Chapter 928 - Norman was attacked (1/2)

~ Los Angeles, Mediterranean villa ~

Sunday afternoon…

Ellie and Jasper joined Jeff and JoAnna at their villa for lunch.

Ellie asked JoAnna if they can take a walk in the garden and discuss some… girl topics. She wanted to ask her about contraceptive options and didn't want to talk about it in front of the guys.

Jeff and Jasper looked after their women and Jeff observed Jasper's enamored expression.

Jeff grabbed few ice cubes from the beverage cooler, pulled Jasper's collar from the back and dumped the ice inside.

”Ahh!”, Jasper screamed. ”What was that about?” He frowned while untucking his shirt so that ice falls down.

Jeff snorted. ”That is for making fun of me.”

Jasper could not believe the childish prank Jeff just did. And what is with the random accusation? ”When did I make fun of you?”

Jeff narrowed his eyes at Jasper. ”You forgot already? Only few weeks ago all of you were mocking me because of Anna. And look at you now. Staring at Ellie like she is the source of everything good on Earth, ready to propose and sail in the ship called marriage.”

Jasper choked on a non-existent saliva. ”Propose? Marriage?”

”Don't tell me you don't see it? Are you happy to stay in these boyfriend-girlfriend shallow waters? What if another guy comes and decides to swoop her off her feet? Until you put that ring on her finger and she becomes your Mrs. nothing is certain, my friend. You need to lock her down, or she might fly away.”

Jasper was unable to conceal mix of emotions that Jeff's words stirred.

”I admit, I'm smitten. And if any other guy comes close to Ellie I will blow him away. But… a marriage? It's too soon. We just started dating few weeks ago.”

Jeff looked at Jasper who is in denial. He decided to give few advices to his friend. ”Ask yourself, in your mind, five years from now… is she by your side? If you can create a perfect girl, would that be anyone other than Ellie? If in five years from now you see Ellie by your side, why delay the inevitable? You are only wasting precious time… But don't take my word for it. There is no better way to realize your feelings that a separation. When you come back next weekend, I will be more than happy to rub it in because: I told you so.”

Jeff stopped filling Jasper's head with ideas of marriage, and they switched topic to business.

Jasper told Jeff that thanks to Ellie, he has the majority of votes secured in the company and some of the projects that were blocked by Norman are now ready to go. Jeff was happy to hear this and they started discussing it on high level, including timelines for when they will meet officially to dig deeper into details of collaboration between K Industries and White corp.

Outside, in the garden, Ellie and JoAnna had their chat.

Ellie was listening to JoAnna's suggestions related to contraception.

JoAnna agreed to write a prescription for Ellie.

They switched topic to bed climbers when Ellie mentioned Lily. Ellie was overwhelmed when JoAnna confirmed what Aiden said: those meddling people are everywhere!

JoAnna didn't hold back her advices: ”But no matter who comes at you and what is their strategy, you will defeat them successfully only if two of you work together. You need to trust and support each other without reservation. If you don't have that, those shameless women will take advantage of that crack.”