Chapter 85
In the afternoon, Julie packed her things and was just about to clock out of work when Amaya called out to her.
“Don’Target that Zachary is treating us to dinner, Jules.”
Julie trowned light, then gently shook her head. “I don’t want to ge
Amaya was shinned “Why?”
Julle did not both elaborating and simply replied breezily, “I just don’t want bo
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Seeing this, Amaya hurriedly cajoled, “Come on, don’t be like that. Zachary’s the CEO of a company after all, so who knows, he might be able to land us some valuable resources.”
Jube could not help but hesitate at that
H
Amaya walked up and wound her arms around h
affectionately
“Aw, I know you don’t like becoming too involved with Zachary, but this is purely for business. Our studio just opened for business, so we can’t just load around all day making negative profit hast think of it as a business dinner.”
Jube thought it over for a moment and felt that Amaya made sense
Although Zachary had now broken off from his parents and was starting a business from scratch, he still had significant.connections.
Since she and Amaya had already made the decision to seriously start up their business, she should not be letting personal feelings get involved
She nodded, saying, “Alright. When do we go then?”
Upon hearing Julie’s agreement, Amaya broke into a grin. “7:00 pm. We’ll just drive over later instead of heading there with Zachary”
Julie nodded. “Alright, got it.”
When she recalled her dinner date with Lucian later, she hurriedly stepped out into the corridor outside and called him.
The phone only had time to ring once before someone answered the call.
“Have you already arthed, inte miss Somers?” asked Lucian
Julle could vaguely hear car horns blaring alongside the sound of his voice. He was evidently already on the way
“About that I–I may not be able to treat you to dinner tonight anymore,”
.” she said awkwardly.
Lucian fell silent for a while before asking coldly, “Why? Give me a good reason.
As soon as she heard his tone of voice, she knew that he was definitely angry.
She had stood him up, after all,
“Thave to attend a business dinner today to discuss a collaboration,” she murmured guiltly, acting like a child who had done something wrong “So…” “Where are you having your business dinner?” he asked.
“Fragrance House at 7:00 pm, Julie replied honestly.
“Got it,” Lucian said shortly, his voice as calm and emotionless as a still lake.
“Are you angry, Lucian?” Julie asked uncertainly
Lucian snorted coldly. “What do you think? Only you would dare pull my leg like this, Juju.”
Julie felt her heart constrict and explained in a pank, “I’m sorry! I didn’t do it on purpose. I really just couldn’t turn it down.”
She realized belatedly that she should just not have spoken at all. The more she elaborated, the guiltier she felt. At the end, her voice had become so quiet it could have maled the
of a mosquito
“Alright. I get it,” drawled Lucian. “You can stop making excuses already.”
Julefelten guilter at that
“Then… Then, you should just go and have dinner with your friends,” she said quietly, as if she was a primary school student caught doing something wrong. “Drive safe. ” “Okay”
Jude remained silent. She sighed in relief when she saw that Lucian hadanded the call.
Every time she faced Lucian, she would become so nervous that she ended up tongue–tied
Unable to bear this side of her, she smacked her own cheeks in annoyance, as if trying to smack herself awake.
*Why are you hitting yourself, Jules?”
Amaya just so happened to walk out to this scene, and she stared at fulie as if she was looking at an idiot.
Julie smiled wardly “There was a mosquito flying around, so I was trying to smack it.”
Anaya’s lips twitched up in amusement.
A mosquito, huh? How were there mosquitos around in the middle of winter?
