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Tori, on the other hand, stared with her eyes wide in surprise when she saw the man who had just entered. As she looked at him dazedly, she felt her heart glowing with adoration for him.
Oh my! All of his photos cannot even come close to capturing his elegance! She hurriedly rose to greet Ethan. ‘Hello, Mr. Quarles. I am Tori Alford, a newscaster in the company. Nice to meet you.”
“Where’s Atticus?” Ethan frowned and asked. Didn’t Atticus say he would bring Josephine along?
“Oh! Mr. Kowalski suddenly has something urgent to attend to, so I’ll be accompanying you for lunch today, Mr. Quarles,” Tori replied eagerly.
However, Ethan’s face darkened when he heard. that. He already knew what Atticus was up to when he saw the unruliness and admiration in Tori’s eyes.
Instead of bringing Josephine, Atticus had arranged for another woman from the company to attend today’s lunch. This irritated Ethan greatly. “Excuse me. I’ve got something else on.” He turned around and left.
“You’ve just arrived, Mr. Quarles. Why are you leaving so quickly?” Tori quickly stepped in front of Ethan, stopping him from leaving while winking at him. ‘Mr. Quarles, I really want to know you more. Could you please grant me my wish today?”
Ethan simply narrowed his eyes and asked, “Don’t you know my girlfriend works in the company?”
That rendered Tori a little awkward. She quickly regained her smile and stated, “It’s just a meal, Mr. Quarles. Furthermore, you’re already here.” Ethan’s gaze dimmed when he heard that. “I’ll never allow anyone to disrespect my girlfriend.”
He opened the door and walked out, leaving Tori stunned and flushed with embarrassment. Don’t men like women’s admiration for them? All the men I’ve encountered have never turned down a lady who hurled herself at them! Ethan’s words today truly hurt Tori’s self-esteem. Is Josephine really that captivating? How can Ethan be so enthralled by her that he didn’t even look at me?
After exiting the restaurant, Ethan called Josephine. Josephine was having her wound bandaged by her colleague in the car. When she heard her phone ring, she smiled and answered the call. “Hi! Have you had your lunch yet?”
“Where are you?’ Ethan asked in a low voice. “I’m working. I have an outdoor interview today,” Josephine answered. However, her colleague. accidentally tugged on her wound at this point, causing her to cry out in pain.
“What happened? Are you hurt?” Ethan asked concernedly when he heard that. “I’m fine. I just fell and scratched my palm,” Josephine explained cheerfully. Ethan, however, couldn’t bear Josephine being wounded. “Where are you? I’ll be right there.”
“You don’t have to. My work is not done yet. I’ll see you tonight! Josephine quickly ended the call as she did not want Ethan to come. Furthermore, the interview she had to conduct today was of utmost importance, and she had to get it done.
At this point, her colleague said, ‘Josephine, there’s a posh car stopped in front of the entrance. That must be the car of one of the company’s senior managers. Let’s go over now!”
Hearing that, Josephine grabbed the microphone and rushed over, completely ignoring her wound. It was indeed one of the senior managers who stepped out of the car. When he saw Josephine. and the others running toward him, he panicked. Many reporters had been bothering him recently and he was already fed up with them.
As Josephine had studied the relevant documents previously, she recognized the person stepping out of the car. It was Dane Cooke, the vice president of the company. With that, she immediately pointed the microphone at him and asked, “Mr. Cooke, is your company’s wastewater discharge in accordance with the law? According to the relevant department, the pollutants in your company’s discharge are way above the permissible limit, and all nearby water sources have been affected. What do you have to say about this?’
“I don’t have anything to say. “Everything in our company is done in accordance with the law,” Dane said sternly. “Can you show us the examination report of your company’s discharge to satisfy the public?” Dane choked a little when he heard that. “You are mere reporters. What right do you have to request to see the report?” he snarled.
“You’re right. It’s because we are reporters that we have the responsibility to report on this topic to the public and be their voice. Please answer my question, Mr. Cooke,” Josephine stated bluntly as she looked straight at Dane.
Upon hearing that, Dane finally looked at Josephine properly and realized that she was very beautiful. He immediately had an ulterior motive in his mind and said, “Okay. I’ll agree to an interview with you. Let’s set another date and time for a private interview.”
“You mean you’re willing to accept my interview, right?” Josephine wanted to be certain. “Of course. Our company will provide everyone with a reasonable explanation. Give me your contact number and I will find a time for the interview,” Dane stated.
Josephine immediately took out a piece of paper and wrote her number on it before handing it to him. “Please make arrangements for the interview as soon as possible, Mr.. Cooke.”
Dane’s face lit up with an evil smile after obtaining Josephine’s phone number, but he quickly put on a decent front and responded, “Okay. Give me some time. Rest assured that I will answer the public.” Then, he touched Josephine’s shoulder lightly and murmured, “I’ll see you next time, reporter.”
All of Josephine’s coworkers exhaled a sigh of relief after Dane left. “We’re getting an exclusive interview, Josephine! If our company can influence the following rectification of wastewater handling, we will have truly helped the public.” Josephine nodded in response. “You’re right. Let’s get fully prepared for the interview!”
