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The second kiss was bringing out their lust. Josephine was suppressing herself, and she knew that Ethan was the same. Hence, she wanted to end this kiss as soon as possible. “Let’s just stop for today!” she said. Ethan chuckled and asked, “Do I need to make an appointment for the next time we kiss?”
Hearing his words, Josephine couldn’t help but laugh. Why does he take kissing like a date? “I’ll think about it! Anyway, I need to head home now.”
“I’ll drive you.” Ethan tugged on his tie and slightly raised his jawline. His sexy posture made Josephine’s eyes widen. Noticing her gaze, he asked her deeply, “Are you lusting over me, Miss Jacobson?”
In the split second, Josephine’s face was flushed red. She realized that she couldn’t hide her emotions in front of him.
After the duo had left the room and entered the elevator, Josephine felt Ethan hold her hand casually. She didn’t take her hand out. Now that she had sobered up, she was in disbelief and dared not to look at him.
After they got into the car, Ethan turned on some music for her to relax. As Josephine looked at the lively night street, she felt something different. It felt like… They were in love.
After some time, Ethan arrived at Josephine’s home. Just as Josephine was about to exit the car, Ethan suddenly leaned toward her and held her hand. “Are you in need of a boyfriend, Miss Jacobson?”
Josephine was shocked. At that moment, she recalled their kiss just now and thought, is he taking advantage of the kiss to court me? Thinking about it, she quickly said, “I’m still dizzy from the alcohol, Mr. Quarles. Can we talk about this tomorrow?”
Ethan knew what she was planning. “Is this a hit and run, Miss Jacobson?” Josephine was embarrassed. After all, he seemed to be implying that she was a playgirl. She wasn’t, though! She was unprepared as she had never expected such a thing to happen tonight!
“I’m dizzy, Mr. Quarles. I need to get home now. Goodbye, and drive safe.” As Josephine spoke, she quickly exited the car and closed the door. Then, she hurried into her house and stood by the bushes, looking at the car from the gaps as it slowly drove away. She sighed and rubbed her lips. God, it must have been swollen, she thought. When she entered the living room, she quickly said to Heidi, who was watching the television, “I’m exhausted, Mom. I’m going to go upstairs.”
“You should have come home sooner if you are exhausted,” replied Heidi. However, she didn’t ask anything more and continued watching the TV.
After Josephine entered her room, she quickly rushed to the bathroom. Looking at the mirror, she saw that her face was flushed, and her lips were rosy red even though she had no lipstick on. It was obvious that it was because of the kiss.
“This is so embarrassing.” Josephine buried her face in her hands. Ethan would be her boss, and they would encounter each other in the company. Yet, she did such intimate things with him.
Josephine was indeed exhausted. After taking a bath, she went to sleep and had a dreamless night. The following day, she went to the company as usual. However, before stepping into the building, she heard someone call out to her. “It’s me, Joey.” Josephine turned around and saw Luke waving at her by the entrance. There was also a cardboard box by his side, seemingly to have something expensive inside. “Come over here and open it, Joey. You’ll be surprised,” said Luke. “What is it?” asked Josephine.
“You’ll know once you open it! I’m going to take a call. Hurry up and open it.” Josephine felt speechless when she saw that Luke had told his assistant to record the moment of her being touched by his gift. “Not now. I need to clock in,” she said to him.
“No, no, no. Just open it, Josephine. I put so much effort into this.” Luke pleaded. He reached out and stopped her from entering the company.
Josephine had seen how clingy he would get. If she refused to open this present, she knew he would bring it to her office and ask her to open it. Thus, she decided to open the gift immediately to stop him from disturbing her colleagues. “You’ll let me go to work as long as I open it, right?” she asked.
“Yes. As long as you open it, I will not disturb you,” Luke said confidently. After thinking momentarily, Josephine walked toward the purple box while Luke stood aside and made a phone call.
Josephine crouched and untied the ribbon. When she opened the box, she saw that it was filled with balloons. Moreover, they seemed to be helium balloons.
After she had opened the box, she allowed the balloons to fly toward the sky. Beside her, the assistant quickly shouted, “Miss Jacobson! Grab the balloon! Grab it!”
Josephine was stunned, wondering how she was going to catch the balloons. They’re already about two meters above my head! At that moment, Luke turned around as soon as he finished his phone call. Upon taking a quick stride, he charged at one of the balloons with lightning speed in an attempt to grab it, only to fail in embarrassment due to his short height.. Nonetheless, he still did his best attempts to grab the balloon with his assistant, unknowingly presenting a hilarious and amusing sight.
On the other hand, Josephine was still dumbfounded by that sight until she saw a truck parked in a hidden spot. On the truck, there was a sports car that contained many colorful balloons. In that instant, something seemed to dawn on her as she looked up. To her surprise, there was a set of keys dangling. on the balloon that was floating in the air.
Luke, who did everything he could but still failed to retrieve the balloon, came complaining to Josephine with a bitter look on his face. “I thought you would get the balloons. Do you know what’s on them?” Josephine gulped and rhetorically asked, “Your car keys, I guess?”
“Yup, both sets of them.” Luke smiled awkwardly in response. “I’m sorry.” Josephine apologized. “No worries. I can always duplicate a new set. It’s not a big deal.” Luke said and stuck out his fingers. “This car is a gift for you. Do you like it? I specially bought a pink one for you.”
