Female Novel
Chapter 898 The Boy Bumped Into Him
Chapter 898 The Boy Bumped into Him
Bryce pushed open the door to Jimmy's office, immediately hit with the strong aroma of coffee thatlingered in his nose. Even though it had been five years since their last encounter, Jimmy couldn'tmove on and was trapped by it - coffee had become a necessity for him.
Jimmy's cold gaze fell on Bryce as he quickly placed the list he held in front of him.
"This is the elimination list," Bryce said.
Jimmy glanced at the list with a cold look before saying, "Have the agency send next month's artistschedule to my email."
Holding his cup of coffee, Jimmy walked over to his desk and began looking through files. It was justlike old times.
Bryce walked up to his desk and placed both hands on it. "Mr. Harrison, can't you take a break?There are twenty-four hours in a day and you spend eighteen or nineteen hours working every day.You'll burn out if you keep this up. You have so many talented people work for you. Do you reallyneed to work so hard?"
Jimmy signed his name on some documents without replying to Bryce's words before pressing abutton on his phone.
"Notify all employees from planning department to meet at conference room one for a meeting inten minutes," Jimmy ordered Randall over the phone before hanging up without any hesitation ordelay.
"Do you need anything else? If not, please return to J. S. Entertainment," Jimmy spoke calmly withno expression showing on his handsome face.
"You're nothing but a workaholic now," Bryce said helplessly
"I heard that you're planning to visit Trada soon; do you want an assistant? I can fully replaceRandall as your assistant." A playful smile appeared on Bryce's handsome face as he suggestedthis idea.
Jimmy furrowed his brow slightly. "I'm going there for inspections only."
Bryce shrugged nonchalantly. "I've been too busy lately and my mother set me up on to many blinddates, which makes me have no time to flirt with women. I would rather go visit Trada with you thanbeing set up on blind dates, since Trada is known for its beautiful scenery and relaxingatmosphere."
Thinking that his mom kept arranging for blind dates for him, Bryce felt helpless.
"Nine o'clock sharp at airport." The short yet chilling sentence echoed into Bryce's ears
Bryce sighed heavily
"You spend your words as if every one were a gold. Okay, see you tomorrow at nine," Bryce turnedand left the office.
After Jimmy finished the last document, it was two hours later. Jimmy picked up his cold coffee andhis lips curved into a bitter smile.
"Anna, are you living happily in heaven?"
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The next day, Olivia woke up early to prepare breakfast for her son. Although it was simple, Jay wasvery happy with it.
"Olivia, are you sure you want to take me to the mall?"
Jay elegantly wiped his mouth and looked at Olivia with big watery eyes.
Olivia squatted in front of her son and gently stroked his handsome little face.
"I've been working part-time lately, so I haven't had time to spend with you. Today there is an eventat the mall with a special playground for children. While I work as a mascot character, you can playand wait for me at the same time. Is that okay?"
Due to financial reasons, Olivia rarely took her son out to play which made her feel guilty.
"Okay! I will wait patiently for you, Olivia," said Jay while making a promise gesture.
Olivia nodded, then kissed him on the cheek before holding his hand and leaving their apartmenttogether.
They came to the mall by bus and then Olivia led her son to the mall's playground.
"Be a good boy, don't run around, understand? When my work is done, I'll come find you."novelbin
Although she knew that her son was thoughtful and sensible enough not to cause trouble, Oliviacouldn't help worrying about him so kept reminding him constantly.
"Olivia, just don't worry, I'll absolutely be here for you and won't get you in trouble."
Olivia nodded and, after settling her son, made her way to the locker room that the mall provided forpart-time employees.
Ruth had arrived in the locker room early, already changed into her dinosaur mascot costume, cutewith a hint of dominance.
Seeing Olivia arrive, Ruth immediately walked over. "How is everything? Have you settled down Jayproperly?"
Olivia nodded. "He'll be waiting for me in the playground area. When our we finish our work, I'll go tohim. I hope we can finish early today so I can get paid earlier and then take my son out eat combomeal."
Olivia had a sweet smile on her face, and when she talked about her son, her clear eyes were full oftenderness.
"I envy you. Though you and your son live a tough life, you can educate him so well. Unlike my littletroublemaker at home who makes me want to stuff him back into my belly." Ruth chuckled as shespoke.
As they chatted, Olivia changed the raccoon mascot costume that the mall had prepared for her.
It was really hot inside.
With her head covered, Olivia began to miss the coolness outside.
Making money was really not easy.
But for the sake of her son, she would keep going.
Led by the staff members, they arrived at the mall lobby and received promotional materials handedto them.
"Today is our mall's fifth anniversary celebration. And there will be important people coming here toinspect us. So please be careful while working and don't cause any trouble," said the serious-looking mall manager. After giving some instructions, he left.
Ruth and Olivia were divided in one group distributing flyers near the entrance of the mall.
Although it was tiring and hot work handing out flyers all day long, but thinking about being able totake her son out for steak dinner after work made Olivia excited again.
At eleven o'clock sharp Jimmy and Bryce arrived at the mall accompanied by the manager.
Jimmy wore designer sunglasses with his custom-made suit, exuding an aura that kept peopleaway from him
"Jimmy, can you please smile? Your poker face might scare off our manager," whispered Bryce ashe noticed how frightened the manager looked upon seeing Jimmy's expressionless face.
"I'm here to inspect, not to entertain," replied Jimmy in a voice devoid of warmth or emotion, makingBryce shake his head helplessly.
Despite being intimidated by Jimmy's cold demeanor, the manager mustered up courage enough topresent him with sales reports. "Mr. Harrison, this is the sales report for the past five years' sales.Though Trada is small, we have good sales figures. If you could develop nearby areas into touristattractions, I believe this place will become an ideal shopping destination."
The manager was doing his best to promote the shopping mall he managed, hoping to secure alarge investment from the Harrison Group and increase the mall's revenue.
Jimmy's face was chiseled and handsome, but there wasn't a hint of emotion on it, making it difficultfor anyone to guess what he was thinking. His deep eyes scanned the surroundings.
He had investigated the basic revenue of the shopping mall, so he paid no attention to the reportthat had been sent to him by the manager.
When Jimmy's gaze fell on a nearby playground for children, the manager quickly spoke up, "Thatplayground is set up for kids because it's our fifth anniversary celebration."
Jimmy simply nodded before preparing to go check out other areas near the shopping mall whensuddenly a child ran towards him.
Seeing that the child was about to fall over, Jimmy instinctively reached out and caught him. Jaybreathed a sigh of relief when he felt Jimmy's arms around his small frame and lifted his pretty littleface without even realizing it...