An Affair With The Ceo (Natasha and Jared) novel Chapter 288

Chapter 288 Give Him a Chance

Chapter 288 Give Him a Chance

Nicolas was still talking nonstop.

The driver had already hit the brakes.

“Mr. Milford, we’ve arrived,” the driver announced.

Nicolas was taken aback.

‘How did we get here so quickly?’ he wondered.

His villa was supposed to be much farther from the hotel where the party had ended.

He turned to look out the window.

‘This is the Milford Group?’ Nicolas thought, stunned.

“I’m not staying at the office tonight. I’ll sleep at home,” Nicolas said.

Nicolas was hinting that he wanted the driver to take him back to his villa.

The driver looked to Jared for guidance.

Jared said two words, “Get out!”

His voice was calm, but you could feel the power behind it.

“Jared, come on!” Nicolas was about to make a sarcastic remark.

But Jared’s voice grew more commanding. “Don’t make me say it again.”

Nicolas couldn’t help but grimace.

Left with no other choice, he opened the car door and got out.

“You’ve got some nerve. Next time, don’t even…”

Before Nicolas could finish his threat, Jared ordered the driver to pull away.

Nicolas was standing there speechless.

He couldn’t believe Jared would actually do him like this.

They’d been good friends for years.

Nicolas thought, ‘Is he really going to turn against me for Natasha?

‘Guess he’s really serious about Natasha.’

After Nicolas got out, Natasha and Jared were left sitting together in the back seat.

Neither of them spoke.

An awkward silence hung in the air.

Natasha had been rubbing her forehead and gazing out the window ever since she got in the car.

Even now, she hadn’t moved, still lost in her own thoughts, eyes fixed on the scenery outside.

“Did you drink a lot tonight?” Jared asked, breaking the silence.

Natasha didn’t look at him, shook her head, her voice calm. “Not much.”

Even though there was no way to avoid drinking tonight, Nicolas stepped in and took most of the drinks for her.

Nicolas, who was her boss and ex-brother-in-law, was actually pretty decent about it.

With him around, Natasha didn’t have to worry about anyone messing with her.

“If you didn’t drink much, why do you keep rubbing your head?” Jared asked, his brows furrowed in concern.

He’d been paying close attention to her every subtle gesture.

Natasha froze for a second, surprised.

She never thought Jared would pay such close attention to her.

She dropped her hand from her forehead and t

“Do you have nothing better to do? Why are you

Successfully unlocked!

She didn’t bother to hide her irritation as she spoke to Jared.

1/4

Chapter 288 Give Him a Chance

Jared was anything but free, he was even busier than most people.

Normally, he’d be in his fancy car catching up on work or going through documents.

But whenever Natasha was riding with him, he’d actually put everything aside to spend time with her.

But tonight, Natasha totally ignored him from start to finish.

Her focus wasn’t on him at all.

But he kept quietly watching her the whole time.

Jared’s eyes flashed with a hint of amusement. “Yeah.”

‘Did he really admit it?’ Natasha thought.

She stared at him in disbelief.

“Stop always staring at me,” Natasha said, her tone clearly annoyed.

She reminded him, her voice tinged with irritation.

She could let it slide for now, after all, it was the two of them in the back seat.

But even when Nicolas was around, Jared had been openly staring at her, not holding back at all.

He was basically one step away from blurting out that he was into her.

Nicolas wasn’t stupid. He definitely noticed.

That was why he’d been so unusually confrontational with Jared in the car earlier.

“You’re gorgeous. I want to keep looking at you,” Jared said, his eyes fixed on her.

His dark eyes burned with intensity as he stared at her.

He looked like he wished he could keep his eyes on her forever.

“Get lost!”

She snapped at Jared, her voice sharp with both annoyance and flustered frustration.

Jared shrugged, totally unfazed. “I’m looking at you. I’m not bothering you or anything. Why are you so mad?”

Natasha was speechless.

She thought, ‘Since when did this guy become so shameless?

‘How is what he said any different from what a creep would say?’

“I’m getting out!”

She didn’t want to keep talking to him any longer.

She wanted to get away from him as quickly as possible.

Honestly, having him stare at her like that made her feel totally on edge.

Jared shot the driver a look, signaling him to keep going.

He had zero intention of letting her get out.

Natasha knew arguing was useless, so she decided to ignore Jared and tuned him out.

But Jared kept talking to her like nothing had happened, not bothered at all by her cold shoulder.

“How’s it going at the Milford Group lately? Need me to step in and help with anything?” Jared asked.

“I don’t need your help.” Natasha shot back.

“Are you free this weekend? Maybe I could ask you out?” Jared asked, sounding hopeful but a little nervous.

“I’m busy!” Natasha shot back.

“How come you never text me back?” Jared asked, his tone a little wounded.

“Yeah,” Natasha replied softly.

Jared felt speechless.

Natasha never imagined Jared could be this annoying.

He wouldn’t stop talking to her.

She was really about to lose it.

She kept replying with “Yes”.

2/4

Chapter 288 Give Him a Chance

By the end, she didn’t even want to respond at all.

“Stop. Can you quit talking so much?” Natasha groaned, her voice full of frustration.

She rubbed her forehead, exasperated.

Natasha thought, ‘Wasn’t he always the ice-cold, aloof type?

‘Since when did he suddenly turn into such a chatterbox?’

Little did Natasha know, Jared only ever got this talkative when he was with someone he truly cared about.

“Honestly, I have one question for you,” Jared said.

Jared looked straight at her, his eyes never leaving hers.

Natasha, growing impatient, said, “Go ahead, ask.”

She thought, ‘Hopefully he’ll be quiet after this.

‘Then maybe I can actually have some peace and quiet.

“Do you like me?” Jared suddenly broke the silence and asked.

Natasha was stunned, her mind blank for a moment.

‘Seriously? He picked now to ask me that?’ she thought.

“I don’t like you.”

She snapped back, almost out of spite.

Jared’s eyes clouded for a moment.

Only God knew how much his heart ached when she said those three words.

“Why don’t you like me? Or is it because deep down you actually love me?” Jared, said, his tone light and teasing.

He kept his gentle gaze on her, but his voice carried a playful edge.

Natasha stiffened, caught off guard.

‘Wow, he really has the nerve to say that?’ Natasha thought.

VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABELVerify