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CHAPTERS 815 - 819
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Samantha Lesley came back in time and interrupted their conversation. Samantha also indirectly helped Janell Joy out of the predicament.
Although she said that she didn't want to know the fact about Mr. President, Janell Joy was very, very eager to know. Janell Joy just wanted to hear about his.stories personally through him instead of listening to others.
After having a meal with Samantha and Serene, Janell Joy was no longer in the mood to walk around the area and speak to the locals. She returned home and hid in her own room, thinking gloomily about Brother Lucas and Serene.
Perhaps she was too absorbed in her thoughts, so she didn't hear Brother Lucas's calls several times. The phone probably rang a lot of times before Janell Joy came to her senses.
"Janell, what are you doing? Your Brother Lucas is calling! Quick answer the phone! Answer the phone!"
Her phone kept on ringing, but Janell Joy still did not reach for her phone...
"Brother Lucas , I've been thinking about you for more than ten years and finally, I'm a grown up now. I finally found you, finally reunited with you, and I just want to be with you forever. But I'm afraid. I'm afraid that I'll be the mistress that destroys your relationship and even more afraid of destroying your beautiful image in the eyes of the people of Country A. Do you know that?"
Looking at the bright phone screen, Janell Joy gritted her teeth and muttered.
She did not mind if others called her a bitch, but she was afraid that everything Brother Lucas had painstakingly built would be ruined because of her.
The phone rang again and again, and Janell Joy couldn't muster the courage to answer the phone call from Brother Lucas. The ringtone echoed over and over again.
Dingdong.
The doorbell suddenly rang.
Janell Joy thought that it was Andrew again. She did not even have the mood to look at the door. Instead, she hid under the quilt and pulled up the quilt to wrap herself up.
She didn't want to see anyone!
"Janell, open the door. It's me!" Brother Lucas's voice suddenly came into Janell Joy's ears. She stiffened up. She even thought that she had misheard his voice.
"Janell!"
Outside the door, Brother Lucas continued to call her. Only then was Janell Joy sure that it was her Brother Lucas.
He was right outside the door. She no longer cared about Serene, nor did she care about ruining Brother Lucas's image.
She bounced up from the bed, rushed to the.door, and opened the door. Brother Lucas was standing outside the door. He was dressed in a suit and looked very handsome. However, his expression did not look good. There was a mix of anger and panic in his face.
"Brother..." Before the word "Lucas" came out of her mouth, he pulled her fragile body into his arms. He held her in his arms and walked into the house with her. He kicked the door heavily to close it.
Before Janell Joy could figure out what was going on, she was pressed heavily against the wall by Brother Lucas, and his kiss fell on her lips. His lips were warm and tender, and his kiss was passionate yet endearing. She was about to melt in his arms.
"Oh..." Janell Joy instinctively pushed him, but since he pressed her down against the wall, she could not move at all.
His kiss was fierce and lingering, which was different from the two gentle kisses they had before. She felt that her soul was about to be sucked away by him.
Gradually, besides his fearlessness, Janell Joy felt another emotion in his kiss...
... he was afraid!
Brother Lucas was afraid? Why was Brother Lucas afraid? Was someone going after him? Or did those rebels play some tricks again?
After Janell Joy thought deeply, Brother Lucas finally let go of her. He stroked her bright red lips and kissed her forehead. Then he said in a deep voice, "Janell, don't scare me anymore."
He had called her so many times, but she didn't answer... When he thought of the possibility that something might have happened to her, his heart was in a mess.
In the past, when she was very young, he only wanted to protect her like a big brother protecting his little sister. But later as he watched her grow up day by day, when he saw her beautiful figure, he knew that they were no longer the brother and sister that they were in the past.
He still wanted to protect her, but he didn't want to protect her as her brother, he wanted to protect her as her man. He rushed to her house. The moment he saw her, he couldn't care about anything else. He just wanted to hold her in his arms, caress her, kiss her...
