"Mr. Summers, Mr. Scholfield is waiting for you in the meeting room.""Okay."Nathan tidied his desk, picked up a file and headed towards the meeting room.As soon as he walked in, he saw Lucas sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed.Lucas had a lazy temperament and his lips were curved into a mischievous smile. He looked at his watch and said, "Mr. Summers, you're three minutes late."Nathan was used to Lucas's behavior, so he just looked at Lucas indifferently. "Here's the contract. Check to see if you have any problems with it."Lucas sat up, took the contract, and flicked through it casually. "Where's the pen?""Aren't you going to read it more carefully?""I don't think that Mr. Summers is going to trick me, right?" asked Lucas. His voice was casual and his hand was getting ready to hold a pen.Nathan smiled, took out a pen from a drawer, and signed his name on the contract before passing it to Lucas.Lucas held the pen tightly in his hand as he signed his name on the
Lucas and Dawn waited for a while but their food still wasn't served."What's taking them so long?" mumbled Dawn."They're probably busy. We don't have any other plans tonight, there's no rush."Lucas picked up his phone and began playing a game. At the same time, he poured a glass of water for Dawn. "Here, have some water., it'll ease the hunger"Dawn was rendered speechless.She picked up the glass, took a sip of water, and then began looking around. That was when she noticed a table of a man and two women receiving their food as soon as they sat down.Seeing that, Dawn shouted, "Waitress!"A girl in her early 20s quickly walked over to her. "How may I help?""When will our food be served? We've already been waiting for a long time." Dawn was a little dissatisfied."I'm sorry, Miss. The kitchen is already preparing your dishes and the food will be served very soon," the waitress said apologetically."What do you mean by that? We've already been waiting for ages. Not only th
"Harry and I are planning to go to the beach after this, do you want to come with us?" Shannon asked Laura.After giving it some thought, Laura nodded. "Sure!"The three of them waited for about a quarter of an hour after the meal before Chris came to pick them up."Have you finished?" Chris was asking everyone but his eyes were fixed on Laura."Yes, we have. I have to admit, the food here is actually quite nice," said Harry.He seemed to not have had enough as he placed some more food in his mouth."Do you want some more? We're in no rush anyway."Laura was worried that Harry didn't have enough to eat."No, I'm full. Let's head to the beach." The thought of going to the beach and enjoying the night view with Shannon made Harry very excited."What beach?" asked Chris. He was a little puzzled."Shannon just said that they were going to the beach and asked me if I wanted to join them. It felt like a good idea to me so I agreed. Do you want to come as well?" Laura turned to look
The two children attracted Laura's attention and she just watched them play.The two children looked a little alike. The boy was obviously a little older than the girl. They were most likely brother and sister.The little girl noticed Laura's gaze, so she walked up to her. "Are you looking at us?"The little boy noticed his sister standing in front of two strangers. He then rushed over and stood between the girl, and Laura and Chris with an alarming look on his face."Don't worry. We won't hurt you." Laura squatted down so that she was the same height as the two children."I think I know what she wants, Owen," the little girl suddenly said with a serious face."What does she want?" The little boy's face softened when he looked at the little girl."She's looking at us, so she must be wanting to play with us!" the girl said innocently and then looked at Laura. "Am I right?"Laura squatted down and pinched the girl's face with a smile. "Yes, you are! I love children who are cute l
Chapter 1"Miss Walker, I don't have too many requirements for my girlfriend. All you have to do after we're married is to quit your job and be a full-time housewife. My work is tiring, you need to know how to take good care of me. You will also have to make me proud when we're out as well. I earn quite a lot a month. My monthly salary is 1600 dollars. I'll give you 200 dollars a month for your living expenses. It's quite a lot, but I don't want to waste any of it."Laura Walker was sitting on the other side of the dining table drinking tea. The person who was speaking was her blind date for today."I'm quite satisfied with you, Miss Walker. What do you think of me?" The man looked at Laura's delicate face with perverted eyes. He had a confident look on his face.He reached out his hands in an attempt to hold Laura's hands which were on the table, but Laura quickly withdrew her hands when she saw what the man was trying to do.Laura smiled at him, picked up the cup on the table an
Laura got into a taxi and returned home. She was planning on telling her grandmother that she was married. However, she planned on making some food for her grandmother before she went to the hospital.As soon as Laura walked into the house, she saw Shone Walker walking towards her with a smile on her face."Laura, I've picked a man for you today. He's nine years older than you, so he's 34, but he really knows how to take care of people. His ex-wife gave birth to a son for him before she died. You won't even have to give birth to a child after you marry him. The most important thing is that he's willing to give 40 thousand dollars as bride price. I've already accepted his offer for you. You should get a good night's rest tonight and dress up tomorrow for a meal."Laura clenched her fists which were hanging at either side of her.Ever since she was little, her mother had preferred boys to girls. Her younger brother had recently got a girlfriend, so her mother wanted her to be married
Chris nodded. "Follow me then. Since you're married to me, then we should be living together."Laura thought about it and then nodded in agreement.She probably wouldn't be able to head back to that home of hers anyway.When Laura thought of Shona's attitude towards her, a flash of sadness appeared in her eyes.Chris had always been very sensitive. He had sensed the change in mood of the person next to him, but he wouldn't ask anything that had nothing to do with him.Chris brought Laura to a normal community where he had got someone to buy in the afternoon."The passcode is 159357," Chris told Laura the passcode to the door.After they went in, Laura realized that the house was quite big, but it was a little empty. Only a sofa, a table, a couple of chairs were in the living room and nothing else."This is your room. All the pillows and sheets are clean and they're on the bed.""Okay, thank you." Laura turned around and looked at Chris. It was late, so she wanted to have a sho
Laura had heard of Muesli in the past. It was something made from the best nuts, and oats crumbs mixed with honey. It was very healthy.Laura's lips curved into a smile. "Well, he's the CEO of a listed company."She felt that they couldn't be compared to someone like the CEO of a listed company.Shannon looked longingly out the door. "Miss Walker, you've been here quite a long time, haven't you? Have you seen what Mr. Jacobs looks like? I've heard that he doesn't like to be interviewed. There aren't any pictures of him online either. I don't know what he looks like. If he's handsome then... maybe.... well, I can use this job to my advantage. If I'm able to bump into him here and he falls in love with me at first sight, it'll be a laugh!"Laura shook her head.The convenience store had been open for almost six months, but she had never seen the CEO of the Jacobs Group.Of course, Laura wasn't curious what the CEO of the Jacobs Group looked like either.She quickly finished her br