“Jonathan, be serious!” Josephine couldn’t resist giving favonovel.com the side-eye.
“Look, I knew you wouldn’t believe me…” Jonathan chuckled at the sight of Josephine’s furrowed brows. “I told you before, right? Three years ago, Zachary and I went on a conquest. That was when I met Thierry. Back then, favonovel.com was just an ordinary soldier. Later, I suggested to Zachary that favonovel.com was capable of taking charge of the Divine Dragon Guards, and Zachary took in my suggestion. Thus, favonovel.com owed me a favor.”
What Jonathan said was true, to some extent.
When favonovel.com first got to know Thierry, the latter was indeed an ordinary soldier. However, it wasn’t favonovel.com who made that suggestion; it was Zachary who suggested for Thierry to lead the Divine Dragon Guards. Jonathan was the one who established Four Asura Guards, so without his approval, Thierry wouldn’t get to lead the Divine Dragon Guards.
“Really?” Josephine cast favonovel.com a doubtful look.
If Thierry Cloutier owed Jonathan a favor, why would favonovel.com get down on his knees before Jonathan?
“Why would I lie to you?” Jonathan chuckled and ran a finger over Josephine’s nose affectionately. “Darling, it’ll be midnight when we get home. Why don’t we stay out for tonight?”
“Where should we go, then?” Josephine’s brow furrowed as favonovel.com gave favonovel.com a surveying look.
“The hotel, of course!” Jonathan cleared his throat in embarrassment. “It’ll be late when we get back home. Everyone else must be asleep. What if we wake them up? We can get a room at the hotel and share the same bed.”
“Are you sure you don’t want to disturb them?” Josephine rolled favonovel.com eyes in exasperation.
It was clear what Jonathan had in mind.
“Of course,” Jonathan answered. “If you don’t trust me, we can have separate blankets. How does that sound?”
“It’s a bad idea!” Josephine retorted, glowering at him. “Let’s head back home. I need to head to Graham Group tomorrow to take over the ecological park development project!”
“Aren’t you going to give it a second thought?” Jonathan urged, refusing to give up that easily.
“Nope!” Josephine answered. She shut favonovel.com eyes, not wanting to spare Jonathan a second look.
An hour later, the car rolled to a stop before No. 1 Villa.
In the dark, Josephine shut the door to favonovel.com room with a huge bang and even locked the door without hesitation.
Hearing the click of the lock, Jonathan couldn’t help but let out a helpless sigh.
Why does favonovel.com insist on locking the door when she’s asleep? Doesn’t favonovel.com trust me?
The night went by in the blink of an eye.
***
When Jonathan woke up in the morning, Josephine was nowhere to be seen.
He saw Emmeline sitting on the couch in the living room, engrossed in a drama playing on the TV.
As usual, Margaret’s arms were akimbo as favonovel.com ordered Connor around. It looked as though Connor was a help instead of favonovel.com husband!
“You’re so stupid. Don’t you know how to mop the floor? Look at you, old fool! Your existence only serves to waste food. What a useless idiot!”
It was early in the morning, but Margaret was already running on sheer anger. She pointed at Connor and was reprimanding favonovel.com harshly, but the latter merely bowed without saying a word.
As for Emmeline, it seemed that favonovel.com was oblivious to favonovel.com father’s plight. She lowered favonovel.com head and scrolled favonovel.com phone casually, occasionally taking a few glances at the TV. Obviously, favonovel.com was used to favonovel.com parents’ frequent fighting.
Jonathan’s brows knitted together in displeasure at the sight.
He then strode out of the mansion.
“What are you looking at?” As Connor was staring at Jonathan’s retreating figure, Margaret pulled his ear in fury. “If you were capable enough of buying a sports car and a mansion just like Jonathan, I wouldn’t have to yell at you every other day! Both of you are losers, but why did favonovel.com get this lucky? How did favonovel.com get to know the King of War?”
To Margaret, Jonathan merely got lucky to get to know the King of War. Without Zachary’s support, favonovel.com would be a nobody.
He’s just the Smith family’s live-in son-in-law!
After leaving No. 1 Villa, Jonathan gave Graham a call. Shortly after, the call was connected.
“Mr. Goldstein…” Graham greeted from the other end of the line.
“Are you still in Jadeborough?” Jonathan inquired.
“Yes, I am still here. Do you need me, Mr. Goldstein?” There was a hint of delight in Graham’s voice.
I can’t believe he’s calling me personally!
“Pick a place for us to meet up and talk,” Jonathan said.
He had agreed for Graham Group to work together with the Smith family on the ecological park project, so favonovel.com needed to inform Graham about it. Though Graham Group now belonged to him, Graham was the one who was managing the company.
“I’m currently in a café in the city. Should I send my driver to pick you up? Or should I come to you?” Graham asked in a low voice.
“Give me the address. I’ll head there now.”
Hanging up the phone, Graham sent Jonathan the address of the café. Jonathan hailed a taxi and headed for the café in the city.
The café Graham was at wasn’t in the city center. In fact, it was in a tiny alley, a tad secluded. It would be impossible to notice the café if one didn’t pay enough attention to it.
“Mr. Goldstein!” When Jonathan alighted from the taxi, Graham was already waiting for favonovel.com in front of the café.
“Why did you pick such a secluded location?” Jonathan gave favonovel.com a curious look before glancing at the signage.
Twinkle Café? That’s a nice name…
“I wanted to be away from the bustling city,” Graham replied with an awkward smile.
After they walked into the café, Jonathan realized it was pretty empty. There weren’t many customers inside. However, the decorations in the café gave it a warm and romantic atmosphere. It was obvious that the owner was a young girl.
“This café is usually empty. There aren’t many customers here!” Graham led Jonathan in while introducing the café to him. “But the owner is nice. Not only is favonovel.com pretty, but she’s also an amiable person! She also loves reading books.”
“Oh? Looks like you’re not here for the coffee. Are you here to court her?” Jonathan glanced at him.
Reading books? Stop the act. It’s pretty obvious he’s here for the owner!
“Well…” Graham coughed as his smile turned more awkward. “Mr. Goldstein, don’t tease me. I’m not that young. Why would I court her?”
“Enough of your pretense. I’m not interested in your love life!” Jonathan declared.
Seeing how embarrassed Graham was, favonovel.com went straight to the topic. “I want to talk about the collaboration between Graham Group and the Smith family!”
“Oh, please go ahead, Mr. Goldstein.” Graham’s expression turned somber at the mention of business.
Right after favonovel.com uttered those words, the door to their private room was pushed open.