He wanted to feel that she really was by his side. As soon as he spoke, Janell Joy knew why he appeared afraid in his kiss. She did not answer the phone and he was worried.
She bit her lip secretly. She knew that Brother Lucas was worried about her, but why didn't she answer the phone? How could she do such a childish thing?
"Brother Lucas, sorr..." Before she could finish her words, Brother Lucas suddenly lowered his head and kissed her again. He pushed her apology back to her mouth.
This time, Brother Lucas's kiss was very gentle. His touch was as light as a feather that was caressing her lips. Janell Joy lacked experience with kissing, but she still tried her best to reciprocate to Brother Lucas's affection.
This kiss was even longer than before. It felt that decades had passed before he was willing to let go.
"Brother Lucas, sorr..." He interrupted her again.
"Don't you ever apologize to me."
"But I've made you worry."
"As long as you're fine, I will not be angry with you." Brother Lucas raised his hand and gently tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.He lowered his head and kissed her again.
"Little girl, do you understand?"
"Yes, I understand. I'll answer your calls in the future, and I won't let you worry," she said obediently like a child who had done something wrong and was reassuring the adult.
"Why didn't you pick up my call just now?" As far as Nathaniel knew, this girl would definitely pick up his call, unless she didn't hear it.
However, he called so many times. Even if she was asleep, it should be able to wake her up. There must be some other reason.
"It's because... I was taking a bath just now, so I didn't hear it." Not wanting to tell Brother Lucas the real reason, Janell Joy stammered and found an excuse.
"Taking a bath?" Nathaniel hugged her once more and lowered his head to sniff her body. "Since when did my Janell learn how to lie to me?"
"...."
Brother Lucas's nose was really more sensitive than hers. How could he tell if she took a bath or not?
"Janell, tell me," he said gently, his tone sounded like he was coaxing a child that had yet to grow up.
Janell Joy said gloomily, "I just didn't want to answer the phone, there was no specific reason."
"Why? Don't you want to hear my voice?" asked Nathaniel curiously.
"I want to hear your voice so much that I just want to listen to the ringtone all the time." Janell Joy wittily found an excuse.
"Little girl, you're really good at sweet talking," Nathaniel responded as she massaged her head.
Nathaniel knew that Janell Joy's excuse was fake. However, he did not pursue the matter further, as he did not want to seem like he.was interrogating a criminal.
She was his Janell, the girl he wanted to protect!
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"Brother Lucas, have you eaten lunch? If you haven't, I'll cook for you, alright?" Janell Joy just wanted to find a chance to spend more time with Brother Lucas.
She had been in Country A for nearly a month now, but the time she spent together with Brother Lucas was less than 24 hours. She was a greedy girl. When she had not found Brother Lucas, she hoped to find him. After finding him, she hoped to be around him all the time.
Nathaniel Cooper pinched her face and said with a smile, "I had lunch already. You don't have to make me lunch."
"Brother Lucas, you can't pinch my face like this. I'm no longer a child." Janell Joy always thought that this scene felt so familiar. Then, she realized that she often pinched Little Precious like this.
"Yes, you're a grown up, but what's that got to do with pinching your face?" Nathaniel smiled gently and reached out to pinch her again. "I just want to pinch you like this."
"Well, you can pinch me then if you like." Janell Joy closed her eyes and looked like she was embracing death in a cute way.
But... Brother Lucas did not pinch her. Instead, he gave her a sweet kiss. He gently kiss her lips and said with a smile, "Compared with pinching your face, I prefer treating you this way." He was smiling, yet his smile looked evil.
Janell Joy blushed and responded shyly, "Brother Lucas, you're so annoying!"
"You don't like me kissing you like that?" Nathaniel asked. He knew that she was just being shy, but he deliberately put on a disappointed look.
"No, no. I like it very much!" Janell Joy immediately clarified. She was worried that Brother Lucas would misunderstand her and that he would never kiss her again in the future.
"You are so silly and lovely." Nathaniel held her in his arms and caressed her head. This girl was very smart. No one could take advantage of her, and she could only be silly and cute in front of him.
