberately didn’t call you just to see if you still rember .”
Jas secretly broke a sweat; with his recent busyness, he truly hadn’t thought of calling lody.
He rushed to explain, “These past few days have been busy, and sotis it’s not convenient to answer the phone.”
“You’re not romancing so other woman, are you?”
Jas sweat even more, as these days he had indeed been revolving around won.
“Hmph, I knew it!
How did I never realize before that you’re such a flirt?
If I had known, I would never have given myself to you.
Now I still have to face so many rivals.”
Still domineering as she spoke, it actually made Jas feel more relaxed.
He laughed, “It’s not that many; you don’t need to feel so much pressure.
When are you coming back?”
“A few more days.
Why?
Missing ?”
“Missing you, how about you sneak back?”
“Go on with you.
You think I’m still like before, sneaking out in the middle of the night just because you say so?”
Jas couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
In high school, after they first had their tryst, he was tireless in pursuing such thrills.
They had to keep it from their families, so Jas would often text lody late at night, and she would sneak out for a rendezvous before stealthily heading ho.
They did this many tis, and surprisingly, her parents never found out.
Thinking back to those days, they both couldn’t help but laugh.
Young and fearless allowed them to do such things.
“Alright, enough chitchat, I need to go back, I’m actually still in class.”
“Okay, by the way, I might turn my phone off these days, don’t worry—it’s because I’m caught up in sothing where it’s not convenient to keep it on.”
“Be careful, don’t go having an affair and getting caught in soone’s house.”
“Absolutely not, if I were to sneak around, it would be with soone single like lody, not with soone risky.”
After hanging up, Jas still had a smile on his face.
Just last night, he had realized sothing: whether it was with Emma or lody, he was ultimately considering marriage, which inevitably made things feel heavier.
But as to whether marriage was possible, it was unpredictable.
Who knew how many people dated for years and never ended up married?
Whether with lody or Emma, as long as he cared for them, whether or not they ended up together, why bother worrying about it now?
There was still no news about the smuggling, and Jas was happy to enjoy so peace.
This affair was just an episode in his life, like playing a ga when there’s nothing else to do.
Rushing through it wouldn’t be fun; taking it slowly had its rits.
Tomorrow is Friday, and Gina Lopez had called Jas to the office that morning.
Besides Gina, Sunny Nguyen was also there, aning they were either going to discuss sothing private or touch on company business.
Gina first said, “Everyone’s been working hard for a long ti, and the company is gradually on the right track.
To increase employee motivation, I’ve considered taking everyone to the beach this weekend.
What do you think?”
Sunny imdiately responded, “That’s a great idea.
It would let everyone feel appreciated by the company.
Adding so small activities could also boost team spirit and cohesion.”
Having both expressed their views, they then looked at Jas.
Jas spread his hands and said, “You both are the president and the director.
If you think it’s good, then it’s fine by .”
Gina Lopez and Sunny Nguyen knew how Jas Brown was, so they both gave him a cold look, then started discussing where to go for fun.
However, neither of them was from YODC City, so when it ca to deciding a place to visit, they both looked toward Jas Brown again.
Jas Brown smiled and said, “Let’s go to the island then, the one I went to last ti with Lucy Campbell.
The environnt there is pretty nice.”
Gina Lopez and Sunny Nguyen had no objections, and Jas Brown imdiately added, “By the way, can we bring our family this ti?”
After thinking for a while, Gina Lopez said, “I think we can bring them, but only lovers and children.
Most of our company’s staff are young people; it wouldn’t be suitable to bring elderly people.
Also, the cost would be too much.”
However, Sunny Nguyen looked at Jas Brown and said, “You’re not thinking of bringing your little girlfriend along, are you?”
Jas Brown sighed and said, “I want to, but everyone in the company thinks I’m dating Sarah Utah.
If I bring Emma, how will everyone view Sarah then?”
This weekend was supposed to be spent with Emma, but now it looks like it’s spoiled.
Jas Brown, with a twinkle in his eye, said playfully, “Can I possibly take a leave and not go?”
“No way!” Gina Lopez and Sunny Nguyen imdiately rejected in unison.
Jas Brown rolled his eyes and said, “Fine, it’s no go, why are you two shouting?”
Gina Lopez and Sunny Nguyen exchanged smiles, and Gina Lopez said, “This is a company-wide activity.
Even as the president, let alone HR manager, shouldn’t you be organizing people in your HR departnt?
Just give up on it.”
Jas Brown complained, “Why do I feel like you two are doing this on purpose, just to prevent from spending the weekend with Emma?”
Gina Lopez, arms crossed, replied, “That’s exactly what I think.
Do you have a problem with that?”
Jas Brown chuckled and, stretching out his hand, draped it around Sunny Nguyen’s shoulder and said, “Then let Sunny compensate .”
Sunny Nguyen quickly struggled.
Even though Gina Lopez agreed to her dating Jas Brown, Jas being so forward in front of Gina was too much for her to handle, she hurriedly said, “You should let Gina compensate you instead.”
Seeing Jas Brown’s behavior with Sunny Nguyen right in front of her, Gina felt sowhat sour and scolded Jas, “Can you behave a bit?”
“Sorry, I can’t,” Jas Brown continued to annoy Gina Lopez.
Gina Lopez huffed, “Fine then, you two continue your performance, I’ll watch.”
That stunned Jas Brown, who then sullenly let go of Sunny Nguyen and said, “I don’t want to provide a live show for you to watch.”
Sunny Nguyen, even more embarrassed, quickly stood up and fixed her clothes, saying, “Keep dreaming, I would never agree to that.”
Gina Lopez burst into proud laughter and said, “Think you can compete with ?
You’ll have to wait.”
After a bit of laughter and teasing, Jas Brown left Gina Lopez’s office.
Gina then began organizing the office outing, and soon excited cheers filled the company; a company trip was a delightful perk everyone was excited about.
anwhile, Jas Brown had already dialed Emma Campbell’s number.
Not being able to et Emma this weekend would surely disappoint her, so he had to make it up to her today, no matter what.
“Big Brother Brown!” Emma Campbell picked up the phone, her voice filled with surprise and sweetness.
“Emma, are you free tonight?”
“I…” Emma was about to speak when a burst of girlish laughter ca through, and then a girl’s voice reached Jas Brown’s ears through the phone, “Hey, brother-in-law, you’ve taken our little sister Emma all to yourself, shouldn’t you treat us to a al?”
Recalling the voice as that of Emma’s classmate Emily Clarke, Jas laughed, “Sure, I’ll treat you all to dinner tonight, but you must honor with your presence.”
“Sure, sure, then co pick us up.
We were just considering where to eat.”
Emma then took over the phone and hastily said, “Big Brother Brown, don’t mind my roommate’s nonsense, they just like to joke, don’t take it to heart.”
Jas Brown laughed, “I already agreed to them, how can I not go?
Wouldn’t that make you lose face?”
“I…
but you’re so busy with work.”
“No matter how busy I am with work, I still have to spend ti with my girlfriend.
Alright, in half an hour, I should be almost at your school, just wait for at the school gate.”
Emma Campbell ended the call, her cheeks flushed and her heart sweeter than honey, feeling more and more the affection Jas Brown had for her.
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