Lost in your love novel Chapter 18

"Which coffee shop are we going to?" Gail asked.

"How about we go to the one you worked for before?" James stared at Gail and waited for her response.

"Okay. I'm going to visit an old friend there." Gail replied.

As soon as Gail and James entered the coffee shop, they immediately felt the faint scent of French perfume. Looking ahead, the coffee maker near the table leisurely provided coffee services for every customer. People felt comfortable under the warm light while listening to jazz music coming out of the record player. People in this coffee shop felt that the city was not too exuberant.

"Ronald, where is Anne?" Gail asked the coffee maker anxiously.

"Hello, Gai! Anne is upstairs. Take a seat first. I'll call her back." The coffee maker said passionately.

"No, thanks, Ronald. I'll go and find her by myself."

The second floor was also the property of Island Coffee Shop. But the customers were not willing to go to the second floor, so it was much quieter here. Gail quickly took James to the second floor, but there was no one there.

"Where is Anne?" Gail then rushed into the living room.

"Anne? Anne?" Gail asked in a low voice.

"Who is it?" A figure slowly poked out from the attic.

"Gai!" "Why are you here? I thought I wouldn't see you again." Anne said surprisingly, staring at Gail. Anne hurried forward and hugged Gail.

"Don't worry. You are still here."

"How are you these days? I haven't heard from you since you left here." Anne complained.

"What? I'm here now. I found a job in the RF Group."

"The RF Group? Ordinary people cannot work there." Anne asked with her mouth wide open.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce him to you. Anne, this is the CEO of the RF Group, Mr. James. Mr. James, this is my good friend, Anne." Gail was so excited that she forgot to introduce them to each other.

"Hello, I'm James."

"Hello." Anne greeted and reached out to shake hands with James.

Anne couldn't believe it at all. The well-dressed man standing beside her was exactly the CEO of the famous RF Group.

"How did you get to know each other?" Anne pulled Gail away and asked her.

"I don't know. That's how I get to know him." Gail didn't know how to answer.

"Gai, I envy you so much. You have a handsome guy with you every day. If he could be with me for one day, I would rather die,"

"Anne, when did you also become like this?" Gail rolled her eyes at Anne.

"Because I met a handsome guy and he is rich." Anne giggled.

"You…" Gail patted Anne's head.

Feeling bored, James went to the first floor alone and ordered a cup of coffee. Then he sat in a quiet corner. Looking out of the window, the sun went down. The slightly red clouds in the mountain stopped rolling, as if the whole world was about to turn dark.

"James, what are you thinking?" Gail walked down the stairs.

"Have you finished talking? Where is your friend?"

"She is busy. I guess she will come here later."

"Have a seat. What kind of coffee would you like?" James asked with concern.

"Whatever. I'll drink something like yours." Gail watched James drinking his favorite coffee.

"Sir, please give me another cup of cappuccino." James pointed at his coffee.

It was getting dark. Gail and James were drinking coffee on their own. Neither of them wanted to break the silence. Occasionally, when their eyes met, Gail escaped. Her face was so fiery that she couldn't bear James look at her in a second or half a second.

"What are you looking at? Why don't you enjoy your coffee?" Gail was embarrassed by James's stare.

"Are you shy?" James put his face close to Gail.

"Why would I be shy? I have a thick skin." Gail pinched her cheek.

"Really? Let me have a look." James intended to touch her face.

"What are you doing?" Gail moved away.

"I just want to see how shameless you are." Gail replied with a smile, "Get away."

"What did you say?"

No one dared to talk to James like that before, and Gail had never been insulted by others like this. However, everything had happened inadvertently. Feeling a little embarrassed, Gail glanced at James secretly. He didn't seem angry.

"Mr. James, I'm sorry. Just now I..."

"What happened? I feel a little dizzy." James changed the topic on purpose.

"Nothing happened. Maybe the coffee made you a little drunk." Gail chuckled.

It was getting dark. Besides the neon lights and the cars passing by, several pedestrians were also ready to go home. Gail and James didn't mention leaving. Maybe it was a happy thing to look at each other.

When Gail's father passed away and her mother abandoned her, love and care were like the stars in the sky for her, which were beautiful but couldn't be caught.

And James's fate was surprisingly similar to that of Gail. After his mother and father divorced, he had never seen his mother. Although his father asked him to take over the CEO position of the RF Group, he never felt the love from his father.

Perhaps it was because of the similar fate that the two people who were suffering from the same sufferings could be together.

James picked up the coffee mug and took a sip.

Staring at the wrinkled man, Gail wanted to say something, but didn't know where to begin.

At this time, Island Coffee Shop was full of melancholy. The quiet Japanese song "The Street Where Wind Settles" made this big coffee shop even more desolate.

"James, what are you thinking about?" Gail asked in a soft voice.

"Nothing. I was just wondering what would happen when I come back home." Said James, lowering his head.

"James, we've known each other for a long time, but you haven't talked about your family with me. You must feel happy staying at home." Gail propped her hands against her chin, staring at James.

"Humph!" James said with a cold smile.

Gail didn't know what the meaning of this answer is. Did he agree with her? Or he had no alternative.

"Gai, do you think you can be happy as long as you have money?" James fixed his eyes on her.

"No, I don't. But I think you have a happy family, unlike me." Gail said in a sad voice.

"Why do you think so?" Asked James anxiously.

"I just think so." Gail played with her fingers.

"Gai, you will never understand that a person who has lost the love from his or her parents is very eager for others' care. My mother and my father got divorced when I was seven years old. During the past twenty years, I have never heard about my mother. My father has been indifferent to me. Although he handed over the company to me, all this is because he is not able to run it anymore." With grief over his face, James lowered his head and pressed his lips.

Watching James get more and more sad, Gail didn't know what to do. She held his hand involuntarily.