"I'm not silly." She was a smart and wise lady. She was only willing to be silly just because he was her Brother Lucas.
Nathaniel added, "I'd like to take you somewhere, do you want to go?"
"Of course I want to!" Janell Joy nodded repeatedly. She couldn't ask for anything more. How could she not want to go with Brother Lucas?
"Very well. Follow me. Don't ask where we're going." Nathaniel held Janell Joy's hand. As he looked at her, he could not resist lowering his head to kiss her again. "Why are you so cute?"
"Am I so cute that you'd like to eat me up?" Janell Joy blinked her eyes and said wittily.
"Then, are you willing to let me eat you up?" Nathaniel looked at her, his passion burning like fire.
"Brother Lucas, what do you think?" She was talking about real food, but she could see something else from Brother Lucas's evil eyes.
Brother Lucas had other intentions for her, so did it mean that his feelings for her were no longer innocent, and it had turned romantic?
"Let's go then." He did not know her real intentions, so he had to change the subject and cover up his evil thoughts.
"Brother Lucas, can you carry me?" Janell Joy took the opportunity to make a request when they left the house. She liked being carried by Brother Lucas on his back.
Back when they were young, she would ride on his back and see the world. She could feel his solid shoulders and he could make her feel comfortable and safe like no other.
"Come up." Nathaniel didn't hesitate, he immediately squatted down so that she could climb up his back smoothly.
"Okay!" Janell Joy climbed onto Brother Lucas's back and soon, her entire weight was on his body.
She rested comfortably against his head and neck. "Brother Lucas, won't you feel embarrassed?" He was the President of a country. Was it really not a big deal for him to do this for her?
"Why do I have to be embarrassed?" asked Nathaniel.
"Because you are..." Janell Joy almost blurted out the words. Fortunately, she stopped in time and said, "You are a man. Won't you worry about being laughed at when you walk on the street with a girl on your back?"
"I'm carrying my favourite person, who would dare to laugh at me?" In Nathaniel's opinion, carrying this little girl was a wonderful thing. How could he worry about others laughing at him?
If she was willing, he could carry her for the rest of his life. He wanted to carry her and be with her as they grow old slowly.
"Brother Lucas, why are you so good to me?" Janell Joy rubbed on Nathaniel's back and rested her head on his head. It would be great if he could carry her like this for a lifetime.
"Because you are my Janell!" Nathaniel's answer was as simple as Janell Joy's. It was because she was his Janell Joy, that he was willing to treat her very well unconditionally.
It was not because she had saved his life, but because she was Janell Joy. He only had this simple reason.
"Brother Lucas, let's get going then." Janell Joy adjusted her position more intimately.
"Alright. Hold me tight then. Don't fall down," Nathaniel said with a gentle smile as he stepped into the elevator with Janell Joy on his back.
"Brother Lucas..."
"What's wrong?"
"Where exactly are you taking me to?"
"Don't ask if you've agreed to go with me. You'll know when we arrive."
"What if you want to sell me to traffickers? Am I still going to help you out with your scheme?"
"You are a priceless treasure. No one can afford to buy you. Besides, I won't sell you too."
"If you compare me and the position of the President, which is more important?" Janell Joy wanted to ask this, but she swallowed her words back.
He climbed up his rank through a series of painstaking efforts. How could she be so cruel as to ask Brother Lucas to choose between her and being the President?
Janell Joy's sudden silence worried Nathaniel a little. He looked at her back from the reflection on the elevator and asked, "Janell, why aren't you talking anymore? What are you thinking about?"
Janell Joy muttered, "I'm thinking how important I am in your heart."
Nathaniel put her down and held her hand. Then, he positioned her hand over to his heart, "You are as important as this."
The heart was the most important organ of the human body. Once the heart stopped beating, the person would die. He compared her to his heart, which meant that she was as important as his life.
To choose between his life and his position as the President, she believed that he would choose his life.
"Brother Lucas..." What should she do? She was so moved that she could not say a word.
