“What?” Natalie Wheeler was surprised why Aneira had asked this question out of the blue.
Aneira Mallon curled up the corner of her mouth, “Mr. Milton usually doesn’t even want to talk to Avril. He doesn’t even want to give her a glance. However, whenever he shows up, you’d show up too. Don’t tell me you don’t know him.”
Natalie understood and she smiled slightly, “It turns out that he and I have such a fate.”
“Don’t you two know each other? If not, why did he give this cooperation to you?” Aneira said aggressively.
“When I went to Stephen’s island last time, Mr. Milton was also there. There was an accident and they all thought it was me who saved them. I think that’s probably the reason why. Honestly, I just have lady luck on my side. Historically, many successful people have gotten to where they were with some degree of luck. I’ve always been quite lucky. If you cooperate with me, I believe you will be lucky too,” Natalie said with a smile.
“You do have the gift of gab and good eloquence. I will consider it.”
‘Consider’ was just another way of rejecting one politely. Usually, there would be endless waiting after one said that they would consider it.
“I will be flying back to the country tomorrow. I hope to get your answer by tomorrow. If you do not agree with it, I will have to go to Sri Lanka. There are some jewelry merchants there who wants to negotiate with us,” Natalie nodded.
“Wait, didn’t you come here all the way to discuss with me about the cooperation?” Aneira was suspicious and slightly angry.
“My boss heard that you wanted to find a cooperation partner in A country, so he came immediately. After all, he was familiar with X country, and with you too.
However, if you are not interested in us, we could only look for other suppliers. To be honest, no matter who cooperates with us, we will still occupy 80% of the market.
As you know, the sales of luxury goods mainly rely on reputation and connections.
Our company has connections. As for reputation as well as the operational means, they are all clearly stated in my proposal.
If you still have other matters to attend to, I won’t bother you anymore. I’ll look forward to the good news,” Natalie bowed slightly.
Aneira’s expression softened a bit, “Since you’re already here, let’s have dinner before you leave. The manor is very big. I’ll ask Avril to take you around.”
“As you wish,” Natalie smiled and said politely.
Aneira called Avril, and she came up.
“Let’s go, gorgeous,” Avril smiled and she came over to hold Natalie’s arm enthusiastically.
Apart from Eli, Natalie was not used to being so close to other girls. She was not familiar with her, so she felt uneasy.
“Jasper, I’ll take her for a tour around in the manor. Do you want to join us?” Avril called Jasper.
Jasper Milton shifted his gaze away from Natalie subtly and stood up.
Natalie’s heart trembled and she lowered her head.
She wouldn’t have noticed if Aneira had not mentioned it. Now that she thought about it, it seemed that he would go wherever she went.
Seeing that Jasper was joining them, Avril ran excitedly toward him and held his arm, “Let me show you the most miraculous old castle in X City. It’s five hundred years old. My mother said that a princess used to live in it.”
Old castle?
She still remembered that when she had just come back to the country, she received a strange case and went to an old castle. A lot of corpses were found in the attic of the old castle.
Since then, she was skeptical about visiting old castles.
Aneira’s manor had a mini-shuttle bus for transport. The driver started the engine. Avril got in first and sat in the first row.
Jasper waited for Natalie to get into the car.
Natalie sat in the second row.
“Hurry up, Jasper,” Avril said excitedly.
Jasper got into the car too and sat in the last row, looking to the left side.
Avril stared at Jasper. She was a little disappointed that he did not sit with her.
The old castle was located in the northernmost part of the manor. It took them 5 minutes to arrive.
Avril jumped out of the car energetically and stood beside the last row.
Natalie had a strange feeling in her heart. She pretended to be calm and got off the car.
Jasper glanced at Natalie from the corner of her eyes. He frowned slightly and got out of the car.
Avril held Jasper’s arm and said coquettishly, “Would you like to sit with me in the future?”
“I think I’ve made it clear last time,” Jasper said in a low voice.
“I don’t mind that you have two children, nor do I mind that you have a wife. Your wife is not in X City anyway. You can just come to me whenever you are here,” Avril said generously.
Natalie was speechless.
The women in X Country were really open-minded. Every country had its own culture. She was certainly not used to the culture in X Country.
Jasper removed Avril’s hand from his arm and said, “Please behave yourself.”
“Alright. Just take it as I’m being caught up in my own feelings, I won’t give up anyway,” Avril said as she walked towards the castle.
The castle was very dark, and nothing could be seen.
A warm hand held Natalie’s hand.
His palm was a little rough. Only she, Avril, and Jasper were here. Except for Jasper, there was no one else who would do this.
When Avril turned on the flashlight on her mobile phone, Natalie pulled out her hand away instinctively and looked at Jasper.
He was hidden in the dark and his expression could not be seen clearly.
Under the light of her phone, Avril lighted up the oil lamp and turned off the flashlight. She explained, “My mother said that it’s better to use an oil lamp when visiting the castle. It’s nicer when it’s a little dim.”
“Either your mother likes excitement, or, your mother likes to make others feel excited,” Natalie said lightly.
Avril laughed, “That seems to be the case. Whenever there are guests, she likes to ask them to visit this castle. Hahahaha, after that they’ll run out in panic. Hahahaha.”
Natalie raised the corner of her mouth and looked at the wall.
Some of the paintings on the wall were very bloody. Under the dim light, it looked especially horrible.
But for her, it was no big deal.
She had seen too many dead people and had done too many operations. She didn’t believe in souls at all. Since she didn’t believe in them, naturally she wasn’t afraid of them too.
Avril stopped in front of a picture and introduced, “There’s a pirate in this picture. The story of this pirate is a little miserable. It is said that he was cursed and he could only stay in the Caribbean Sea. However, a soldier didn’t believe that, so he took him out of the sea and hung him.
When he died, he said that he would take the souls of the people who have seen him before. It’s a horrible story, right?”
“It sounds scary,” Natalie answered.
Avril stepped onto the stairs.
Natalie followed her. When she walked past the picture of the pirate, she heard a burst of cold laughter in her ear. She looked at the picture. The pirate, who had a serious expression earlier, now showed a gloomy and horrible smile.
Jasper also saw it. He put his hand on her waist gently.
Natalie knew that he wanted to protect her, and she was touched.
She had deliberately angered him in the morning. He left the room angrily, yet he still ordered lunch for her. Now, he was also protecting her carefully.
She was contented that she was able to meet Jasper in this life.