Josephine was speechless in response to Luke’s words. A sports car? What is he thinking? She shook her head and waved her hand. “No need for that, Luke. I’m happy with our friendship, so let’s just keep it that way. Give this car to someone else who deserves you, perhaps. Anyway, my work starts soon, so I need to get going.” Josephine ran through the entrance of her company like she was a refugee who was escaping from her captor.
Nonetheless, their interaction was secretly recorded by the paparazzi and was later made the headline with a title that read, “The love that flew away with the balloons. While there was a paragraph that detailed the story of the incident, it was accompanied by two pictures in which Luke and his assistant were seen trying hard to retrieve the balloons hilariously.
In the meantime, Josephine had been suffering from a headache so severe that she couldn’t focus on her work at all since the morning. although she expected the after-effects of her hangover.
“Are you alright, Joey?” Wren asked in a concerned manner. “My head hurts.” “Oh, come on. Is your age catching up to you? You’re not that old as far as I remember.”
“No, it’s not that. I’m having a hangover.” “Who’s the client you were busy entertaining?” Wren asked curiously. Josephine shook her head. “Nah, it wasn’t a client but our big boss.”
“Uh? So, you were entertaining our company’s director?” Wren was surprised. Josephine shook her head and replied, “Our boss is someone else now. The director is no longer the biggest shareholder in our company.”
“Who’s the biggest shareholder of our company then?” Wren pressed on with her question. “You’ll find out soon enough, so I’m not going to ruin the surprise.” Josephine smiled at her.
However, they suddenly heard high heels creaking on the floor from a distance as Wren curled up and stepped away timidly. When Josephine turned around, she was met with an angry look on Katrina’s face. “Step outside with me, Josephine. I want to have a word with you.”
“I’m busy now.” Josephine grabbed the files on the table.
“Aren’t you afraid I’d go loud about what happened last night?” Katrina threatened Josephine. Then, she bent over and leaned closer to Katrina’s ear. “I’m going to tell everyone in our company about the intimacy you had with Mr. Quarles.”
“Hey, watch your mouth, man.” Josephine blushed in her cheeks while trying to keep herself calm.
“What’s wrong? Are you scared? Let’s have a word about it then.” Katrina stood up with an unhappy look on her face. She then walked out the door with Josephine following right behind her until they found themselves in a corner with no one else.
With her eyes glued to Josephine’s face, Katrina grew more and more annoyed the longer she glared at her. “Now, tell me about you and Mr. Quarles.” She demanded an answer from Josephine.
Josephine knitted her eyebrows. “Why should I tell you?”
“You two seemed to have known each other a long time ago, huh? Did you get to know him through your grandpa?” Katrina was eager to find out the truth.
“My grandpa has nothing to do with it. Don’t drag my family into this.” Josephine responded angrily, warning Katrina not to involve her family in their discussion.
“If it wasn’t your grandpa, how did you get to know a tycoon like Ethan? It’s not like you have a wide network connection.” Katrina couldn’t believe her ears. In fact, she just confirmed with her brother-in- law that Ethan was not an ordinary tycoon. After all, his family owned a logistics company that was ranked first in the country, which was what made him stand out among the rich.
At the thought of Ethan’s presence, Katrina was especially agitated because she was expecting to change her life for the better by sponging off him. Even if she couldn’t be his wife in the end, she was hoping to secure a huge sum of money that would keep her fed for the rest of her life for herself should the both of them break up.
“You’re right. We know each other indeed. So, what are you going to do about it?” Josephine responded impatiently, feeling more and more annoyed with Katrina.
“Where did you both go last night? Did you two spend the night at the hotel? Your innocent look may fool the others, Josephine, but I know what you’re up to. You used your dirty tricks to make Ethan get laid with you.”
Josephine was a terrible liar. Thus, when she heard Katrina’s words, her face and ears blushed in embarrassment, not to mention her reluctance in answering her question.. Nevertheless, Katrina was observant enough to notice her blushed cheeks, which confirmed her suspicion. ‘Let me guess. So, you both really spent the night in the hotel, didn’t you?” “No, we didn’t. He took me home instead,” Josephine replied while looking up.
“Stop lying! You were so drunk that you lay on the table like a dead person. It’s hard not to think that you were luring Ethan into taking the opportunity. Katrina could still remember what she saw the night before. “Can I go back to my desk now?” Josephine intentionally raised her wrist and looked at her watch.
“Wait a minute, Josephine. I don’t care how you got to know Ethan, but from now on, I’m going to compete with you in a fair and square. manner because I have feelings for him too.” Katrina made her point understood as she flicked her hair to flaunt her elegance. “I believe I’m a match for you in every aspect.” Katrina was confident in herself due to her good looks, as well as her wealthy upbringing. Furthermore, the fact that her brother-in-law was the director of her company only added to her confidence.
Josephine gulped nervously, feeling a stab of pain in her chest when she heard Katrina’s words. For some reason, she had a strange feeling that Ethan was not a man who could resist temptation, recalling how he was turned on by her kiss almost right away when she pecked his lips the night before.
Because of that, she was sure a man like Ethan would surely succumb to temptations. I’m not that good-looking, but if Ethan had eyes for me, he would definitely fall for a sexy woman like Katrina. Annoyed by the thought of that, Josephine regretted sharing an intimate moment with Ethan the night before because she couldn’t accept an unfaithful man as her soulmate.
When Katrina didn’t get a response from Josephine, she grunted angrily and walked off shortly after. Then, Josephine returned to her desk, but as she was about to take a sip of water, Wren suddenly leaned closer and asked, “Joey, are these pictures of you and Luke?”
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