"Yes?"
"Brother Lucas, you..."
"Go ahead. I'm listening."
Ding... Before they could finish their words,.the elevator reached the basement and the door opened.
"Mr. Lucas, you have a very important thing to.attend in the afternoon. It's almost time. We need to get going now."
As soon as the elevator door opened, the secretary, who always followed Nathaniel around, reminded him of an important work matter.
Everyone knew that he only managed to climb up to this President position through his high level of discipline and determination. But who would have thought that he would choose to bail on such an important meeting today?
Didn't he know that many people were looking at him? Didn't he know that many people were waiting for him?
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"I have something more important to do. Tell them that the meeting will be postponed until tomorrow morning," Nathaniel Cooper said in a deep voice.
At this moment, he just wanted to take Janell Joy Carter out and make her happy. He didn't want to think about the responsibilities of being the President.
He had been disciplined and obedient for more than ten years, and all he wanted was to climb up to the position of President. He needed to fulfil the expectations of others and he was already tired of it.
At this moment, he only wanted to do what he wanted to do. The thing he wanted to do the most in his life was to be with Janell Joy. He wanted her to be happy, like a child.
The secretary said hurriedly, "Mr. Lucas, everyone is waiting for you. The meeting is very important. If you don't go, it's very likely that..."
"Don't you understand what I'm saying?" Nathaniel raised his brows, shot a cold look at his secretary, and said in a colder tone, "Or do you think I should listen to you instead?"
The secretary was so scared that he wiped his cold sweat. He was so scared of his President. He was just doing his due diligence as a secretary, telling the President what he should do and should not do at this time.
Ignoring the many important personels in the country and accompanying a little girl outside, this was definitely not something a wise President would do.
"Brother Lucas, I'm sorry!" Janell Joy pushed his hand away and stepped back.
She looked.at him and smiled sweetly. "I forgot I already made plans this afternoon. I can't go out with you."
The important meeting the secretary mentioned must be something very important. She couldn't see Brother Lucas delay the country's affairs because of her, and.she didn't want him to be accused in the future for abandoning his work for love.
As Janell Joy withdrew her hand. Nathaniel's hand was left hanging alone, and so was his heart. He opened his mouth and said, "Janell..."
"Brother Lucas, I'm really sorry!" Janell Joy raised her wrist to look at the time. "Oh dear, it's almost time for me to meet that person, I need to go now. Brother Lucas, I'll accompany you another time okay?"
Giving Nathaniel no chance to speak, Janell Joy waved her hand cheerfully. She turned around and left hopping away, trying to make herself look as happy as possible.
However, the moment she turned around and when Nathaniel couldn't see her, her expression instantly changed.
She said silently in her heart, "Brother Lucas, I want to be with you all day, but I don't want to be your burden. I don't want to drag you down. I want to be a person who can help and support you."
If she could stand by Brother Lucas's side one day in the future, she hoped that she could win the praise of the people instead of hearing accusations and allegations of her inabilities.
Janell Joy walked a long distance, but Nathaniel, who was behind her, still looked at her quietly. He knew that she was obviously disappointed, but she still tried hard to appear strong and unbothered.
This silly girl didn't have to be so considerate. In front of him, she could do whatever she wanted as she always did when she was a child. He gave her such privilege, but she didn't want to enjoy it. Perhaps what he gave her was not enough, so she couldn't enjoy it at ease.
Seeing Mr. President's gloomy face, the secretary felt that there was a storm coming. This time, he would be in trouble.
"Back to North Palace!" Nathaniel turned and left. His steps were heavy as he walked away, as if he was venting his inner helplessness in such a manner.
He could bring the little girl back, but he didn't want her to feel like she was a burden. She didn't need to tell him what she was thinking. He knew it as well.
"Yes." The secretary followed in a hurry. He was so scared that his legs were going weak.
On the way back to North Palace, Nathaniel had his eyes closed as he leaned against the back of his chair to rest. The atmosphere inside the car was very tense.
