Chapter 1446


    "Have lunch together?"


    Vanessa could not believe her ears. She thought that she must have heard it wrongly.


    When he was in thepany, Julien had always been that high and mighty president and he would


    only look at others with a contemptuous look. Now that he had asked her to lunch out of a sudden,


    there would only be two possibilities. One was he had gone out of his mind, and the other was that


    there was indeed something wrong with her ears.


    Julien asked, "Is there a problem?"


    "Are you sure that you''re asking me to lunch together?" Vanessa asked.


    Julien frowned. "Why do you find it so unbelievable that I''m treating you to lunch?"


    Vanessa smiled awkwardly. "Just forget it, Mr. Kyle."


    Julien said, "Well, your boss is treating you to lunch, are you going to kindly ept my invitation or


    not?"


    This person was actually using his position as the president of thepany to threaten her. Since


    he had already said so, there was nothing she could do but agree, right?


    Vanessa looked around and said guiltily, "Mr. Kyle, I''ve got work to finish up now so I don''t have any


    spare time for lunch. If you insist on treating me to a meal, then let''s do dinner tonight? Besides, we


    are at thepany now, and there are people everywhere. It won''t be good if they see us together."


    Julien said, "Who else in thepany doesn''t know that you''re my woman?"


    Vanessa was speechless.


    Well, what Julien said was indeed the fact.


    Since everyone knew her rtionship with Julien, so why would it matter if she had a meal with


    him?


    After thinking it through, Vanessa hooked Julien''s arm intimately and said with a smile, "Since


    you''re so kind to invite me to lunch, I have no reason to refuse, right?"


    Julien did not respond, but held Vanessa''s hand in his palm. His hand was muchrger than hers,


    and it felt like he was holding a child''s hand.


    Back then, she loved it whenever Julien held her hand like this, and she also liked to scratch his


    palm with her fingers. However, he had always been very patient with her and tolerated all her


    childish behaviours.


    If Vanessa was messing around too much sometimes, Julien would get mad at her too. But no


    matter how angry he was, as long as Vanessa gave him a hug and behaved coquettishly towards


    him, his anger would be gone in an instant.


    Their past was so sweet, but perhaps it was also because of this very reason that Vanessa did not


    dare to expect too much... Vanessa wanted to pull her hand away, but Julien held her even tighter.


    His grip was so tight that she could not break away from him at all.


    Knowing this man''s temper, Vanessa knew that it would be useless if she continued to struggle.


    Hence, she followed him into the president''s exclusive elevator and arrived at thepany''s


    cafeteria.


    It was lunch hour, so the cafeteria was crowded with employees from various departments. When


    they saw Julien and Vanessa walking over hand in hand, everyone''s gaze was fixed on them.


    Julien had his own private dining room, but he chose to sit in the hall where all his employees would


    have their meals. He even ordered Joel to reserve a table in the middle, which was the most


    obvious spot in the entire cafeteria.


    When Julien and Vanessa arrived at the


    dining table, Julien pulled out a chair for Vanessa before taking a seat himself.


    In fact, it was just a normal gesture but it became something extraordinary when it was the high and


    mighty Mr. Kyle who did it.


    Julien was holding Vanessa''s hand to show off their rtionship in front of all the employees. Did


    they hear the wedding bells ringing?


    Almost everyone had the same question in mind.


    However, Julien calmly epted all the inquiring gazes that were casted upon them. When the


    waiter served their meal, he said to Vanessa. "Drink this soup to warm up your stomach first."


    Vanessa whispered, "Mr. Kyle, did I do something wrong again?"


    Julien said, "Tuck in."


    Vanessa blinked and said, "I''m really ttered but worried at the same time that you''re treating me


    so well out of a sudden."


    Julien wanted to ignore her at first, but he thought that when it came to being in a rtionship, it


    would not be good to be umunicative, so he said, "Don''t talk when you''re eating."


    Vanessa said, "Okay."


    Julien gave her a piece of bite-sized steak and said, "From now on, I''ll try tomunicate with you


    as much as I can."


    At that instant, Vanessa finally figured out what Julien was trying to do. "Mr. Kyle, I''ve already made


    it clear to you that I have a life that I want to live. You''re not the person I''m looking for."


    Julien''s face darkened. He tried his best to suppress his anger and spoke to her in a calm tone,


    "Let''s eat!"


    Seeing that Julien might snap any moment now, Vanessa quickly shut her mouth and drank the


    soup in front of her. "This soup is quite good. It tastes like the soup Belinda made."


    Julien said, "You should have more of it then."


    Julien did not n to tell her that Belinda had never prepared any lunch boxes for her, or he was


    actually the one behind all the lunches that Joel Skr had given her. He was the one who ordered


    the chefs at the cafeteria to prepare those lunches for Vanessa.


    After a while, Vanessa took a secret nce at Julien and could not help but say, "Mr. Kyle, I guess


    there would be some people who will start calling me Mrs. Kyle after this meal."


    Julien said, "Isn''t that great?"


    Vanessa said anxiously, "Mr. Kyle, aren''t you afraid that your parents will find out about it? Aren''t


    you afraid that this will affect your position in Rovio?"


    Julien nodded. "I''m an unmarried man. What''s wrong with me being in a rtionship?"


    Vanessa was speechless.This content ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org.


    There was nothing wrong with his words, but she was not an unmarried young woman herself. She


    had a three year old son, and she did not even know who the father of the child was.


    Julien said, "Well, thanks for reminding me that I should''ve let my parents know about this matter."


    Vanessa was so nervous that she inadvertently spoke in a higher pitch, "Julien, have you forgotten


    what I''ve told you? I said that you''re not the man I want. No matter what you do, I will never marry


    you."


    Julien said, "As long as I want to marry you, nothing will matter."


    Vanessa said, "That''s not how it works."


    Julien said, "Whatever you say."


    "If you insist on this, I don''t think we should maintain this rtionship anymore." Vanessa dropped


    her spoon, got up and left. She couldpromise on anything else, but not on this.


    "Joel, arrange a press conference for this afternoon. I have something important to announce."


    Vanessa heard what Julien had just said to Joel as she walked away.


    Joel rushed over and said, "Mr. Kyle, your schedule for today ispletely packed. I''m afraid that


    there won''t be any time for a press conference."


    Julien said, "The whole thing will only take ten minutes. Go get it ready now."


    Joel said carefully, "Mr. Kyle, can you please tell me what is it about? I can get the reporters to


    prepare their articles in advance so that things can go ordingly."


    Julien answered, "I''m getting engaged."


    I''m getting engaged!


    This very sentence halted Vanessa in her tracks. Was Julien referring to her or someone else?


    She was not sure.


    Perhaps, Julien had already given up on her and he had another candidate in mind. However, since


    he was about to get engaged, why did he treat her so well all of a sudden?