Chapter 318 What a Hypocrite

"I just noticed that Mr. Jack and Mr. Jacob didn't fight at our meeting this afternoon! He even smiled at
him! First time in history that happened! It almost scared me! I think Mr. Jack's planning something and
it's going to blow up in Mr. Gu's face big time."

"I think he's in love, though. I heard he's trying to win over the manager at Lu Jewelry. He's been all
over the news recently."

All the employees were gossiping over the sudden change in Jack's behavior.

Even Jacob noticed the change in Jack that he called Sam to his office. "Jack seems to be acting
strange recently. What does he have planned?" he asked.

Sam answered, "Well, Mr. Jack seems to be trying to win over a new woman - it's the new general
manager of Lu Jewelry."

When Jacob heard this, he thought it was ridiculous, "What? He's pursuing a new woman? How true is
that?" he asked with a mixture of amusement and distrust.

Jack'd never let any woman get close to him in the past four years and suddenly, he was pursuing
someone now? Only idiots would believe that.

Sam continued, "I find it hard to believe too. But apparently, it's true. He's even given her a project and
he's going to help her out by tapping some A-listers to endorse her jewelry."

Jacob was reminded of Emily's jewelry designing as he listened to Sam. His face suddenly darkened.
"All right, keep an eye on him, and if you find out anything else, let me know as soon as you do," Jacob
said.

"Yes, Mr. Jacob," Sam replied.



The following day, Jack had already learned his lesson from before. He was devious enough to ask for
a meeting with Emily in a cafe with the agenda of signing their contract.

This time she couldn't refuse him with some silly excuse such as trying to lose weight.

Jack patiently waited in the cafe, occasionally glancing at his wrist to check the time because knowing
Emily, she always arrived earlier than the set time.

Emily arrived on time. When Jack saw her, he smiled and pulled a chair for her. "What would you like to
drink? A cup of cappuccino?" he asked.

Cappuccino was Emily's favorite coffee from before.

Emily sat down gracefully, a distant smile pasted on her face, as she replied, "Just an Americano,
please, thank you."

Jack's eyes dimmed slightly. He sat opposite her quiet for a while seemingly had forgotten what their
meeting was about until Emily reminded him.

"Mr. Jack, I'm here for the contract signing," Emily said matter-of-factly.

Jack came back to his senses and handed Emily the contract. "Miss Lu, you can check the contract
again just to be sure," he said softly.

Emily took the contract in her hands and perused it carefully. She looked so beautiful as she looked
through the contract - her lashes fluttering every now and then.

Jack was utterly absorbed in her beauty.

When he liked a woman, he always thought of her as beautiful in everything she did.



"Mr. Jack, this contract is very generous," Emily commented as she flipped through the contract. With
her free hand, she picked up her coffee and took a sip, "What exactly do you want from me?" she
questioned, a bit confused.

Jack kept his gaze fixed on her as he answered, "I think Lu Jewelry has a lot of potential to grow in the
future. Give it a few more years and it can completely dominate the market here. So naturally, I'd want
a partnership with your growing company."

Emily suddenly laughed at his words, and said, "Mr. Jack, how hypocritical of you."

Jack got frustrated - what did he do wrong now? Why was Emily accusing him of being hypocritical?

"I'm not the kind of person you think I am," he explained, feeling a bit offended.

"Mr. Jack, I'd just like to say that I'm a very straightforward person and I don't say anything that I don't
mean," Emily said as the smile on her face disappeared, "Other than corporate interest, you have no
holds in this contract. So are you still willing to push through with this? It's not too late, nothing's set in
stone, you can still back out."

This contract was a bit too generous. Emily had to remind him before signing because she didn't want
him to regret anything.

"You're wrong," Jack replied, as his face suddenly became serious, "I don't want anything from you, I
just..." his voice sounded sincere.

"Just what?" Emily taunted.

"I just want to make you happy," Jack admitted.

Emily looked at him and asked, "Don't you want anything else from this?"



Jack looked deeply into her eyes and replied, "Your happiness is enough."

Emily just sat there, a bit dazed. After a few moments, she bit her upper lip and said, "What do you
take me for? An innocent, little girl? Do you really think I'm falling for this? I'm not the innocent, little girl
I used to be, you know."

"No, it's not that," Jack said hastily.

Emily didn't let him finish what he was saying as she cut him off aggressively, "Change this contract.
Modify the terms of agreement. 70% of the profit will go to you and I'll take the rest. If you agree, I'll
sign this right now. But if you don't, I'm leaving."

Emily wasn't in the mood to waste time. She made it clear that she wasn't here to take advantage of his
feelings for her. In addition to that, Lu Jewelry didn't need any money right now - what they needed was
exposure, fame, reputation.

She was so resolute and final that Jack had no choice but to agree. He originally intended for this
contract to just get on Emily's good side but she refused to accept it and even negotiated his terms with
him, changing it completely.

In reality, Jack didn't care about the money at all. Anything she wanted, he would give it to her on a
silver platter.

After Jack signed his name on the dotted line, he handed the pen to Emily and said gently, "Miss Lu, I
really hope we can be friends too not just partners."

Emily chuckled lightly, "Okay."

She glanced at him - a look that made Jack's heart race. He could feel it beating rapidly. Emily had
changed now and he couldn't read her anymore like he used to but that didn't change his feelings for



her.

What should he do to be with her again? Jack just wanted to know what he needed to do.

It was a pleasant meeting. When they left, Jack offered to take Emily but she refused adamantly.

Jack didn't want to take no for an answer so he followed her and said in a soft voice, "Miss Lu, I'm a
gentleman and gentlemen always takes the lady home."

Emily was starting to get irritated now. "I drove myself here and if you drive me home, I'll have to leave
my car here. And that would be just stupid," she said, rolling her eyes.

"Oh, since you drove yourself here, could you give me a ride? Because I don't have my car with me,"
Jack said. He was just obviously doing whatever he could to get Emily to spend more time with him.

But to his disappointment, Emily handed him a hundred-dollar bill and told him to take a cab.

"Mr. Jack, go and get a cab," Emily spat and walked away.

Jack started to feel helpless.

Meanwhile, Jacob was just leaving another coffee place when his eyes fell on Jack who was following
a woman around like a homeless puppy.

Jacob sneered and started to question if Jack really did like this woman or if he was just playing
another trick.

However, when the woman turned around, Jacob saw her face and he froze. His pupils dilated and he
found it difficult to breathe.

Emily!



That woman was Emily! How could that be?

Jacob couldn't help it - he left his partner and rushed towards them.

But by the time he got there, both Jack and the woman had already disappeared among the crowd.

Jacob looked around carefully, but found nothing as if it was all just a hallucination.

But he knew it was real.

He saw it with his own eyes.

No matter what Jack was up to now - he succeeded because he drew Jacob's attention to that woman.
Whether it was a trap or not, he still needed to know the truth.


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