When they arrived at the North Palace, he said coldly, "If something like today happens again, you'll see what I'll do."
"Yes." The secretary nodded repeatedly and followed behind Mr. President carefully.
After walking for a while, the secretary took out his phone to write a note down, "In the future, when Mr. President is out with the girl from the Carter family, never mention work again! Remember! Remember! Or else a hand of yours will be chopped off!"
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"That's your Brother Lucas. He chose to go with his secretary... He probably won't understand what you're thinking."
Janell Joy hid in the shadows and watched Brother Lucas's car drive away. Unexpectedly, Andrew Carter's sarcastic voice suddenly came from behind.
"Whether Brother Lucas understands me or not, what does it have to do with you?" She turned her head around and glared fiercely at Andrew before taking a step forward. She did not even want to say a single word to him.
Andrew chased after her and said, "Janell Joy, why do you have to do that? Why do you have to sacrifice so much for a man who is not even willing to tell you his true identity?"
No matter what Andrew said, Janell Joy walked away from him and ignored him. If she ignored him, he would shut up eventually.
"Janell Joy, this is for you." Andrew was taller.than her, so he caught up with her after a few.steps. He grabbed her and stuffed a.document into her hands.
"Andrew, what tricks are you playing?" Janell Joy did not want to take the document, but Andrew forced it on her anyway. She had no choice but to take it.
He said, "Have a look. You don't have to thank me. I did these things out of father's orders."
Janell Joy asked with a blank face, "What?"
"Go back and look." Andrew then walked away while holding her.
Hearing that it was a document from her father, Janell Joy returned home and opened the document. As soon as she opened the document and saw that it had something to do with Brother Lucas, she immediately became focused and slowly flipped through the pages one by one.
It was written clearly that the relationship between Brother Lucas and Serene Silas was just contractual, and they were not really engaged.
Of course, this news made Janell Joy very excited. After the excitement, she began to.doubt the authenticity of the document,
"Andrew, you said that this is a very confidential matter, then how did you find out about it?"
"Of course I found out about it through investigation and a lot of patience."
Initially, he had received his father's instructions to investigate the true relationship between Nathaniel and Serene. He was worried that their security would be top notch, but he didn't think that Serene would approach him personally and explain the truth.
Nathaniel was also someone who had been around Edwin Carter for many years. He had.been very careful since he was young and.protected his secrets well. Therefore, Edwin sent his men to investigate on the matter again. No matter how much he investigated, he could not find any details on an intimate relationship between Nathaniel and Serene.
As such, he sincerely believed that the both of them were probably engaged for diplomatic purposes between the Cooper and Silas families.
Janell Joy asked suspiciously, "Are you sure this is true?"
Andrew said, "Are you doubting me? Or are you doubting the competence of Dad's subordinates?"
Janell Joy gave him a cold look and said, "Of course I'm doubting you."
"Then you can pretend that I have not looked for you today, you can also pretend you hadn't read this document," Andrew said casually.
He was only responsible for handing over the documents to her. He did not care if she believed in him or not. Speaking of which, he was just a worthless person to her. She didn't treat him as her brother at all, but he couldn't stop himself from caring for and he didn't want her to suffer at all.
14 years, that was the time it took for him to grow from a little boy to an adult. During this period, he learned a lot about ways to take good care of his sister.
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"Andrew, is the contract real?" Looking at Andrew Carter, Janell Joy Carter asked again. It was not that she did not believe in Andrew, but she found it hard to believe the news.
When she had lunch with Serene Silas today, Janell Joy thought to herself that it would be great if Serene and Brother Lucas had a fake engagement. She just had such thoughts at noon. And in the afternoon, she had already received news from Andrew that their engagement was indeed fake.
This matter was too coincidental. It was so coincidental that it was hard to believe.
"If you hope that this thing is true, then you should believe it is true. If you don't want this thing to be true, then don't believe in it."
Andrew sat down beside her and continued, "Janell, you are such a smart person. Don't you understand it yet?"
