Chapter 353: Chapter 352: Get Her Personally
 

“Mr. Jenkins and I are engaged, even grandfather knows,” Scarlett’s expression shattered for a moment.

Mr. Jenkins nodded, speaking to Jerry Jenkins, “There were last words from your dad, asking for Scarlett to be our daughter-in-law.”

“Last words?” Jerry Jenkins’ beautiful eyes slightly curled up, “Father’s last words probably won’t be useful for my younger brother, right?”

Mr. Jenkins took a breath.

It’s more than useless, his younger brother even dared to go against him openly.

People don’t know, but he knew. Zachary Jenkins hated Edward Jenkins the most, even to the point of despise.

If he knew that Scarlett was arranged by his father to be his wife, he might not want to see Scarlett for the rest of his life.

“It’s all Ivy Thompson’s fault. If it wasn’t for her, Michael wouldn’t be so estranged from me.”

Mr. Jenkins sighed deeply as a light flickered in Jerry’s eyes.

“Right, Jerry, since you’re well now, you might want to start looking for a girl you like. When you get married, I’ll give you control of the Jenkins family, Michael… I won’t rely on him anymore,” Mr.Jenkins said.

He was old and how much longer he could live remained unknown.

He knew his body, he probably didn’t have much time left.

Speaking of his own marriage, a gentle yet flustered face appeared in Jerry’s mind.

Zoey Lambert said she had a boyfriend now, but he did not believe it. He investigated her relationship history that night.

Indeed, as he had guessed, Zoey Lambert had never been in a relationship with anyone, and she was still single.

Sure enough, the girl he had his eyes on was so conservative and self-loving.

The corner of Jerry’s lips rose, with a touch of obsession in his eyes.

Zoey Lambert, he will definitely win her over personally.

Leaford’s house, Zoey Lambert, who was reading a book on the sofa, sneezed unconsciously.

She put down the book, her mind a total mess.

Since learning that Jerry Jenkins was no longer foolish, she hadn’t been able to focus on her studies, let alone work.

After the last incident at home, her father handed most of the company’s affairs to her.

Her father had no sons, and she, as the eldest daughter, naturally assumed the responsibility of the eldest daughter.

However, these days in the company, her subordinates and peers always seemed to be asking her about Jerry Jenkins.

“Zoey, I heard that Jerry Jenkins is no longer foolish. You were considered to be his wife by the Jenkins family before, are you regretting rejecting Jerry Jenkins now?”

“I heard Jerry Jenkins is so handsome. A friend’s relative works as a cleaner at his house. They were amazed when they saw him. You might want to reconsider him?”

“Now that he’s not foolish anymore, he’s definitely going to be a hot commodity in Capital City!”

Everyone knew about her and Jerry nearly getting together before, and now that Jerry had recovered his sanity, many people came to ask and gossip.

Hearing these questions, Zoey Lambert felt embarrassed and didn’t know how to respond.

She could only divert with the excuse that she had a boyfriend now.

She didn’t expect to see Jerry Jenkins so soon.

First, her assistant told her that a company wanted to cooperate with her on a technology project in an art gallery in Capital City, but they had to meet with her face to face.

Zoey Lambert had no suspicions. However, when the person arrived at the company, Zoey Lambert was taken aback.

The person was none other than Jerry Jenkins.

Jerry Jenkins came into Zoey Lambert’s office dressed in white casual clothes, his hair fluffy and soft, his bright eyes staring at her without blinking.

Zoey Lambert’s heart throbbed.

“Miss Leaford, don’t be afraid, I just came to talk about work.”

Jerry Jenkins sat opposite her, his mocking glance casually assessing her.

There was heating in the room. Zoey had taken off her coat, only left with a fitted, Chanel-style outfit inside. On top of it,

Zoey Lambert tried hard to maintain her expression as she served him a cup of tea.

Jerry Jenkins took the tea, his fingers brushed hers inadvertently. Zoey Lambert quickly withdrew her hand, her face pale.

“Mr. Jenkins, this is the contract for our two companies’ collaboration, please take a look.”

Zoey Lambert quickly picked up the contract and formally handed it to him.

Whether it was intentional or unintentional, Jerry Jenkins was not going to use the Jenkins Company for this cooperation with the Leaford Company but another company with the surname Qi.

“This is my mother’s company,” Jerry Jenkins explained proactively, “I guess the Jenkins family is probably blacklisted by your father, and Leaford Technologies would find it hard to cooperate with any of the Jenkins’ subsidiaries again.”

