Jarvis himself looked like he was clearly out of his mind. It was as though he had lost all his common sense. Why would the manager speak up for him when the one he had contacted was only the vice manager?
Then again, Gerald knew that this was partly his fault for acting so low-key with everything he did. However, he didn’t really want to expose his true identity now, especially not in front of these pricks. The entire experience was just slightly disappointing.
As they entered further into the building, the two groups slowly merged into a single, large one. After Jarvis’s ‘help’, the girls from the other group were feeling grateful toward him. Some of them even started idolizing him, and this made Yolanda green with envy, birthing a strong sense of rivalry in her soul.
The girls flirting with him were very pretty as well. Naturally, this only served to further fuel Yolanda’s jealousy and annoyance at the girls. However, all she could do was roll her eyes at them.
“Put my bag away for me!” said Yolanda as she tossed her bag at Gerald before walking toward Jarvis, visibly unhappy.
“Say Jarvis, where are we going later? Didn’t you say that you’d take me to the springs and treat me to some good food?” asked Yolanda as she pouted her lips and clung to Jarvis’s arm.
She was going on the attack now. If she didn’t act fast, her man might get stolen away by one of these girls! Both Hugo and Queeny had been helping her get closer to him these days. Adding that to Yolanda’s good looks, Jarvis and her were now at the stage where they could openly flirt with each other. She was already so close.
“Of course I will!” said Jarvis as he smiled.
“Oh? Is she your girlfriend, Jarvis?” asked one of the girls.
“She’s so pretty!” complemented another as she smiled.
Yolanda simply remained silent as her ears perked, waiting for Jarvis’s response.
Jarvis then put on a fake smile as he said, “Nah, she’s just a really close friend!”
Gerald felt slightly awkward with this turn of events. It was just way too coincidental. However, he was lucky that Mr. Winters had not mentioned anything about the blind date when they had their lunch together yesterday.
Queeny was already on the way home when Mr. Winters asked Gerald out for lunch. It was clear that he wanted to ask about the blind date, but it was inconvenient to do so since Queeny was around. Gerald himself didn’t want to talk about it. He had wanted to wait till lunch before bringing it up with Mr. Winters.
Besides, it was best that Queeny didn’t know about the blind date. She would definitely tell Francis about it, which in turn would only cause more conflict between them. The best thing to do was to keep it to themselves.
D*mn it. Gerald’s original blind date was here and she was Xabrina’s sister! However, she was truly very elegant and even Gerald couldn’t help but sneak a few stares at her.
Michelle, on the other hand, was very curious about Jarvis. Her curiosity began when she saw him do what he did at the ticket counter just a while ago. When she realized that she was already acquainted with Queeny, the two of them immediately clicked and kept their conversation going.
As for Yolanda, she was fuming with jealousy. She even made a few passive-aggressive remarks whenever she could.
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