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Josephine was shocked when she heard that, whereupon she immediately shifted her gaze to the phone screen to take a closer look at the pictures. Wait, what? The balloon confession is now on the headline?! Although her face and Luke’s were blurred, she still couldn’t help but feel a little pissed off. After that, she rose from her seat and made her way from the Department of Multimedia and Communication. to another. As soon as she entered the workplace, she instantly became the center of attention with everyone fixing their envious gazes on her. “Who posted the news this morning? Why wasn’t I asked for my permission before it was posted?”
‘Easy, Josephine. We censored your faces, didn’t we? Furthermore, we didn’t mention your name either. We just said the woman is a reporter.” One of the female colleagues added, “This news is getting more than a million views, so would you please stop complaining over something so trivial, Josephine?”
Josephine was speechless because she didn’t expect herself to go viral one day. Hope Luke will be fine with getting on the news. As soon as she returned to her seat, her phone rang, whereupon she checked it out and saw Luke’s name on the screen. “Hey, Luke.”
“Joey, what are your colleagues in the multimedia department doing? Am I a joke to them?” Luke sounded angry. “Relax, Luke. Take it easy, would you?”
“I’m so mad right now unless you treat me to a meal. Otherwise, I’m going to make a scene in your office.” Luke took advantage of the incident to make Josephine treat him to a meal.
Josephine was embarrassed at the thought of Luke’s car keys that she was responsible for losing earlier that day. ‘All right, but I’m a little busy in the afternoon. So, maybe tonight.”
“Great! See you tonight, Luke said happily In the meantime, Ethan was in the hotel room while browsing through the internet with his iPad. Then, he stumbled upon the news that got him curious and tapped into it. The next thing that came into view was the familiar building of the Department of Multimedia and
Communication along with two blurred faces of a man and a woman. With a pair of furrowed eyebrows on his face, Ethan could tell that the lady was Josephine without even seeing her face. At the same time, he also figured out that the man who wanted to give Josephine a car was Luke with ease. Not long after that, he reached for his cell phone and gave Josephine a call.
Who is it now? When Josephine grabbed her phone and checked it out, she saw a name that made her heartbeat race like a jackhammer. Damn it! Is he still trying to hold me responsible for that kiss or something? Josephine quickly hid in a corner and answered in a hushed voice, “Hey, Mr. Quarles.”
“Did Luke give you a sports car as a gift this morning?” the man asked. Josephine’s face blushed in embarrassment because she didn’t expect Ethan to learn about the news. She asked, “How did you know that?”
“I saw it on our company’s website.” “Wait, you could recognize me even though my face was pixelated?” Josephine was in disbelief. “Are you thinking of getting a new car?” The question came all of a sudden.
“Nope, I’m not. My car still works fine,” Josephine answered. Just then, her team. leader beckoned her over for a meeting, so she said, “I have to go, Mr. Quarles. My team leader needs me to be in a meeting. See you.” She hung up the call and met up with her team leader for the meeting.
Meanwhile, Ethan, who was in the hotel, summoned his assistant and said, “Get me a feminine-looking sports car. I’m giving it to someone as a gift.”
“Yes, Mr. Quarles.” Ethan squinted, thinking he should satisfy Josephine’s material needs to prove his financial capability. Meanwhile, Josephine was in the meeting room where murmurs of gossip were ongoing. Everyone envied Josephine because she would own a sports car as soon as she accepted Luke’s gift, but to their surprise and bewilderment, she rejected him and turned down an expensive sports car as a gift. Everyone thought, Come on, what’s Josephine thinking?
She has no intention of accepting Luke as her boyfriend, does she? Soon, Ethan exited. the hotel and made his way to Tribus TV. As the biggest shareholder of the company, he was given a spacious office with a good view, but to him, his job felt more like a vacation than work. As soon as he arrived, he received an Excel file on his phone and carefully skimmed through a name list within it. Then, he found Josephine’s name and contact, whereupon he started calling her number.
On the other hand, Josephine heard her phone. ringing not long after her meeting ended. “Hello, this is Josephine speaking from the Department of Multimedia and Communication. How may I help you?”
“Come to my office,” Ethan spoke in a deep voice. “Mr. Quarles?” Josephine widened her eyes in disbelief. “Yes, speaking. Now, meet me on the 18th floor,” Ethan demanded.
“You’re working here… already?” Josephine didn’t expect Ethan would personally visit the company. “Just come up here.” Ethan hung up the call as soon as he finished his sentence.
Josephine rose from her seat and made her way to the elevator clandestinely, as if she was a thief. Upon looking at her surroundings to make sure she was alone, she pushed the button and headed to the 18th floor on which the management office was. When she got there, she had no idea where to go until she heard footsteps from the corner, and she saw Ethan’s attractive figure.
“Right here.” Ethan walked toward Josephine, who quickly scurried in his way. Seeing her hilarious reaction, the man chuckled in amusement. “What’s wrong? Why are you acting like a thief?”
“Is there anything I can help you with?” Josephine asked. Ethan brought Josephine into his office and closed the door behind him. Then, he sat on the couch sluggishly and said, “Nothing, actually. I just want to see you.”
Josephine’s beautiful face started heating up. “I’m at work!” “I got you a sports car,’ Ethan brought up with his eyebrows raised. She immediately turned to him and froze for a few seconds. Is he okay? Why would he buy me a sports car as well?! “No! I can’t accept it. You mustn’t send it to me either!” Josephine immediately rejected his present.