Jerry Jenkins smirked, seeing that Zoey Lambert was a bit distracted, a hint of depth seeping into his slightly obsessive gaze.

“Sign it, I’ll agree to any condition.”

Zoey Lambert was startled, looking hesitantly at him.

“Mr. Jenkins, this is a partnership, not a game.”

If she agreed to everything, she feared that she might be rushing headlong into perils and pitfalls.

“Let’s sign it on the basis of a normal partnership ratio.”

She didn’t want to owe the Jenkins family any favours, nor did she want anything extra from them.

Jerry Jenkins stood up, walked over to her, slowy leaned in; the obsidian-black eyes filled with a hint of intrigue ,”To be frank Miss Leaford, I like you very much.”

“I just don’t understand why you’re so scared of me for no reason? I’m not a beast.”

When he had pretended to be ignorant, he seemed harmless so why was this girl so afraid of him?

Zoey Lambert tensed up, her eyes suddenly darkening, “Mr. Jenkins, we are discussing business, please don’t act inappropriately, or I’ll call the security!”

Jerry Jenkins straightened up, backed up a few steps involuntarily, and sat back down in his chair.

His beautiful eyes seemed somewhat wounded.

In the days when he played “foolish”, his grandfather arranged many women for him, but he didn’t like any of them. Even Emma Smith last time, it was just to tease her, he had no real intentions.

But this Zoey Lambert seemed to want to put a distance between them.

He thought that when he was regarded as a “fool,” it made sense for her to despise him. But now that he had improved, she seemed even more scared of him.

“Sign it.” He massaged his brow, and decided not to tease her anymore.

Anyway, there was plenty of time in the future.

As long as she lived in Capital City, she couldn’t escape from the palm of his hand.

He didn’t believe that he couldn’t tame this proud wild horse.

Jerry Jenkins’s gaze was bright and piercing, making Zoey Lambert’s scalp tingle.

For some reason, this Jerry Jenkins always gave her a bad feeling. Especially his blatant confession of love seemed like a sharp blade, breaking through her defenses that she had built over the years.

Over the years, she had various suitors, but a heart-penetrating confession like Jerry Jenkins’s only made her want to escape.

Once the contract was signed, Zoey Lambert made up an excuse to leave.

She did not dare to tell anyone about the signed contract with Jerry Jenkins for now.

This contract involved a large amount of money, but Jerry Jenkins granted more than half of the profit to the Leaford family. This ostentatious method of signing the contract seemed less like a collaboration and more like a gift.

She wanted to reject it, but Jerry Jenkins signed the contract regardless.

Seeing his satisfied look, Zoey Lambert couldn’t bear to stay any longer and made an excuse to leave.

This matter troubled her so much that she couldn’t sleep, plagued by nightmares.

If she knew the company belonged to Jerry Jenkins, she’d rather not cooperate with him.

It was too late to regret now. The arrow had to fly once it was drawn on the bow.

After thinking it over, she decided to tell her cousin, Ivy, about this.

Ivy was so smart, she was sure to have a solution.

She took a copy of the contract and knocked on Molly Walker’s door.

Molly had just finished a report from Harry Lambert, who said that Olivia Sawyer had officially signed a contract with the new company and would start promoting it tomorrow.

After finishing his report, Harry Lambert mentioned Jeremy Norman involuntarily.

“By the way, I’ve heard that Jeremy Norman has been hospitalized.” Harry Lambert paused, “It seems quite serious.”

He hadn’t had time to check in detail.

Knowing the relationship between Jeremy Norman and Molly, Harry Lambert reported and reminded her proactively.

If compared with Michael Gallagher, he believed Jeremy Norman was more suitable for Molly.

Of course, he was the most suitable one, for he could unselfishly devote his life to her.

Unfortunately, Molly did not love him.

So, he was willing to stand back and become her powerful assistant.

Upon hearing the news of Jeremy Norman’s hospitalization, Molly was taken aback.

Since Jeremy Norman’s birthday, she hadn’t reached out to him. Considering that he had helped her and that she had disappeared after his birthday, Molly felt a pang of guilt.

Just then, the doorbell rang.

“Cousin Ivy, can we have a chat?”

It was Zoey Lambert.

Molly thought of Jerry Jenkins coming over the other day and Zoey’s status, she instantly guessed that it must be related to Jerry Jenkins.

Emma Smith had told her that day that Jerry Jenkins did not look like a fool but was pretending. Judging from Jerry Jenkins’s behavior at the Leaford’s home the other day, Emma Smith was right.

She got up and opened the door.

“Cousin.”