Chapter 577 - Why cant I follow her? (1/2)

”Ah...” she suddenly cried while they were still waiting for their food.

”What's wrong?” he asked, wondering what made her suddenly look a bit... regret?

”I forgot to choose the phone and the number for work,” she put a hand over her forehead and shook her head. ”I can't believe I forgot that.”

”We can buy it after this,” Jeremy said calmly.

”Is it alright? I think Jacob has another plan for the phone,” Ryn ċȯċked her head to the side as she looked at her boyfriend. Right now, Jeremy was her boyfriend, but once in the office or during working hours during the tour, he was her boss and they needed to stay professional.

”Don't worry about him,” he said.

”BUt lunch hour will be over by the time we're rushing back,” she pointed out dryly.

”I am the boss. Who can scold me?” he snorted.

”The Dowager,” she mumbled under her breath. Despite not holding any position in both companies, the Dowager could scold any of the family members regarding their attitude while working. With Grandpa Long as the benchmark, those who could not reach at least 80% of his level would get the scold. Well, except for Mika.

As the baby in the family, Mika was allowed to take as many days off as she wanted. The spoiled little princess could come to work whenever she wanted and could even leave early. But being Mika, despite she sometimes could miss a lot of days working, she could still find an opportunity for a money-making venture. Who knew she would get so much money from her Youtube and Instagram channels. She could just record herself doing her everyday life and could still earn money from it.

”What did you say?” he narrowed his eyes suspiciously.

”Nothing,” she shook her head. She would not dare to say it out loud. He would punish her if he knew. No. Better not to say a word of what she had in mind. Better save herself.

”Are you sure? I think I hear something,” he refused to let her go. Of course, he heard the word she said. He was not angry, though. She was right. Only Grandmother could scold him.

”The food is here,” she said with a relieved sigh. She was saved by the server and the food. She quickly took the napkin to give space for the server to place her food. Then, she thanked the server and smiled innocently at Jeremy.

”Let's eat before the food cold,” she said. She placed the napkin on her ŀȧp and then reached for the knife and fork. Instead of just steak, she also chose fried rice. She did not think the steak could hold her for the rest of the day. She needed all the energy in order to survive during the learning process in the office. She learned during her school and even university time that she got hungry quickly whenever she tried to cram everything before the exam. The exam month would be the month she ate more than usual.

He twitched his lips in bemused. She was so blatantly obvious when trying to distract him. She even acted as if she never had the meal before when he knew he always ordered the same thing whenever they came here. Well, sort of the same thing, as the restaurant offered a few varieties of steaks as well as other food.

He did not ask anymore and she did not try to start any conversation. They enjoyed their lunch quietly. Well, as quiet as possible as the couple had to check their phone while eating.

”Mika?” Ryn frowned when her best friend suddenly called. ”She's not in the office today?”

Ryn did not tell Mika that she went to the office as the ȧssistant today. She did not want to disturb Mika from her work as well as not want Mika to distract her and pull her into either the clothes, make-up or the jewellery departments. Ryn wanted to focus on being a good ȧssistant to Jeremy and would not let anyone or anything distract him.

”What does she want?” Jeremy frowned. He had a bad feeling about this. Knowing his little sister, Mika still did not accept that Ryn would be his ȧssistant instead of working with her. Hence, Mika always called Ryn and tried to change Ryn's decision, much to the annoyance of Jeremy. ”Reject the call.”

”J,” Ryn shook her head in bemused. These siblings could be so childish during their fight and as always, the reason was her. She could not understand why the need of fighting over her when she was not a toy but a human being and has her own feeling and opinion.

She ignored his order and slid her finger to answer the call. She put it against her right ear under his glare. Why should she ignore her best friend just because her boyfriend said so?

”Hello, Mika. Have you had your lunch?” Ryn asked.

”Ryn, I heard you came to the office today,” Mika cried. ”Why didn't you tell me?”

Ryn rubbed between her brows when the question came. She should guess Mika would question her going to the company but did not meet her. Ryn looked at her boyfriend and mouthed silently, ”Why didn't I reject the call?”