Fortunately, Emily had figured things out. She knew that whatever Jacob said and did was for her own good, but she had been in denial from the start. She had brought this upon herself, so when Jacob brought it up again, she no longer reacted the way that she had in the past.
"I see." Emily nodded obediently. "I will distance myself from Jonas in the future."
"Really?" Jacob was ecstatic.
"Yes," Emily said and nodded again.
This way, everyone was happy.
It seemed that all of Jacob's hard work had finally paid off. Faking an illness had solved two big problems at once.
Until the following day, Jacob felt overjoyed. At the company, he could not wipe the smile off of his face, and he actually greeted his employees for a change. This intrigued everyone in the company. All around him, people made jokes about how the sun had probably risen in the west that morning.
Of course, in addition to discussions about the sun's rising, other things were on everyone's lips.
"He's so handsome!"
"That's right! Such a good-looking man, with business skills to match!"
"Who would have thought that such an attractive, successful man would notice me and smile at me?
I'm so happy!"
That day, Jacob's out-of-character greetings and smiles made many people feel like they were going to pass out.
was different this time. He knew why the man looked so happy. After all, he was the one who had booked the hospital room and informed Emily
may I take some time off work to travel?" Jacob nodded slightly at this.
He had not expected Jacob to actually agree. He immediately continued, "Honestly, I want to travel a bit and meet
want a girlfriend?" Jacob asked, nodding again. "Okay, I see. What
that the smile on Jacob's face no longer seemed that genuine.
before he continued, "Then you can start
I really do that?" Sam asked, looking uncertain.
course, but if you go, make sure that you don't
'
super VIP rooms to
when Sam thought that the
don't deserve to stay in one. You're the one who
done yesterday. However, he also knew that Jacob was not really blaming him for spending so much on a VIP room, hence, he gave
he could not help but sigh internally. This vacation might
nerve to think about a girlfriend! Just focus on work,
the serious, hardworking employee that he was. He handed Jacob the
he had asked Sam to accomplish all of this as early as possible. They needed to make a move before Darren did. Now that everything was almost ready, there was no need to wait any longer.
for then?" Jacob remarked, raising his arm to look at his watch. He instructed Sam, "Tell them to arrange a meeting tomorrow morning and try to
"Okay."
the reporters to prepare for the press conference," Jacob added dismissively.
The next day...
but a large number of reporters
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