Jack's words caused the two ladies to raise their brows. Celine looked at him with a smile that had a hint of teasing. She asked, "Between the two of us, who would you like to be in your car?"
Jack hadn't seen that question coming at all. Now that he was asked, he thought to himself, 'Ain't it obvious? I came here to pick you up. So, I would want you to be in my car.' But, he didn't say that out loud.
He had interacted with several girls previously. Although none of the interaction was romantic or such, he at least knew something basic. If he choose Celine, he was sure that Faith would be offended. If he choose Faith, Celine would be offended.
If he choose none of them, he was sure that both of them would he offended. Such a situation needed serious consideration.
On the other hand, Faith was looking at Celine weirdly. She thought to herself, 'Since when did this young lady start teasing men?' Then, she looked at Jack with squinted eyes. 'These two must be trying to play me here. They must have known each other a long time ago but are trying to fool me here.'
After a few seconds of consideration, Jack came to an appropriate decision. " Can your car accommodate four people at the same time?" He asked while looking at Celine.
"Not really. Just like yours, mine can only carry two people, it's a sports car." Celine replied as her smile became wider. She wanted to see how Jack's thinking process was. Although she was thinking on this way, in her heart, she wanted him to choose her.
"Since we're both heading to the same destination, and our cars can only accommodate two people, let's take a cab. It can carry all of us." Jack said.
Celine and Faith went agape the moment that they heard Jack's solution. They had thought that he would be forced to pick one of them or none, now that neither his nor Celine's car couldn't carry them both.
Who would have thought that Jack would suggest that they leave their cars here and take a cab instead? They were both amazed but at the same time, Celine had some grievance in her heart. 'Can't you just pick me?'
After a moment of silence, Celine waved her hand and said, "There's no need for a cab. Faith is still going to the new company to do something. So, there's no need to take a cab. I'll just take your car while Faith takes mine."
It was also at this moment that Jack noticed that she was teasing him. He then thought to himself that he must return this debt. How could he, a man, accept someone to tease him easily?
Faith didn't have a disagreement at all. Although she had some doubts about the two, Jack's answer had made her to be at ease with him. If he had instantly decided on taking Celine with him, she would have a bad impression of him.
They both left the hotel in the two cars. Jack was driving while Celine was on the passenger seat. He didn't put on any stunts while driving this time.
On the way, they talked about this and that, getting familiar with each other. Not long after, they arrived at the Business Overlord Building.
Celine wasn't expecting that Jack's new business would be located here. Although she'd seen taller than this, when you see a taller dwarf, you will be surprised, right?
After parking the car, he saw that Tim had already arrived. It seemed that he'd never forgotten this car that was owned by Jack.
The moment that the duo got out of the car, he stepped forward and greeted. "Morning boss, madam."
The moment that Tim called Celine madam, Celine blushed. After all, the way that Tim had referred to her was the same as calling her as Jack's girlfriend or maybe wife?
'Hey! I'm not his wife! We've only met a few times and we began talking yesterday!' Celine wanted to shout out these words but for some reason, she held back while looking at Jack.
Jack on the other hand didn't say a word and just nodded at Tim. "Morning, on what floor is Chris and the others?" Jack asked.
"They are on the seventh floor." Tim replied.
"I got it, thanks." Jack said to Tim before turning to Celine and said, "Let's go."
Celine was wondering what Jack was thinking by not clarifying the fact that they had no such of relationship that Tim was thinking. But what made her frown a little was the fact that Jack didn't know what floor the meeting was located.
"You don't know what floor your office is located?" She couldn't help but ask.
"I just told them to pick a floor and set up an office there. Today is when the grocery department will start running by management centralization." Jack said.
"Pick a floor? Are they free? Why didn't I know about that? If I did, I surely would have brought my friend's company here." Celine said with a sad look on her face.
For some reason, Jack smiled and said, "You can choose one too. They're free."
"Are you kidding me? If it was free, then there would be many people picking their own floors." Celine asked.
"Well, why don't you try it? There's a person in charge of the building on the ground floor. Or, you can ask the receptionist." Jack stated.
Celine looked at Jack suspiciously. She couldn't accept this fact that there was someone who would spend his own money to build an office building only to give it out for free.
Without a word, they arrived on the ground floor. This floor had been set up in such a way that it was a reception area and a lobby. This was the renovation that Sabrina had arranged after Jack made the request.
There was nothing much to do. It was just placing the receptionist desk as well as the couches for the guests in waiting.
After getting to the front desk, Jack looked at Celine and gave her a go ahead. At the same time, he sent a message to Chris to come down.
Although he had bought this building, the new employees here didn't know him. A good example would be the gentleman working as a receptionist.
After sending the text, he turned his attention to the conversation between the two.
"Are you serious miss? How can this building be free? This building has already been bought and isn't in the market. Even if it was, there's nobody that would offer such a building for free, right?" The man said with a frown on his face.
Since the building had only the ones in charge of cleaning and security, but was almost empty. On this ground floor, there was only the receptionist and a security guard.
"Are you sure about that? I've been told by someone that it is free." Celine said as she squinted her eyes at Jack.
On seeing her expression, Jack felt like laughing out loud, but in the end, he suppressed his laughter and just smiled.
Upon seeing this, Celine knew that she had been duped. Her face blushed in both shame and embarrassment. At this moment, she felt some resentment towards Jack. The reason behind this was due to him making a fool out of her.
"Jack, how dare you lie to me?" Celine asked angrily as she stumped her foot onto the ground.
Noticing that he seemed to have gone a little far, Jack could only smile and say, "I'm sorry about that. But, that's a comeback for teasing me back in the hotel."
Celine took deep breaths as she tried to contain her anger. This was the first time that a person had made a fool out of her. But, in the end, she didn't know why she couldn't slap that smiling face of his.
"But it's true that you can get a floor here for free. Do you want it?" Jack asked.
"Humph. Whom are you trying to tease again. I'm not that gullible to fall for the same trick twice." Celine said as she turned her face away from him.
"I'm serious this time. I'm not lying." Jack said seriously.
Celine looked at his serious expression for a moment before shifting her gaze towards the receptionist.
The receptionist, although he was kind and easy going to those that visited the building, he couldn't take it anymore when he saw that Jack kept on saying that the building was offering a floor for free.
'Who does he think he is? Does he think that he can joke around with other people's property?' the receptionist thought to himself.
"Sir, I don't think that it's appropriate for you to start lying to others about serious things. You know you can be sued for fraud." He stated with a serious expression on his face.
According to what he could think of, Jack was here with the intention of pleasing this girl. It seemed that he wanted her to be his girl and that was why he was formulating lies.
Jack looked at the receptionist but didn't reply. He just looked at Celine, waiting for her decision. This was his building and he could make a decision to give out floors for free. But, currently, the only thing that he needed was to know that she was serious about moving her company here.
Celine didn't know what to do. The receptionist said that there were no free floors while on the other hand, Jack seemed serious about what he was saying.
Just as she was about to reply, the elevator opened and a middle aged man in a black suit rushed out of it. The moment that he saw Jack, he rushed towards him.
"Mr. Jack, you've already arrived?" Chris said as soon as he arrived in front of Jack.