"Thank you for your kindness. I know what I should do." Janell Joy admitted that Andrew's words were very reasonable. Anyway, whether the relationship between Brother Lucas and Serene was fake or not, she would still stay with Brother Lucas.
Instead of tormenting herself silently every day, she simply chose to trust the document and plan what she wanted to do.
"I told you, you don't have to thank me. Dad arranged for it, I was just following his orders." What Andrew wanted was not her gratitude, but she should know that he wanted something else.
"I still have to thank you!" Janell Joy said politely. She moved a little further to the left and distanced herself from him.
"If you didn't let me have a look at these information, I can't be at ease being with Brother Lucas, so I really want to thank you."
"Brother Lucas! Brother Lucas! Your Brother Lucas again! Can't you see anyone else other than him?"
He looked at her with a fierce look and thought silently to himself. "Janell Joy, you are so smart. Don't tell me you don't know what I'm thinking."
She knew! Of course she knew!
It was precisely because she knew what he was thinking about, that she wanted to stay far away from him. She did not want him to have any improper thoughts about her.
"Janell..." Andrew suddenly spoke up, and spoke close to her ear, "If it weren't for Dad's orders, I would never tell you this. I wish you.would never know the truth. I wish that Nathaniel marries Serene one day... I wish that you would never be with him."
"Andrew, do you know which family you belong to?" Janell Joy stepped back again and pulled away from Andrew.
"Let me just tell you this clearly. Even if there is no Brother Lucas, there is no possibility between you and me. So please don't have any other ideas of me in the future."
"Even if there was no Brother Lucas, there is no possibility between us? Really?" Andrew grabbed her hand and said sinisterly, "Do you want to get rid of your Brother Lucas and give it a try?"
"How dare you" Janell Joy gritted her teeth and said, "I have told you, if you hurt him, I will never let you go."
"Heh..." Andrew sneered and said, "Janell Joy, don't speak so harshly. Otherwise, I can't control myself sometimes."
Andrew's gaze was very cold. He looked like a wild wolf who had been hungry for a long time and finally found its prey. The gaze was fierce and evil.
It was best not to offend people like this, because you really wouldn't know what they could do.
Janell Joy took a deep breath and said, "Alright, then I won't say harsh words to you. You are an adult in your 20s, aren't you? Then you should find a girl you like and have a romantic relationship."
Andrew increased the strength in his grip on her wrist and said sternly, "Just because I am an adopted son of the Carter family, you're looking down on me? So you want to push me to others?"
"We're from the same family!" Janell Joy clenched her teeth and spoke confidently.
In her heart, she never looked down on him because of his birth status, she did not want to get close to him because when he came into the family, her heart had already been occupied by Brother Lucas.
"What if I'm not a Carter?" He held her hand tightly and looked into her eyes.
"You're not a Carter? You don't want to be with Mom and Dad anymore? Then what do you want your last name to be?" Janell Joy asked casually
Hearing her words, Andrew slowly let go of Janell Joy's hand and stared at her briefly. Eventually, he slowly looked away. He then got up and left.
When he reached the door, he suddenly turned back to look at her. After staring at her for a long time, he did not say a word and turned around to leave.
Once he left, Janell Joy let out a huge sigh of relief. Her words were clear enough. She hoped that Andrew would understand as well.
After staying silent for a while, Janell Joy looked out of the window again. The sky had gradually turned dark, and the day had passed again. Time flew by really fast!
She hadn't even started on any real work yet but time already passed by so quickly.
Just as she was sighing in exasperation, Brother Lucas's call came. With the exclusive ringtone that Brother Lucas had prepared for her, it was really convenient. She didn't need to look at the phone to know that he was calling.
"Brother Lucas, are you done with your meeting?" She asked sweetly.
"Yes, I just came out of the meeting room..."
She heard Nathaniel's pleasant voice. "You called me right after the meeting, so you miss me, don't you?" There was no need to wait for his answer. Brother Lucas must be missing her.
Janell Joy was so happy that she rolled on the sofa and accidentally fell to the ground. She screamed loudly.
