I Only Want You novel Chapter 54

Upon hearing this, James Lu stopped what he was doing and looked straight at Elizabeth Liang without any emotion.

About a minute later, he smiled and asked, "So?"

There was still a small scab at the corner of his lips, caused when he protected her as he rolled down the stairs yesterday...

"Just shout at me! Or... hit me if you want!"

Looking at Elizabeth's deadly serious face, James was amused. "That's an interesting request."

He let go of her foot and said coolly, "But I can't be bothered to do something so depraved."

Hearing what he said, Elizabeth not only didn't feel better, she but felt even more guilty. "But it's all because of me..."

If she weren't such a bookworm and actually learned to do anything other than study, then she wouldn't have embarrassed James along with her and screwed up his business deal.

"Are you feeling bad that you're only good at school and nothing else?"

Elizabeth nodded in silence.

"Well, now you should learn to do other things in the future," James smiled. He wasn't teasing her anymore, and was speaking in earnest. "Sir Wu's property was really significant, but it wasn't absolutely necessary. Although we couldn't buy it this time, it doesn't mean that we won't have other opportunities to build a Lu shopping mall downtown in the future."

He looked at her and continued, "Similarly, you failed this time, but it doesn't mean you'll fail again next time. I'm not just talking about Lu Enterprises, but also other businesses, and even individual people. Everything in life has its ups and downs. If you give up just because of one failure, do you think success will ever come knocking on your door?"

Elizabeth was moved and surprised. She never thought that he would say these things to her.

She shook her head, "But..."

"But what?" James raised his eyebrows and asked. "You have to know that it's not as simple as you think for a big contract like this to work. It would be the result of the hard work of tens and even hundreds of people in the entire company. What happened today doesn't mean that we don't have a chance anymore. After all, Lu Enterprises is many times bigger than the Chao, or even the Liang Company. If Sir Wu really decided to work with the Chao Company only because of the contest between you and Josephine Liang, that would only mean that I got really unlucky this time."

James stood up and patted Elizabeth on the shoulder, "Don't overthink it, sweetie." Then he smiled again, "But well, you can think about why you lost to that revolting woman Josephine Liang."

Elizabeth thought for a moment and blurted out, "Because I can't play golf?"

James was a little speechless. "I forgot how young you are! What can you think of apart from what happened today?"

"Uh ..." Elizabeth thought a little harder and said. "I'm not as achieved and beautiful as she is?"

Lost for words, James took a deep breath. "You're already a straight-A student. As for your looks ..." He paused to look her up and down. "You're good enough, I guess. But have you ever thought about why you lost not only to her, but also to your uncle's family as well?"

This was the first time that he had discussed this with her.

Elizabeth thought for a while and replied somewhat frustratedly, "Because I was too stupid and trusted them too much."

"That's also true. But most importantly you didn't know how to protect yourself, so you forgot about what you actually needed to care about the most. Of course school is important sometimes, but there are many things that are much more important than school. What happened today was your tuition fee for this lesson."

The realization caused an intense surge of emotion in Elizabeth's heart.

The fact that she only cared about her studies in the past was what led her to her current downfall. She couldn't protect what her parents had left her. And today...

James stood up, "I have to go and deal with some stuff in the company. You should rest at home." He walked to the door and then turned back."Don't cook tonight. Just order takeout." When Elizabeth heard the front door open and then close, she stood up from her bed and hopped over to the window. She watched him hurried to the car and got in.

Elizabeth's heart was still beating fast as she watched the car drive off.

James...

Every single word he said touched her heart.

Instead of blaming her, he comforted her and gave her guidance.