“I’m starving! Let’s go for lunch.” Seeing that everyone was hungry, Josephine announced generously, “Lunch is on me today!” “Wow! Thank you, Josephine! Love you!” “We’re all working for Josephine! She will undoubtedly be our boss in the future.”
“Exactly! Do remember to take care of us by then, Josephine!” Josephine laughed at that. “How dare you all make fun of me? Do you still want the lunch treat?”
“Of course!” Everyone stopped their teasing and drove to a nearby restaurant for lunch. Meanwhile, after the call ended, Ethan quickly asked Atticus for the location where Josephine went for the interview. However, when he arrived at the place, she was nowhere to be seen. He quickly pulled his phone out and called her again.
On Josephine’s end, the food was already being served at the same time. Hearing her phone ring, she smilingly answered the call and said, “Hello, Mr. Quarles. Is there anything else?”
“Where are you?” “I… Where are you?” Josephine returned the question. “I am in front of the company that you interviewed.”
That surprised her. “What brings you here? I’m having lunch nearby with my colleagues. Have you had your lunch yet?” she asked, to which Ethan coldly answered, “What do you think?”
Josephine immediately felt sorry for him. “Come and join us. I’ll send you the location.”
Ethan then drove to the restaurant. Ten minutes later, he arrived in front of a small restaurant by the roadside, and Josephine was already waiting for him at the entrance. On the other hand, her coworkers in the private room were all feeling nervous as they now needed to have lunch with their superior.
Nonetheless, they felt honored and hopeful that they could use this lunch opportunity to get closer to Ethan. Ethan’s face darkened the minute he saw the restaurant, and a solemn expression appeared on his face. “Shall we change to another place?”
Josephine found him amusing. She knew that this man before her had most certainly never eaten at such a restaurant before. “It’s not necessary! The food here is nice. Just give it a try, alright?” she urged softly. When Ethan stepped into the private room, all of Josephine’s coworkers stood up to greet him. “Hello, Mr. Quarles!”
At that, Ethan replied, “Hi, you’ve all had a long day.” Then, he sat down next to Josephine. She then handed him her glass of water. “Drink some water.”
Ethan, however, grabbed Josephine’s injured hand and began to examine her wound. With a smile, she murmured, “I’m fine. It’s just a scratch.” “What happened?” Ethan asked again..
“I fell down by accident!” “Mr. Quarles…” A warm-hearted female colleague wanted to tell the truth, but she was immediately stopped by Josephine’s stern glare. “Let’s eat!” Josephine did not want Ethan to know the truth. After all, as a reporter, she was used to being shoved by security officers.
Ethan sensed that Josephine wasn’t willing to tell him what had happened, and hence, he decided to ask her again later. Meanwhile, Josephine was piling food onto his plate, taking care of his every need. Though Ethan was used to more high-end restaurants, he found the food in this restaurant to be just as delicious.
“These are good,” he remarked, feeling hungry. Although they were not in an elegant setting, Ethan’s eating demeanor still mesmerized all of Josephine’s female coworkers.
An attractive man indeed appears elegant regardless of where he is or what he eats! At the same time, Tori was in Atticus’ office, biting her red lip indignantly as she crossed her arms. “It was only a meal. Why couldn’t Mr. Quarles show me some respect?”
“Enough of that. He only has Josephine in his heart, Atticus reminded her, implying that Tori should stop her wishful thinking of clinging to Ethan.
“Josephine is just a simple woman. In what way am I inferior to her?” Tori scoffed and continued, “I heard that you’re intending to nurture her to be Miss Ain’s successor. Is she really that capable?”
“Mr. Quarles even asked me where Josephine was working today. I can tell he genuinely loves her.’ Atticus began to worry that Ethan would blame him for assigning such a task to Josephine.
‘I don’t care, Mr. Kowalski. If any such. opportunity arises again, remember to tell me!” Tori smilingly said, clearly not going to give up so easily
Atticus felt helpless. Both Katrina and Tori were interested in Ethan, putting Atticus in the difficult situation of being caught in the middle. Meanwhile, Josephine got into Ethan’s posh car after lunch. As she still had work to do, Ethan had no choice but to send her back to the company. Josephine expected him to leave after dropping her off. Much to her surprise, Ethan stepped out of the car with her. “Why are you not returning to the hotel?”
“I’ll walk you to the office.” “Uh… That’s not necessary!’ Josephine did not want to be in a high-profile relationship, and she wanted it to be out of public view.
“Why? Am I such a disgrace to you that you don’t want to be seen walking with me?” Ethan pretended to be upset and ruffled her hair. “Of course not! I’m just afraid they will start competing with me for you, Josephine retorted with a chuckle.
“Don’t worry,’ Ethan replied determinedly. “I’m all yours. Nobody can ever take me away from you.” He didn’t tell Josephine that Tori had wanted to have lunch with him earlier for ulterior intentions, for fear Josephine would start overthinking.
Hearing Ethan’s words, Josephine immediately felt secure. “I’m yours too.” Ethan then walked Josephine to her office. The moment they entered the spacious office, the busy office immediately went so silent that they could hear a pin drop.
Josephine is so blessed to have Mr. Quarles send her to work! everyone mused. Josephine, on the other hand, assumed that Ethan would be leaving. However, the man grabbed a chair and sat down right behind her, randomly taking a book to read at the same time.
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