"Janell, what's wrong?" asked Nathaniel anxiously
"Because I was too happy to get a call from you that I fell off the sofa." Janell Joy honestly explained the situation.
"Silly girl." Hearing his voice, Janell Joy could.feel his mockery. He must be laughing at her.
Janell Joy asked, "Brother Lucas, have you finished all your things today?"
Nathaniel replied, "There's one more thing I need to take care of."
Janell Joy said, "Then you should settle it first. When you're done, I'll treat you to dinner tonight, okay?"
Nathaniel: "Oh? You're going to treat me?"
Janell Joy immediately said cheerfully, "That's right! I'm going to cook. Brother Lucas, are you willing to try?"
Her mother often told her that if she liked someone, she would inevitably want to cook for him, so that he could eat happily all the time. Therefore, as long as her mother was not at work, she would definitely cook for her father.
Now that she thought more about it, her mother's words were really true. Janell Joy also wanted to learn from her mother. She wanted to offer her first cooking experience to his favorite Brother Lucas.
"Okay, I'll have a taste of your cooking tonight." Even knowing that Janell Joy had never cooked before, and that it was likely difficult for him to swallow the food she cooked, Nathaniel agreed immediately.
"That's settled then. I'll prepare it now. Brother Lucas, see you tonight!" As she said that, Janell Joy was about to hang up the phone.
Suddenly, she remembered that she still did not know what Brother Lucas liked to eat. She quickly asked, "Brother Lucas, wait a moment. You haven't told me what you want to eat."
"As long as you cooked it, I will like it," said Nathaniel.
"Alright, then I'll need to get busy now." After that, Janell Joy hung up the phone happily.
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Janell Joy hummed a little tune and thought happily about Brother Lucas's trust towards her. Since he trusted her so much, she must perform well and cook up a real good storm for him, so that he could know that she was no longer a clueless kid.
However, Janell Joy's enthusiasm and self-confidence were taken aback when she saw the food in the refrigerator but did not know what to do.
"Mom, what should I do?" It looked very easy when she saw her mother was cooking, but how could it be so difficult when it was her turn?
Janell Joy stood in front of the refrigerator and she didn't know what to do.
Janell Joy hung up the phone, but Nathaniel Cooper still didn't put his phone down. He put the phone close to his ear and seemed to be able to still hear her voice.
He continued to do this for a long time. "Mr. President, these are the terms for today's meeting about the new tourism law. Take a look. If there is no problem, you still need to.approve and seal it. After you have signed and sealed it, the new law will be officially.implemented on the 1st of January next year." Jason Lesley printed out the final outcome of today's meeting and wanted Mr. President to review it.
Nathaniel took the document and looked at it. He saw that the title of the document was "Presidential Decree".
The following was the final outcome of today's meeting. Nathaniel finished reading the document in one glance and quickly signed and sealed it. Then, he handed the document to Jason and said, "That's all for today. Go back and rest early."
Jason nodded and said, "Mr. President, you have to participate in a very important financial forum tomorrow. Please rest early at night too."
This time, the economic forum was the first large- scale forum involving several major countries since Nathaniel was President. The leaders of many countries would attend the forum. Tomorrow would be a very busy day.
"Yes." Nathaniel nodded and turned to look at his personal assistant. "Send the makeup artist.in."
"Yes." This time, his private assistant was smart..He didn't dare to say more.
After receiving the order, he immediately went to work. It was rare that Nathaniel was so anxious to get his makeup done after he finished his work.
He wanted to get off work quickly, because there was someone waiting for him at night to cook for him. How long had it been since he'd had a meal personally cooked by his family? He thought about it for awhile, but he could not remember clearly
"Nathaniel." Suddenly, he heard Serene Silas' voice from behind him.
Nathaniel raised his head slightly and looked at the woman standing behind him from the mirror. "It's already so late and you haven't gone back yet. What's the matter?"
"Nathaniel, I have something that I would like to talk to you about privately. Do you have some time?" Serene asked carefully.
