Joseph dressed up today just to see Jane. When he walked up to the CEO’s office, he had a smile on his face and pushed the door open without hesitation. Jane looked up at him with no expression.
Instead, Joseph raised his lips and greeted her warmly, “Jane, do you remember me?”
He heard Jane’s name from Michelle and also got her address in Guavo and company address. So he came straight over.
Jane politely smiled but had no other feelings towards Joseph. She didn’t know why this man came here today.
A royal aristocrat wouldn’t have any business dealings in Guavo.
“Of course I remember you. Is there something you want from me?”
When Joseph heard this, he laughed even more happily with bright eyes and a proud expression on his face as if waiting for praise like a child.
“Do you still like the necklace I gave you?”
As soon as Jane heard this, she widened her eyes instantly thinking of yesterday’s expensive handmade necklace. At first she thought it was Patrick who surprised her with it but it turned out to be Joseph.
She hesitated for a moment before shaking her head saying, “Thank you but I don’t really need such an expensive gift.” Saying that she went back to her desk drawer pulling out the jewelry box saying, “You should take it back.”
As soon as Joseph saw the jewelry box, he became anxious asking sincerely, “Why? Don’t you like my gift? I can exchange it for something else if needed or maybe keep this necklace since I think it looks great on you.”
At that moment there were already several people outside of the CEO’s office trying to catch a glimpse of what was happening inside while whispering among themselves, Isn’t Mr. Pansy engaged with our CEO? Who is this guy then? He seems quite infatuated with our CEO though…
Jane shook her head again replying, “No thank you. What I meant was that I don’t really need anything right now… Oh excuse me! Let me answer this phone call real quick.”
She answered Patrick’s call briefly while pursing her lips knowing that she needed to make sure that Joseph would give up on pursuing her once and for all.
Patrick had just pulled up outside the Star Entertainment company when he sat in his car and said with a smile, “I got off work early today, there’s nothing going on at the company. Do you want to go out shopping with me?”
“Ah… I have a client here. Let’s talk later,” Jane replied.
Joseph didn’t know who Patrick was that Jane mentioned, but he could tell something was wrong with her. Being a young man full of passion, he couldn’t hold back his emotions and said directly, “Jane, ever since you came to Michelle’s place, I’ve been thinking about you all the time. You’re really beautiful and your dance is so graceful… I really like you. I hope we can be together and I’ll always treat you well!”
Joseph didn’t intentionally lower his voice while speaking; even the employees who were eavesdropping outside could hear him clearly through the glass walls of Jane’s office. They looked surprised and gossipy as they exchanged whispers.
Even Patrick heard it clearly too.
His eyes visibly darkened with anger as if revealing murderous intent while tightening his grip on his phone, “Who is there? Joseph? The guy whom I met last time when picking you up?”
Jane was also startled by Joseph’s confession; she became impatient after sensing that Patrick wasn’t in good mood either. She ignored Joseph for now because she knew how dangerous it would be if Patrick got jealous.
She glanced at him holding onto his phone before quickly leaving her office saying, “Let me find you downstairs later; are you still down there?”
Patrick held onto the steering wheel for quite some time before finally responding with an “um.”
Jane hurriedly left the building without looking back at her colleagues who only stared blankly for a second before turning their gaze away from her departing figure.
The gossiping employees felt caught red-handed but hadn’t spoken yet when they saw Joseph running out of Jane’s office chasing after her.
A few people looked at each other in confusion wondering what was going on… why would such an independent woman like Jane fear being pursued by men?
Jane hastily left the building and spotted Patrick’s car parked outside. She hurriedly ran over, opened the car door, and sat in the passenger seat. Quickly, she said to Patrick, “I don’t know how Joseph found his way here, and the necklace he gave me yesterday… Forget it, let’s not talk about it. Drive quickly, let’s go to your company. He’s following us.”
Before Patrick could utter a word, he heard Jane rapidly spill out this lengthy explanation. Without any hesitation, he stepped on the gas, changed direction, and headed towards the Pansy Group’s corporate offices.
The originally half-hour journey took only twenty minutes. After Patrick got out of the car, he grabbed Jane’s hand and walked swiftly into the lobby, then took the elevator to the office. He didn’t seem to mind the curious gazes from others.
When the office door closed behind them, Jane finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She looked at Patrick helplessly and said before he could even ask, “It’s that guy who asked me to dance at Michelle’s party last time. He sent me a necklace yesterday and said he wants to be with me. I don’t know how he found Star Entertainment. When I came out looking for you just now, he followed me too. So I had no choice but to come here with you first… Let’s talk about dinner later.”
Patrick pursed his lips and crossed his arms over his chest while his eyes darkened slightly with jealousy. But instead of saying anything negative towards Jane, all that was in his mind was an idea that formed quickly, “Let’s get married tomorrow; I don’t want any other man trying their luck with you again.”
Jane swore this was probably one of Patrick’s calmest moments ever despite what she thought about him proposing so suddenly like this when they were supposed to get engaged in just a few days’ time.
However, she couldn’t help but feel helpless by Patrick’s possessiveness towards her sometimes after calming down from her initial shock when hearing him propose so suddenly like this, “But we’re getting engaged in just a few days! Your proposal is too impulsive Mr. Pansy.”
Patrick paused for a moment then quickly changed tack, “You’re right; let’s wait until after our engagement ceremony before we get married then because I really don’t want any other man trying their luck with you.”
A small smile tugged at Jane’s lips as she found herself both annoyed yet charmed by Patrick’s childishness at times like these.