“I won’t hit on your brother.”
Josh said in amusement, “Though I must say, your brother looks very delicate. If he wears women’s clothing and a wig, he’ll definitely turn into a beauty…”
Jasmine pinched him fiercely again.
“Ms. Sox!”
Josh rubbed the sore spot, but he continued to say, “Is this your way of showing me tough love?”
“There’s also a saying that violence is affection. Do you want me to get violent with you?”
Josh was speechless.
Zack and Serena, who were walking in front of them, were exchanging sweet nothings.
Realizing that Josh and Jasmine were not following, Serena turned her head and noticed that the pair seemed to be arguing.
“Zack, why do Mr. Bucham and Jasmine look like they’re fighting?”
Zack glanced at his friend and said lightly, “No, Mr. Bucham has a good temper.”
If the people who were suppressed by Josh before were present, they would be speechless right now.
If Josh’s temper was labeled good, there would be no one in this world with a bad temper.
“Don’t mind them. Let’s go.”
Zack let Serena continue holding his arm. The couple was very close.
“Zack, will your CEO’s wife be coming as well?”
“Why?”
“Nothing. I just wanted to see her. I wonder if I’ll have a chance to talk to her.”
She had to befriend Mrs. York first before she could ask her about her husband-
managing skills.
Zack said calmly, “You’re a step too late. Our CEO and his wife left before your arrived. Every year, he leaves after his speech. He always says that everyone won’t be able to have fun if he stays.”
That was true.
In previous years, Zack left after giving his speech.
A few of his brothers and Josh would take charge of the dinner by taking turns to host instead.
“We’re too late?” Serena lamented.
“Jasmine and I kept urging Drake to speed up. We arrived at 7:30 pm, but we still missed them.
“Was the time of the invitation you gave me wrong? Or did you give us a different invitation which stated a different time because you didn’t want us, family members, to hear your CEO’s speech?”
“That’s right.”
Since Serena gave him a good excuse, Zack took advantage of it.
It also saved him from having to think about how to explain the wrong time on the invitation.
“Did you see your CEO’s wife?”
Zack said warmly, “I saw her. She’s really beautiful. As soon as she appeared, she became the most dazzling woman in the room. She had completely charmed our boss.”
“Is she as beautiful as Aphrodite?”
Zack turned to look at her and smiled. “In his eyes, she’s even more beautiful than Aphrodite.”
Beauty was in the eye of the beholder. In Zack’s eyes, his Serena was more beautiful than the goddess of beauty herself.
Serena laughed. “That’s true. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder indeed. Since your boss loves her, he naturally thinks she’s the most beautiful woman.”
“Seren.”
Zack leaned into her ear and whispered huskily, “In my eyes, you’re the most beautiful woman in the world. You look so heavenly tonight that I can’t take my eyes off you. I’m starting to regret a little, I shouldn’t have let you come dolled up from head to toe. I want to hide your beauty and tuck you away to appreciate it all by myself.”
“Clothes maketh the man. I put on a new gown and light makeup. If my appearance didn’t improve significantly, it’d be a waste of all the money you spent to buy me the dress.”
Zack kissed her cheek.
Serena flinched and quickly pushed him away, whispering angrily, “Behave!”
It was only after they were intimate with each other did Serena realize how passionate and lascivious he truly was.
Zack chuckled softly. “I’ll become a wolf at home.”
Serena squeezed the back of his hand lightly, but he dotingly pulled her hand up and kissed the back of her hand.
When she was about to pinch him again, he suddenly led her forward with a straight face, making her too embarrassed to pinch him again.
No one in York Corporation was surprised that Zack appeared at the annual dinner with Serena this year. All the executives were polite to Serena.
However, Josh’s female companion this year was switched to Jasmine, whose last name was not Bucham. This surprised everyone.
The female employees who adored Josh were very sharp. When they heard Josh introduce Jasmine, they guessed she was the person Josh liked, and with eyes filled with envy and jealousy, they looked at Jasmine.
Mr. Bucham actually had a lady he fancied!
He was following in Mr. York’s footsteps.
Although everyone looked at Jasmine with jealousy, no one dared provoke her openly mainly because they were afraid of Josh.
Serena whispered to Zack, “Looks like Mr. Bucham is very popular in your company. If looks could kill, who knows how many times Jasmine would have died already.”
Zack said faintly, “Mr. Bucham holds a high position. He’s young, handsome, and rich. He also looks pretty easygoing. Although with his excessive liking for gossip, he’s still very much a catch.”
Josh was speechless.
Was his boss complimenting or belittling him?
“Do you want to go home early, Seren?”
“Can we leave early?”
This was his company’s annual dinner, and she came as his plus one. After walking around, Serena did not want to stay any longer.
Although everyone was polite to her, she was unfamiliar with them. She could not join the conversation when Zack and his colleagues spoke about work, so she could only eat and drink. Also, everyone looked at her with odd eyes, but she could not decipher what they meant.
Maybe they saw how much she was eating and were secretly thinking she was a glutton.
“We can.”
He left early in previous years.
This year, he stayed for more than an hour because of her.
“Then let’s go. I’m full anyway.”
She was a foodie and loved to eat. Zack took care of her and brought all her favorite foods to her. He hovered around her since she walked in.
Zack brushed her nose dotingly. “All you do is eat. Are you full? If you’re not, I’ll get you more food.”
“No, I’ll burst if I eat any more. Your company’s cafeteria chefs are really good. All the food they prepare tastes great.”
The dinner was hosted in a buffet style. There was a variety of food. Serena tried many of them and found all of them delicious. The cafeteria chefs were qualified enough to work in high-end hotels.
“They weren’t prepared by the cafeteria chefs, but by the chefs transferred from our group’s hotels.”
Serena was struck by a realization. It was no wonder she thought that everything was tasty. She ate so much that she almost became a pig.
“Let’s go home. You’re full, but I’m still hungry,” Zack spoke meaningfully.
Serena caught the implication in his words and blushed slightly.
After Zack took Serena away, everyone’s tense nerves were able to relax, and the atmosphere changed.
Mr. York, who had eaten his fill, played with the hair of a delicate maiden in his arms.
“Seren, I might have to go on a business trip.”
Serena looked up while still in his arms and asked in confusion, “It’s only a few days till your company’s annual break, but you have to go on a business trip?”
“It’s a short one to Annenburg. I’ll be back in a couple of days.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.