Nathaniel raised his hand and looked at the time. Half an hour had passed since the phone call with Janell Joy. He still needed some time to have his make up done, and another half an hour to drive over to Moon Bay.
He estimated that even if he rushed over to Moon Bay after this, Janell Joy would've been done with her cooking and she needed to wait for him.
He didn't want Janell Joy to wait for too long, so he said, "Serene, I still have some things to do tonight. If you have anything to say, we can talk about it tomorrow."
"Nathaniel, I only need a few minutes. I won't take up too much of your time." Serene's voice was extremely soft. She was worried that he would turn her down.
They were tied to the same boat. Although there was no love between them, but they had been together for so long, so they had quite a good relationship.
For Nathaniel, Serene was more than just a friend, she was his only good friend who would always back him up.
Before that person had gotten into trouble, he had instructed Nathaniel to help take good care of Serene and not to let the Silas family treat her like a sacrificial lamb for power.
When he saw Serene, Nathaniel often thought of her as his good friend. Whether it was because she was his friend or because Serene was his fiance in name, he didn't want to make her sad.
"Have a seat," Nathaniel spoke politely. "I'm almost done here."
Serene smiled faintly, "Thank you."
Nathaniel fell silent. He thought about a certain night about a year ago, when he heard gunshots, the sounds of knives slashing, and the sounds of killing...
It had been more than a year, but the image of blood flowing like a river still lingered in his mind for a long time. It was not a movie, nor a dream. It was something terrible that really happened, and he was involved that night.
"Mr. President, I'm done!" The makeup artist's voice interrupted Nathaniel's thoughts.
Nathaniel retracted his thoughts and looked at himself in the mirror. After putting on makeup, he did not look like the President anymore, but he looked like someone that Janell was familiar with.
Thinking about her, the person he felt sorry for the most in his life was Janell Joy. When Janell Joy was very young, he said that he would accompany her as she grew up. However, not long after he said that, he left her and returned to his own country. He shouldered the responsibility that he was destined to carry.
Now, she had come all this way to find him. After finding him, he did not even dare to tell her his true identity, nor see her with his real face.
"All of you can leave first." He waved his hand and gestured for everyone else to leave, besides Serene.
"Yes." The makeup artists packed up and left.
Nathaniel looked at Serene and asked, "What did you want to say?"
Serene pursed her lips and said, "Nathaniel, I accidentally bumped into Janell Joy today, and I even ate lunch with her."
Nathaniel nodded, "I know."
"You knew?" Serene was surprised, but she quickly understood that he had arranged spies.all over the country. He definitely knew everything about the little girl.
Serene added, "Nathaniel, if she didn't come looking for you, or me, I could still pretend that I don't know anything about it and still be your fiance. Now that she's come looking for you, and because I can't openly tell her, I feel very guilty. I feel like I've done something wrong to her."
Before, she already felt bad because she took up the position as Nathaniel's fiance. After seeing Janell Joy today, she felt even more guilty.
Nathaniel furrowed his brows and said, "It's not the time to tell her about this now."
Serene was a little emotional. "Nathaniel, you helped me when my father tried to take advantage of me. But now, I'm the reason you can't be with the girl you like publicly. Whenever I think about this, I just want to kill myself."
Serene knew about the relationship between Nathaniel and Janell Joy. She knew that Nathaniel had been thinking about this little girl all these years, and she also knew that it was Nathaniel who had arranged for Samantha to be by Janell Joy's side. Obviously, she knew that Nathaniel loved the little girl very much.
When Serene found out that the girl flew from New York to Country A alone to look for Brother Lucas, she couldn't sleep well at night. She always felt that she was the third party that was butting in their relationship.
Nathaniel's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at her. "Serene, you have to understand that when you became my fiance, not only did I do this to protect you from your family, but you also took on a lot of risks and danger."
At present, there were still many forces who opposed Nathaniel's authority and played tricks in the dark. Nathaniel might encounter danger at any time, and Serene, as his fiance, was no exception.
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