“Come here,” Blake commanded. Jessica was surprised, but she stood up. While she was walking to him, he switched off the iPad and tapped on the bed beside him.“Sit.” When she sat down beside him, he lay down on her lap and closed his eyes. He said softly, “Give me a massage.” He was always like this whenever he had a headache. He was like a tiger having a toothache. While he might be fierce, he could barely bite, which made him look pitiful. Jessica did as she was told and massaged him. His hair was still damp after the shower, so she took her hairdryer out from the drawer and dried it for him. As her slender fingers were moving swiftly across his black hair, the smell of aftershave and shampoo tickled her nose. After massaging him for a while, he suddenly grabbed her by the wrist. Jessica looked down at him and he said, “Are you done being mad?” Jessica looked down at him. Two pairs of black eyes stared at each other while her heart was pounding fiercely. ‘Mad? Don’t
“Ms. Jackson, your tea.” A secretary walked in, delivering Kim a cup of freshly brewed tea. “Thank you.” Kim smiled and reached out to the cup. When the bracelet slipped down her fair forearm, the silver dazzled under the light. The secretary noticed the bracelet and she exclaimed in envy, “Wow, what a beautiful bracelet!” As Kim glanced at her bracelet, she tried her best to hold her delight back while beaming gently. “I like it too.” The secretary praised her bracelet again before she went back to work. After she left, Kim curled her lips into a smirk. She had a sip of tea and then sized up the bracelet on her wrist, looking even happier than before. When she put the cup of tea down and softly touched the emerald charm on it, her smile became even sweeter. ‘Tiffany and Co.’s latest design! It seems like he’s paying attention.’ Joe came into the lounge and saw Kim admiring the bracelet on her wrist. His face twitched at the sight of her infatuated look. He had heard th
Kim mastered several types of language, so she was able to communicate with the Spanish consul fluently during the Mid-Autumn Gala. She even came up with a decent proposal for the project. At least, she was a lot better than the lousy project director. However, as Blake’s right-hand man, Joe knew what he should do and what he should not do. He said, “I think I’ll pass. We all know how capable you are, Ms. Jackson. Anyway, I still have some work to do, so please have a seat.” Kim was slightly disappointed, but she maintained her smile. “Okay, sorry for bothering you.” Joe turned around and subtly grinned. ‘Hmph, Kim Jackson, your impatience makes you really ugly. Do you know that? Don’t blame me for not reminding you. If Mr. Ferguson knows how free you are, I wonder if he’ll still be this patient with you.’ After he left, Kim’s smile faded. She was a smart person, so of course, she understood Joe’s hint for her to leave. Joe might have been Blake’s assistant in name, but h
‘Is he worried about me?’ Blake finished reading the documents in a few flips. When he looked up at Kim, his expression looked colder than before as he said, “You did this during your free time?” Kim was surprised because she did not know what could have happened. Confused, she responded, “Huh?” “If I remember correctly, your job is to tutor Winson, but someone from the secretary table told me that you’ve been waiting in the lounge for over two hours. I thought I asked you to make a choice before this.” “I…” Kim flushed and paused for a moment. “I heard that the project is facing some problems, so I thought I could lend a helping hand.” “There are more than a hundred men and women working under me. I didn’t hire all of them to do nothing. Do you know that you are stealing their jobs? If you want their job, what about your current one? Do you still want to keep your current job?!” Kim had never seen Blake this angry before, so she was frightened, and she stammered, “I...I-I
If the project was a person, the proposal would be the soul without a vessel. Therefore, it could not give life. Things that could really stir up the tourists’ interest and the urge to travel to Spain should be something more real and convincing, something that tourists could see and something that would make them feel it was worth their money. Blake nodded without expressing his thoughts. Joe’s opinion was exactly what he thought. He turned his monitor to Joe and said, “Take a look at this.” Curious, Joe had a look at the monitor and his eyes shone brightly. “Mr. Ferguson! This is great! Are you trying to…?” Immediately, he knew what Blake was trying to do. On the monitor was a travel vlogger’s Weibo page, and on it were all kinds of beautiful sceneries, food, and passionate locals of Spain. The locations the vlogger visited were not the usual tourist spots that all the other travel companies advertised. Instead, they were more exciting, adventurous, and romantic. These unus
Blake realized he had gone too far. He cleared his throat and looked around his office awkwardly. Fortunately, he was alone in the office after Joe left, so no one knew that the fierce and mighty CEO of the company was having naughty thoughts about his wife. Blake closed the Weibo page and continued his work. Although he might appear to be typing furiously on his keyboard, his mind was still lingering on Jessica’s body. ‘Why am I wasting my thoughts on that woman?’ On the other hand, the confident Kim never would have thought that the proposal she delivered would get her scolded by Blake and even put her current job at risk. At night, Blake arrived home just in time for dinner. Jessica had her apron on and was taking a dish out from the kitchen. Since she had gotten off work earlier today, she made dinner. Blake glanced over the dishes on the table and found that they looked somewhat familiar. Another quick glance later, he finally remembered. They were the dishes the food
Blake squinted his eyes slightly. He looked cold and arrogant as if he was a tyrant looking down at her. His black eyes that appeared abysmal were emanating an intimidating pressure. When he parted his thin lips, a manly voice asked, “Why are you showing your temper again?” He pinched her chin strongly because he did not want her to move. Jessica endured the sting at her chin. She frowned but did not say anything. Instead, she averted his gaze and looked elsewhere. ‘Doesn’t he realize what he did?’ With that in mind, she took a deep breath and her swaying gaze coincidentally landed on the glass of milk. As a matter of fact, she could have done what she was told and given him a cup of coffee. He was the one suffering from the headaches, not her, hence she did not have to care that much. However, her days in the family were numbered, and since she had lived with him for the past two years, she had the thought of taking care of him one last time, but it seemed like her thoughtfu
“I could explain the proposal to you, Mrs. Ferguson, so you can tell Mr. Ferguson later, but…” Kim glanced at Jessica’s lips and went silent, intentionally leaving the sentence unfinished. It might sound like she was being considerate, but the quiet attack was more effective than a straightforward one. Jessica could not share Blake’s burden because she could not even speak! She gripped the spoon in her hand tightly. Kim was not asking for a day off. She was flaunting her malicious intentions. Jessica blinked and smiled softly as she typed: [If you put it that way and I don’t give you a day off, your efforts will go to waste.]If Kim could hide another meaning in between the lines, so could she! After Kim left, Jessica flashed a cold grin. That night, when Blake came back with boxes of gifts, he did not have dinner at home. Now, Jessica knew he had gone to dinner with Kim. ‘The project is your child? Kim Jackson, do you really think the project is your child with Blake? And