A Call That Changed Her Entire Life novel Chapter 317

It would've been easy for Jack to find where Emily lived, but he didn't want her to find him disgusting for such a thing.

He had a plan to do all the things orderly. He would take things slowly, and have Emily accept him little by little.

The next day, Jack ordered his secretary to call Lu Jewelry and make a private appointment with Emily to discuss matters of cooperation.

Surely enough, Emily, being the workaholic of the Lu Jewelry company, didn't refuse.

In his excitement, Jack arrived as soon as it was time for the meeting. The secretary directed him to Emily's office, and he was in high spirits on the way there.

Knock, knock. Finally in front of the office, he couldn't help but feel a bit nervous. He tapped his foot and unconsciously pulled at his tie to relieve the tension.

The knob turned with a click, and the door swung open.

Emily's face was cold, and Jack was at a loss for what expression to give in return. "Miss Lu-"

"Are you here to talk about cooperation? Come in, please," she asked before he could continue. The smile she put on was clearly formulaic, but it was still enough to flatter the man.

He made sure to pull his reactions back and look as serious as possible to maintain the facade. "Yes, I'm here for cooperation," he said, as if he had no other intentions.

She invited him into the office. The situation of the company was at a low point, and there didn't seem to be any sign of it getting better, so Emily knew she had to make the most out of this opportunity.

An hour passed before they ended the appointment.

All Jack could really think about while they discussed was how he could possibly make it last longer. Staring at the woman brought him happiness and satisfaction, after all.

Emily was quite satisfied with his offer, but she was also aware of why he really wanted to cooperate with Lu. She was a businesswoman, and it would've been stupid to refuse the deal because of personal matters.

After all, Gu's firm was the most desirable partner of all enterprises, so who was she to decline that?

With their help, Emily could bring better business to Lu Jewelry.

"If everything is in order, kindly sign the contract," Emily reminded him calmly as she ignored the way Jack was gazing at her.

He coughed a bit when her voice snapped him out of his little trance, and he looked into her cold eyes. "I'll have to go back and have the lawyer supplement some terms. I'll come back tomorrow, and if everything is in order for you, we can sign the contract immediately."

In her head, Emily was rolling her eyes. 'An excuse to meet again tomorrow?' she thought.

Instead, she cocked her eyebrow and smiled ambiguously. "Well, I wish us a pleasant cooperation, Jack."

He had an inkling that she could see through his actions, and that she knew what his intentions were. With Jack being shameless, though, he felt no ounce of discomfort.

"Same here," he smiled and seized the opportunity to make an invitation. "Miss Lu, how about having lunch together?"

"I'm sorry, I've been watching my weight recently," she quickly made an excuse to decline. As he was a potential partner, she had to stay polite.

He frowned and replied without thinking, "You're losing weight? But you're so slim, there's no need for you to lose weight. The wind could probably blow you away if you become a tad lighter."

Really, Jack would have Emily eat more and more, so she could be cute and chubby like a baby animal.

She remained unaffected, and looked at him indifferently. "Do you live by the seaside, Jack?"

"Sorry?" 'By the seaside?', he wondered. He didn't have a house near the water.

Before he was asked out, he had no idea what Emily meant. When he got back into his car, he just had to ask his secretary about it. "If a girl asks you whether or not you lived by the seaside, what does she mean?"

Before his secretary could answer, he went on. "Does she like houses near the sea? Would she be pleased if I buy her one?"

Silence followed his remarks. The secretary was a bit speechless at his boss's questions, and he felt quite helpless for him. "How did you manage to go out with Emily given your low IQ…"

A thought struck Jack, and they went silent. Over the past four years, Emily seemed like taboo, like the mention of the name was forbidden. Whoever even suggested something that concerned her would face Jack's anger.

A moment passed, however, and he wasn't being scolded. What made him even more surprised was that Jack seemed to be lost in thought with a troubled look on his face.

"Doesn't she mean a house near the sea? What does she want?"

The secretary's eyes went wide. 'So he's not angry?' he thought. There was no sign of Jack losing his temper, and this was a first after anyone mentioned Emily's name. It was very odd. Very odd, indeed.

"Mr. Gu, can you tell me more about it? Maybe then I can offer some advice."

Jack was in love, and his brain was high on it. His secretary's words were barely registering. He told him about the whole episode regardless. "So that's what went on, and then I was driven away."

"Oh…Mr. Gu…how could you call a girl slim and tell her to stop losing weight? It was definitely inappropriate." How shameless, the secretary thought, and it definitely showed on his face. "She asked you if you lived by the sea because you were interfering too much."

Jack, though, was unconvinced. He had pursued many girls in the past, and was sure he knew what he was doing. "I would never support her wanting to lose weight because she's already skinny."

His secretary sighed in frustration. "Well, you should just tell her to take care of herself in a roundabout way. You can't just comment on a woman's body in a professional setting, she must dislike you now."

Jack looked at him skeptically. "Are you sure?" Since he hadn't touched a girl in four years, he's become quite a rookie in the love game.

"So she doesn't like me now?" Worried, he frowned in distress. He looked like a love struck teenager whose crush didn't like him back.

His secretary was nothing short of shocked to see his boss had fallen in love. It was a dear diary moment, for sure.

Because he hadn't seen the new manager of Lu Jewelry in a long time, he assumed that Jack had finally walked out of Emily's shadow and into a new chapter in his life.

It was a better way to go, he thought, since no one truly wants to bury the rest of his life away.

The secretary wondered how charming the manager of Lu Jewelry was, for Mr. Gu to be so obsessed with her.

Meanwhile, back at her office, Emily felt her nose itch before she sneezed. He cleaned her hands and opened up the take-out her assistant just bought.

Losing weight was just a lie to get rid of Jack, after all.

She didn't like the idea of going out with him alone.

What she didn't know, though, was that Jack was doing his research on her casual words.

It would seem that this man was not as confident about relationship matters as one would think.

He thought hard about her words, but that day, he was happily content about reaching a cooperation with her. They had a formal partnership.

This meant that, at least for work, she wouldn't refuse to meet him.

It wasn't only his secretary that noticed the little change in Jack. Even the staff at his firm could tell something was up. They all had their phones out in an instant, busy typing away and gossiping on their little WeChat group.

Oh. My. God. Did you see Mr. Gu?? Isn't there something different about him. He looks like he just won the lottery! He was in high spirits…so weird.