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The blond boy knew how much his 'bro' hated women who tried to push themselves on him when he was already done with them, which was why he changed his secretaries almost every other week.
Jake himself found it a bit wasteful that so many beauties were discarded by his 'bro' after sleeping with them for only a few days, but as someone who enjoyed the privilege of tasting them one by one after they were thrown away, he really couldn't complain.
This time, however, something about the girl stirred his heart, and he was no longer looking for just sloppy seconds.
Torn between maintaining the status quo with his CEO friend and the throbbing in his heart, Jake could only grit his teeth and hope Alex didn't care for what he wanted. "B-Bro… What about the younger one? Y-You're not interested in her?"
It was only when Jake pointed her out that the dark-haired man 'took a look' at the younger girl more carefully, his brows furrowing. "Seems like the typical virgin that is easy to obsess over me after I kick her out. Not interested."
Jake was already familiar with the routine of his friend, and his heart chilled almost instantly. The less Alex 'noticed' someone, the more it meant he wanted her to belong to him - until he got bored, at least.
But while he had been sensible enough to back off every other time, Jake pretended to be oblivious to his friend's real intentions and clutched his palm with a cheerful grin lighting up his face. "Great! Then, big bro, can you send her to me? You know I never ask for much, but this girl's really caught my attention! Big bro, Alex, you have to help me out!"
The dark-haired man was stunned as he nodded almost subconsciously, but the moment he realized it, his expression turned into a hideous grimace.
Obviously, the one he wanted was also the very same girl, but how could anyone be worthy of attracting his gaze first? It was only when she jumped up and down a few times would he turn his sight her way.
But now that Jake had already claimed her as his own, the situation became difficult. Unlike those women he discarded regularly, Alex actually valued his friendship with the blond boy.
Among all the dogs who licked his feet, this one was the most sensible, after all. Now that he had already accidentally thrown a bone into his dog's mouth, he couldn't just snatch it back, could he?
Seeing him nod, Jake's expression turned truly ecstatic. "You're the best, bro! The best of the best!"
Of course, Jake's idolization of Alexander wasn't without a cause. As a self-made man who created his own company, convincing investors and customers alike, the thirty-one-year-old Alexander was already a somewhat famous rising star in the city.
After all, his 'Callahoun's' was quickly trending to become one of the best furniture companies in the suburbs, and Jake knew it was only a matter of time before they were playing in billions of dollars.
Just last month, their company already made more than forty thousand dollars thanks to a big order, and it's only been two years since it had been founded!
Looking at 'his' girl smiling and teasing her 'older cousin', Jake couldn't help but sigh. "I think I might have fallen in deep this time, big bro. If you didn't give me dibs, I might really have cried."
Realizing he could be taken the wrong way, the blond boy quickly waved his hands. "I-I mean it's not like I wouldn't agree with your decision or anything, i-it's just that the girl really caught my attention the moment she walked in. It was like the gentle light from the sun hitting my face in the morning, aahhh!"
Alex frowned, the words 'caught my attention' ringing in his head repeatedly. He couldn't help but wonder if this had been the two women's strategy all along.
They looked like a bunch of working ladies, and the younger one was probably an intern. How could they come to a high-end restaurant like this without a purpose?
The dark-haired man sneered. 'Just two women, heh, did they think no one could figure out their true thoughts?'
Instantly, he decided that he couldn't let such a woman be with Jake after all. Even if it was just his dog, how could he not care what kind of scheming bitch it fucked?
Alex sneered in his mind, though outwardly his expression still remained cold and indifferent.
He would have to teach her a lesson personally.
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Noelle had to admit that she ended up enjoying the company of her little boss far more than she would like to admit. After all, the girl was both charming and cute, and while she did make some trouble, it was always within certain limits.
As Sam had always been a troublemaker, Noelle felt that she had been busy enough taking care of just her. Her younger sister had always been an existence that she knew was there, but not someone she paid any special attention to.
It was only recently when she realized that the two sisters were getting more involved in each other's life that Noelle actually took a proper look at the younger girl.
And once Emilia met her a few times, she was like a clingy primary schooler who got attached to her teacher, always running to her with problems while being a big problem herself.
That seemed to have been the end of her 'normal life', as not only Sam, but Emilia also loved to get into all sorts of trouble, and they seemed to only make each other worse!
And perhaps the worst part of it all… was that she didn't find it so annoying. Even the more flirtatious nature of the younger girl wasn't 'unbearable', and Noelle was determined to treat it as a strange quirk in her heart.
Her mood remained a little complicated even when Emilia signed the cheque and the two of them walked out, arm in arm.
The younger girl kept chattering about one thousand and one advantages of being her girlfriend, but Noelle's attention soon turned to the malicious sight on their backs.
The sound of footsteps wasn't very light, and though there were two of them, Noelle relaxed in her heart once she realized that the threat level of whoever was following them was insignificant.
"These two ladies, please wait! My boss would like to have a word!"
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