Chapter 334 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“It was purely coincidental. I only just found out this morning that Harry offered you a job, and I also just told him I offered Bryan a job. So can you both stop making useless assumptions?” Benne asked in a slightly impatient tone.

“You can’t blame us for assuming so. You would think so too if you were in our shoes,” Jade said with a smile, “By the way, what position did you offer Bryan?” She asked curiously.

“You can either stay back here and talk to them about it while I return to my office, or you can leave that discussion for later and talk with them when I’m not in a hurry to get back to work,” Harry said quietly since neither of her brothers was willing to rescue him from her.

“Right. I wish I could hang around and talk to you both, but I dragged uncle Harry from his precious office to show me around the company. So let’s talk after I’m done. You’re still around, right?” She asked Bryan, and he gave her a nod.

“Good then. See you both soon,” she said with a small wave as she turned around and dragged Harry out with her.

“Why does your friend look scared of her?” Bryan asked the moment they shut the door behind them, and Benne chuckled.

“Because he is obviously scared of her,” Benne said with a grin that left Bryan curious.

“Why is he scared of her?” He asked with interest.

“He is not used to having ladies cling to him that way. He’s very old-fashioned.”

“Old-fashioned in what sense?” Bryan inquired, and Benne looked at him for a moment.

“He is not the sex before marriage kind of guy,” Benne explained, and Bryan’s eyes widened in surprise.

“Harry?” He asked in disbelief, and Benne gave him a nod.

“Wow!” Bryan exclaimed as he looked at the door as though he could see Harry. Now he could understand why Benne had felt confident enough to send Harry to Jade and why Benne believed that Harry was good for Jade.

While the brothers were busy discussing him, Harry tried to keep as much distance as he could between himself and their sister as he showed her around the different parts of the building. The last thing he wanted was for the staff to see him walking around the office premises so intimately with a woman. It was only a matter of time before they would find out who the woman was, and then rumors would start, which would only become worse when she eventually resumed work here if she does.

By the time he led her out of the part of the building that housed the legal team, Jade was already feeling tired and hungry, so she turned to him, “I’m tired, and I’m hungry. Can we have breakfast together before you return to your office?” She asked hopefully, patting her abdomen to show him that she was hungry.

“You know where the cafeteria is….”

“No. I don’t want to eat alone. I want to have breakfast with you for one last time before I leave,” Jade said, blinking rapidly at him until he sighed.

“Fine. Let’s go,” he said as he walked ahead of her, and once again, she ran up to him.

Thinking that she had given him enough space and now he seemed relaxed, she tried to reach for his arm, but before she could do so, he gave her a warning look to stop her.

“Fine,” Jade said as she raised her hands in surrender and then dropped them beside her as she walked next to him silently.

“You know, I just remembered something funny about last night. You were really cool….” Jade started once they got to the cafeteria, and Harry’s heart skipped a beat.

She remembered something? What did she remember? He wondered and swallowed nervously as he waited for her to go on.

Jade grinned as she looked into his face, “I still can’t believe how you handled that brat,” Jade said, making Harry want to faint with relief.

So that was what she was referring to? Thank goodness! Harry cleared his throat, “She was rude. I had to put her in her place,” Harry said, and Jade smiled.

“You actually didn’t put her in her place. You threw her out of the place,” Jade said with a giggle, and Harry smirked as they walked up to the counter to get their meal.

The lady behind the counter was surprised to see Harry, and she smiled at him nervously, “What can I get you, sir? You can sit down while I serve you,” she offered, wanting him to leave the counter before he would find something to query her over.

“Do you serve every staff that comes in here to eat?” Harry asked calmly, and she shook her head.

“It’s because it is your first time….”

“Then you don’t have to serve me either,” Harry cut in before she could finish, and then he turned to Jade, “What do you want to eat?” Harry asked Jade, who was busy watching the woman who was beginning to sweat.

“Serve us your best dishes,” Jade told the lady with a polite smile before turning to Harry, “Why don’t we let her serve us?” She asked, and before Harry could refuse, she took his arm and dragged him away from the counter to the relief of the lady.

“If you like being served so much, you could have just sat down here and waited for me to serve you. You shouldn’t stress the lady,” Harry scolded, and Jade snorted.

“You were the one who was stressing her. You were making her uncomfortable. Can’t believe you are so ignorant,” Jade tutted.

“Me? I made her uncomfortable? How? I was only trying to be considerate,” Harry said with a slight frown.

“I’m sure you were. She would rather serve you, so sit down,” Jade said, and without waiting for him to pull out a seat for her, she sat down.

Harry glanced at the counter before sitting down, “Aurora gave me a call last night,” he said conversationally, and Jade raised a brow.

“She did? What did she want?” She asked, surprised. She had completely forgotten about Aurora.

“I promised to go out with her before returning to Serenopolis, so she called to remind me,” Harry explained, and Jade nodded.

“Too bad for her that you returned already,” Jade said with a small smile.

“Yeah. But she agreed to pay me a visit. So we are still going to go out as planned,” he said with a shrug, and Jade gave him a nod.

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