As Frankie gets distracted, Jenny struggles to get away to stand in the corner, looking at Luke in surprise.
“Mr. Lu... I...” Frankie loses composure and his heart sinks as if his boss got goods on him, which distracts him from Jenny.
Luke glances at Frankie with contempt before setting his eyes upon Mr. Wang who stands behind him, “Mr. Wang, you’d better be strict with your man.”
“Mr. Lu, I guess you may not know Jenny belongs to Frankie’s apartment, so...” Mr. Wang tries to explain cautiously.
“A manager paws an actress in the public. What if a reporter took a picture of that? Would it do any good to the company or the actress?”
Luke interrupts Mr. Wang without mercy.
“Yes, it’s my fault.”
Frankie can no longer just stand aside and says, “Mr. Lu, it’s got nothing to do with Mr. Wang. Just something personal between Jen and I. We’ll take care of it. You two must be busy. You may leave.”
“Huh?” As Luke’s eyes deepen and settle on the obvious red mark on Jenny’s shoulder, his voice instantly gets cold, “What’s personal affairs between you and my fiancee?”
His words shock everyone else there.
What did Luke just say?
His fiancee?
Jenny?
Everyone casts the eyes on Jenny.
Jenny is astonished as well. She stares at Luke with shock and gradually lifts her eyebrows.
She feels embarrassed to retort in front of everyone upon Luke, who always means exactly what he says. Is he really going to marry her?
Or did he just try to save her from embarrassment?
But was he aware his words couldn’t be taken back?
This is the banquet held by Jade Picture. The news will be massively discussed before tomorrow morning.
Frankie is also so astonished that he says haltingly, “Fiancee...? How could it be possible...”
“Sir, what’s your opinion?”
Luke’s extremely cold eyes obviously indicate that he doesn’t want to hear Frankie talking.
Frankie gets freaked by the word “fiancee”. He doesn’t understand Luke’s meaning and is about to talk. Mr. Wang who stands beside him stops him.
“Mr. Lu, when will the engagement ceremony be held? I wish you could have told me that. Jenny is our employee after all.”
According to the contract, Jenny is not allowed to get married during the 5 years from the date she signed it.
But what if she is going to marry the boss?
That’s different.
“Sir...”
Frankie frowns tightly, seeing John walking away. He turns around only to find no one around the gate, with what Luke said echoing in his mind.
Fiancee?
Why?
He begged for help when Jenny’s family was in trouble; he regularly had her favorite snacks delivered to her out of worries after she went to Melbourne to study without telling him; he squeezed time to talk to her online no matter how busy he was; he spared no efforts to help her with the contract, find the best agent for her, and take care of her whenever she was in trouble, after waiting 3 years for her to come back.
But she wasn’t devoted to him however hard he tried as if he would never be the most important person for her.
So he was in panic and meanwhile Jessica showed up. By contract, Jessica is warm and sensitive, and knows him well. He hesitated but crossed the bottom line in the end. He can’t get back to who he was, like a train left the rails.
Should he be the one to blame?
“Jenny, tell me, should I be the one to blame?”
He recalls the moment Jenny left, holding Luke’s arm with a smile on her face and even her back looking splendid. He didn’t realize the innocent little girl could turn to be mature and sexy. His mind instantly goes blank and his eyes look more and more regretful.
If Jenny was forced to depend on Luke because of the scandals, would it change everything that he figures out a way for her to resume?
“Hello, sir, I got an idea. Friday’s Eight Thirty program is in lack of an actress because the original actor had her leg hurt during the shooting. What do you think Jessica joins the program with Jenny?”
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