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.
of those who received one of Jacob's rare smiles. Although he saw these more often than others did, he knew that it 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
was wondering, may I take some time off work to travel?" Jacob nodded slightly at
was taken aback. He had not expected Jacob to actually agree. He immediately continued, "Honestly, I want to travel a bit and meet someone, probably get
nodding again.
that the
he continued, "Then you
really do that?" Sam
make sure that
knew it, '
there are super VIP rooms
just when Sam thought that the
in one. You're the one who deserves such luxuries," Sam quickly
what he had done yesterday. However, he also knew that Jacob was not really blaming him for spending so much on a VIP room, hence, he gave
been so casual with his response, he could not help but sigh internally.
about a girlfriend! Just focus on work, ' he scolded himself.
gone back to being the serious, hardworking employee that he
about this project before and kept a close eye on its progress, so he was not at all surprised about Sam's report today. Moreover, he had asked Sam to accomplish all of this
look at his watch. He instructed Sam, "Tell them to arrange a meeting tomorrow
"Okay."
inform the reporters to prepare for the press
The next day...
good spot!" It was still early, but a large number of reporters had already arrived. Many of them
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