Chapter 32 What’s Personal affairs between You and My Fiancee?
As Frankie gets distracted, Jenny struggles to get away to stand in the corner, looking at Luke in surprise.
"Mr. Lu... I..." Frankie loses composure and his heart sinks as if his boss got goods on him, which distracts him from Jenny.
Luke glances at Frankie with contempt before setting his eyes upon Mr. Wang who stands behind him, "Mr. Wang, you'd better be strict with your man."
"Mr. Lu, I guess you may not know Jenny belongs to Frankie's apartment, so..." Mr. Wang tries to explain cautiously.
"A manager paws an actress in the public. What if a reporter took a picture of that? Would it do any good to the company or the actress?"
Luke interrupts Mr. Wang without mercy.
"Yes, it's my fault."
Frankie can no longer just stand aside and says, "Mr. Lu, it's got nothing to do with Mr. Wang. Just something personal between Jen and I. We'll take care of it. You two must be busy. You may leave."
"Huh?" As Luke's eyes deepen and settle on the obvious red mark on Jenny's shoulder, his voice instantly gets cold, "What's personal affairs between you and my fiancee?"
His words shock everyone else there.
What did Luke just say?
His fiancee?
Jenny?
Everyone casts the eyes on Jenny.
Jenny is astonished as well. She stares at Luke with shock and gradually lifts her eyebrows.
She feels embarrassed to retort in front of everyone upon Luke, who always means exactly what he says. Is he really going to marry her?
Or did he just try to save her from embarrassment?
But was he aware his words couldn't be taken back?
This is the banquet held by Jade Picture. The news will be massively discussed before tomorrow morning.
Frankie is also so astonished that he says haltingly, "Fiancee...? How could it be possible..."
"Sir, what's your opinion?"
Luke's extremely cold eyes obviously indicate that he doesn't want to hear Frankie talking.
Frankie gets freaked by the word "fiancee". He doesn't understand Luke's meaning and is about to talk. Mr. Wang who stands beside him stops him.
"Mr. Lu, when will the engagement ceremony be held? I wish you could have told me that. Jenny is our employee after all."
According to the contract, Jenny is not allowed to get married during the 5 years from the date she signed it.
But what if she is going to marry the boss?
That's different.
"It's a sudden decision. I hope you don't mind, do you?"
"Of course not."
"We have other things, so we leave now." Luke reaches out for Jenny's hand and leaves with her.
As the lovely couple walks out of the hotel, the smile on Mr. Wang's face soon disappears. He glares at Frankie, "What's wrong with you? How dare you touch his fiancee? Doesn't she belong to your department? When is she with him? Why didn't you tell me?"
"I...I dont't know."
"You don't know?" John Wang almost shakes with anger, "How do you lead your actors? Didn't you read the news two days ago?"
John felt quite surprised to see Luke present with Jenny before the banquet, so he ordered his man to investigate Jenny. She was found to be not so famous but involved in some big, negative news about getting pregnant before marriage. She was seen to get on a premium car in front of a pharmacy and many people figured out the owner of the car.
The license plate number 888 can't be bought with money but by people with the special background. In Xicheng, only Luke is qualified to buy that car.
He has a very complicated family background. As is known, his grandpa, General Ryan Lu was a founding father of this country but the rest of his family members have been mysterious who rarely show in the public. However, his grandpa's name alone has brought much convenience to his business in Xicheng.
His outstandingly decisive ability helps him build a commercial empire in merely 5 years, but also within the help of the governmental agencies which have to show respect to the founding father who guarded this city. Special relations help things go well.
Luke is such a man immune to both soft and hard tactics so that John ended up losing his Jade Picture to Luke despite he tried all means. He blamed his failure on the lack of the special background that Luke has. Then he saw another chance that his actress is Luke's fiancee.
But what Frankie did made him lose that valuable chance. He regrets deeply and vents it on Frankie.
"Sir, don't worry...I'm sure Jenny didn't know Mr. Lu before. That must be some misunderstanding."
"Luke admitted that, how dare you say it's some misunderstanding? Frankie, I think it's huge mistake for you to be a manager."
"Sir..."
Frankie frowns tightly, seeing John walking away. He turns around only to find no one around the gate, with what Luke said echoing in his mind.
Fiancee?
Why?
He begged for help when Jenny's family was in trouble; he regularly had her favorite snacks delivered to her out of worries after she went to Melbourne to study without telling him; he squeezed time to talk to her online no matter how busy he was; he spared no efforts to help her with the contract, find the best agent for her, and take care of her whenever she was in trouble, after waiting 3 years for her to come back But she wasn't devoted to him however hard he tried as if he would never be the most important person for her.
So he was in panic and meanwhile Jessica showed up. By contract, Jessica is warm and sensitive, and knows him well. He hesitated but crossed the bottom line in the end. He can't get back to who he was, like a train left the rails.
Should he be the one to blame?
"Jenny, tell me, should I be the one to blame?"
He recalls the moment Jenny left, holding Luke's arm with a smile on her face and even her back looking splendid. He didn't realize the innocent little girl could turn to be mature and sexy. His mind instantly goes blank and his eyes look more and more regretful.
If Jenny was forced to depend on Luke because of the scandals, would it change everything that he figures out a way for her to resume?
"Hello, sir, I got an idea. Friday's Eight Thirty program is in lack of an actress because the original actor had her leg hurt during the shooting. What do you think Jessica joins the program with Jenny?"