“But I placed the order and they’ll send it over this afternoon. What am I supposed to do with the car if you don’t take it?” Ethan threw the question back to her. She blinked a few times upon hearing that. Eventually, she bit her lip and asked, “Can your return it?”
“Nope!” “You should have asked for my opinion before you bought the car!” He’s too impulsive! “The car will be at the VIP parking space in the underground parking lot. You can drive it whenever you want. Being the high-and-mighty person he was, Ethan would not take back a present he had gifted someone.
On the other hand, Josephine might have seen her fair share of domineering people in her life, but she had never met someone so unreasonably bossy!
“Just return it. My car works perfectly fine. I don’t need a sports car,’ she muttered while continuing to chew on her lip. Ethan smiled and gracefully shrugged. “It’s fine. A sports car is just a normal gift to me. If you don’t want it, just leave it there in the car park!”
Josephine felt herself getting flustered as she looked at his rows of pearly whites. He sure was a sight to behold when he smiled. Right then, her phone began to ring. When she saw that it was a call from Luke, she quickly.
went to the window and took the call. “Hey, Luke,” “Joey, I booked a table at a restaurant for us tonight. I’ll come to pick you up after work.” Luke’s voice rang out from the other end of the line.
“Got it,” Josephine replied. She couldn’t just bail on him when she was the one who agreed to treat him to a meal. However, there was one thing she decided to make clear to him tonight-she and Luke could. only be friends. She wanted him to stop wasting his time on her.
However, after learning about the great lengths he went to pursue her this year, she was sure that he wouldn’t give up just like that if she only rejected him verbally. That being said, there was a possibility he would if she let him know that she had given her heart away to someone she liked.
After pondering over it, Josephine realized she only knew one man who was more outstanding, handsome, and wealthier than Luke which could make him give up..
She then turned around to look at the man sitting on the couch before she walked over. “Mr. Quarles, are you free tonight?” she asked, to which he raised his eyebrows.
“Mhm.” “Can you help me with a little something, please?” she begged. “Shoot.” Ethan was more than willing to help..
“I would like to have you pretend to be my boyfriend and reject Luke for me.” Ethan was immediately in high spirits as a humorous glint appeared in his eyes. “Sure thing.”
Josephine let out a sigh of relief when she saw how readily Ethan agreed to help. She only hoped that Luke would come to his senses tonight and stop wasting his life.
“I’ll get back to work, Mr. Quarles. I’ll contact you when I get off work tonight, Josephine stated. After all, she couldn’t neglect her work when she was in front of the big boss. “Alright, then. Off you go.” Meanwhile, Ethan didn’t want to get in the way of her work.
When Josephine returned to her seat, there was a sudden commotion in the work group chat. Someone was sending some pictures taken in the underground parking lot. The pictures were of a red
Ferrari sports car parked under the lights. Everyone was shocked by how costly the car was from the way the radiant paint on the car’s surface reflected the light. ‘My goodness! Whose car is it? It’s parked in the VIP parking space.”
‘That’s so cool! It’s probably worth millions!’ ‘Whose is it?! Does anyone in the group know which rich lady this car belongs to?”
Wren was also gossiping with everyone else. She then asked Josephine, who was beside her, “Joey, do you know whose car is it? The group’s gone crazy because of it.”
Josephine thought her brain was about to explode as she stared at the sports car on the screen of the iPad. It can’t be the sports car Ethan gave me, can it? It’s parked at the VIP spot, and it is brand new!
“I’m so envious! I wonder which big shot’s gift it is. I’m guessing it is Tori’s car! She has tons of suitors recently, and I heard that they are all wealthy businessmen.”
Tori Alford was one of the well-known female anchors in the company and she was unattached, on top of possessing both beauty and talent. At this moment, everyone was guessing that she was the owner of the car. And yet, the woman in question suddenly chimed in, ‘It’s not mine.’
“Huh? Whose is it then, if it’s not Tori’s?” Wren immediately grew more interested in the gossip. Josephine’s face felt warm. At this exact moment, an assistant came over and put a purse on her desk. “Josephine, someone told me to give it to you.”
Josephine was taken aback. Since she couldn’t tell what was inside the bag from the outside, she couldn’t help but pick it up, only to be surprised by what she saw. It turned out to be a box with a Ferrari logo on it. After she opened the box in the bag, she saw two neatly placed car keys.
Her breath proceeded to hitch. Ethan really gave me the car! She could feel a headache coming. What should I do now? The whole office is talking about this now. If she admitted it, everyone here would surely think that she was the sugar baby of some rich man. “Just whose is it?” Wren narrowed her eyes like a detective and wondered out loud.
Seeing this, Josephine secretly put the bag under the table. She rested her head in her palms, feeling her mind a mess. There were only five minutes left before working hours ended. After she hurriedly took care of the documents on her desk, she decided to get off work.
Right then, Katrina stormed over with a mountain of documents in her arms before she instructed directly, ‘Josephine, you’re not leaving work so soon! I need these documents to be ready before 8.00PM.”
Josephine was at a loss for words when she looked at the other woman. “But it’s after work hours now. Why didn’t you bring them to me earlier?”
“What? You got a problem with that, huh? It’s your job. Anyway, these are the materials that will be needed tomorrow morning. You’ll be held responsible if they’re not done.” Katrina intentionally kept these documents until now before bringing them to Josephine. She didn’t want Josephine to have time to go out tonight.
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