“Jack, please, can you come to Stanford? My mom wants to see you.”“Why? I hope there is no problem,” Jack replied.Jack was beginning to think it was the assurance he gave Jasmine the previous day that if anything should come up, she should let him know, that was making her say that.“There is no issue, she just wants to know you,” Jasmine reassured him.Jack was tempted to continue asking to know the reason Jasmine’s mom would want to see him out of the blue, but he decided to go visit since it was the weekend, and he wasn't doing anything. Besides, Stamford is a town close to New York City.He got confused at the same time on what to ask Jasmine exactly, but he managed to say, “When did you travel, yesterday or this morning?”“I was too weak yesterday to step a foot out when I got home, so it was this morning that I traveled.”“Ok, it's fine. I will come. Give me less than 50 minutes to be there with you, and don't forget to send me a map of the exact location.”From New York to St
As soon as Nick got to the house,“Mum, I met Jasmine when I was coming in here, and she doesn't look happy at all. Same with the young man who left with her. What was the problem?”“Oh, you don't care whether I am looking good or not. It's just your sister, and a stranger you don't even know that you care about? Well, the silly girl wants to go against my wish, and I will not see that happen. You saw the stupid guy who was with her, huh? That's the man she said she wants for a man.” His mother lashed out with all her might, uncontrollably, as she was still thinking of what else to say.“Mum, why would you call the man, stupid? That's not fair enough; you know that.”“Like I care, please don't interrupt me again. Well, I know you would support her, but that's not my business. Meanwhile, I have a man, who possesses all the qualities every girl would kill to be with—he has influence, and he is very wealthy. She should even count herself lucky that he loves her and not the other way arou
‘Did Blade lie to him, or did Richard get back without Blade’s notice?He can't mess around with his sister and this one too.’Many things were on Jack's mind, but he needed to take them one after the other.He had an unreadable, terrible expression written all over his face.Jasmine shivered with fright as she saw the expressionless look on Jack’s face. Aside from the day they went to the funeral services of Jack’s sister and grandpa, she hadn't seen Jack in such a mood before.At the same time, she had no clue what exactly was wrong with Jack, but her intuition was strong that it had something to do with what she had just said.She trembled with fear and almost fell to her knees if the car steering cover could allow her. “I am so sorry if I have said anything wrong, boss.”She could not afford to provoke Jack, as she wished she could just burrow into the ground.Besides, in a short interval after her mom had lashed out her words angrily at him.But Jack wasn't even responding to he
“Your apartment is so nice,” Jack complimented. Even though his mansion looks like a paradise, he has to appreciate the feminine touch of Jasmine’s place—a plush setting with pink couches. It was also adorned with a pink table, and even the walls were painted pink. It was safe to say that her favorite color was pink, or that she was a fan of Nicki Minaj.Jasmine was able to convince Jack to follow her to her place before Jack got down from her car at the spot where he had parked his car. To her greatest surprise, Jack accepted. She never believed it, but there was no harm in a trial, you know.So Jack drove right behind her when they got to New York from Stamford until they both finally halted at the entrance to her house. It was a modern, standard bungalow that was well-furnished. It had other occupancies, but everyone had their own bungalow space. They parked their cars in the parking space with other cars.Back in Jasmine’s apartment, after Jack made himself comfortable on one of
“I am an accountant,” Jack finally said.“That's a very nice profession. And where do you practice?”Just as Jack had envisaged, Nick went further to ask. Jack doesn't even want to let him know he owns an accounting firm, let alone that he was the CEO of Agron Incorporation. He doesn't have a problem with him on that, but he has known their mom’s kind of person and wouldn't want her to get to know him for some reason known to him.But then, there was no need to lie to Nick because he was likely going to know the truth from Jasmine, his sister. You know, first impressions matter a lot, so he has to apply wisdom to answer his question.“I own an accounting firm,” Nick said.Nick was beginning to wonder what made their mom think that Jack was poor, let alone talk down on him. There was no way someone who owned an accounting firm would not be rich. Jack hadn't even mentioned the name of the particular firm, and Nick was this amazed already.There was no way he wouldn't know the firm becau
As soon as Jack returned home from Jasmine’s place, he went to meet his butler in his room.Going to Blade’s room always seems off to Jack, or else there is something important he can't wait to get from him. As soon as he stepped inside Blade’s room, he asked, “Blade, how are you?”“Oh, boss. You are already back.” Blade, who was on a loud earpiece turned around to face his boss immediately he noticed Jack entered his room.Jack went straight to have a seat.“You got back quite late. I wanted to call you like an hour ago or so, but I remembered you were with your girlfriend, and you two might decide to chill together.”Jack didn't have the strength to start defending anything; he just had to admit what Blade had said.“You weren't wrong after all, but it was no serious chilling. I just want to know her place. I haven't been there for the first time, so it's not a bad idea if I go to know where she stays.”“There's nothing there, boss. You know I will always tease you at every slightes
“Good day, boss,” Kate greeted as soon as she got to his boss's office.Jack, who was busy sorting his bag, responded, “Good day, my dear.”“Sir, it seems you are about to leave,” Kate asked after a short observation from Jack.“As you can see, Or is it not time yet for your boss to leave?” Jack jokingly asked.“Nope, I didn't say so. Just that I felt like from your usual time of you leaving the office, it's like 30 minutes earlier.”“That's funny. Does that mean I have a fixed time to leave work?”“Not at that, boss. The truth is that I haven't seen a boss as punctual as you are. That is why it seems a bit unusual to me.”“Ok, it's alright. I sent for your presence because I wanted to let you know that I was expecting a client from the governor. I don't know if he is still coming, but in case he does, attend to him. Likewise, I will look through the files when I get to work tomorrow.”It was no new thing that the governor sent clients to Jack’s company from time to time after the fir
Scott had accompanied his boss to see his daughter, Nancy, to know how she was coping. But Scott waited in the car on Mr. Andrew’s order, as he wanted to have a private discussion with his daughter. As soon as Mr. Andrew got to her daughter's apartment to see Nancy, she sat down on one side of the sofa with a sour expression on her face. For the past few days, the gap between them has been like a difference between the earth and the sky.With a long face, Nancy said, “Welcome, Dad.” Then she took her face away.“My love, I know you are still mad at me; please forgive me.” Mr. Andrew can never go out of style when it has to do with calling her daughter pet names.Nancy’s eyes lit up instinctively to look at her dad. “Daddy, how you talked to me was not right. You blamed me like I was the cause of our predicament. That was not fair.”“I understand how it made you feel. That is why I have come to say that I am sorry. Let bygones be bygones. I didn't do that intentionally; I let my emotio