My Darling, My Dearest novel Chapter 343

With a charming smile on his face, Jack asked, "Why are you even focused on dealing with other people's problems? Shouldn't we talk about our relationship first?"

Rachel straightened her posture and swirled her spoon in the coffee. "Hasn't it always been this way between us? Do you really have anything else you want to say?"

"What do you think?"

Jack grabbed her shoulders, forcing her to look at him.

He thought that he could wait for her until she said that she was willing to come back to him, but after seeing that Bill was also pursuing her, he couldn't help but feel worried.

"Haven't you seen how I behave recently?" he protested, waving his arms up in the air. "Now that Celine has left, there's nothing stopping us from being together."

"It's not that!" Rachel just didn't know how to express herself.

Although Celine was the reason why they had broken up in the first place, the woman still left a mark in their relationship. Every time she wanted to start over, the joy she felt would be replaced by anxiety and fear again.

She was afraid that it would happen all over again.

Rachel pursed her lips. "Can't you just give me some time? Let's talk about it later."

Maybe, in the near future, the uneasiness would dissipate.

Sitting on the sofa, Bill watched as Howard paced back and forth in the living room. The older man folded his hands behind his back as he stopped and glanced at them from time to time.

It'd been twenty minutes since he had arrived.

"Why did you come here?" Bill asked.

Howard stopped walking. Finally, he turned to look at him. Just as he was about to open his mouth, he shook his head and sighed. He didn't know what to say.

Although Bill was patient, Andy couldn't take the silence anymore. He shuffled anxiously and snapped, "If you don't have anything to say, then you can go back and think it over. Do you know how busy Bill is?"

"What is he busy with then? Busy chasing another man's woman?"

However, he regretted those words as soon as they left his lips. Staring into Andy's widened eyes and the frown that slithered its way into Bill's lips, he quickly explained, "That was wrong of me. Bill, have you gone out with Rachel a lot recently?"

"Yes," he answered. "How did you know?"

Howard decided to sit on the sofa and pick up a teacup. After gulping down the tea in one sip, he handed it to Andy. "Do you mind getting me another cup?"

"Just say what you want to say first." Andy crossed his arms, agitated to know what he was about to say. As soon as he heard Rachel's name, he couldn't help but take two steps forward.

"Get me some tea."

"Go, Andy,"

Bill said and waved his hand. He knew that Howard didn't want Andy to overhear the conversation. Besides, Bill had a feeling that he knew what Howard was going to say.

"I was afraid that he'd be too anxious," Howard explained. "It would be bad for his health."

"I understand. Let's get down to business, shall we?"

The young man leaned back.

Howard had been so used to his son's smiling face that he couldn't help but nervous when the young man became serious. He clenched his fists and cleared his throat. With that, he began to tell him the events that had unfolded while he was in Jack's office.

When Howard saw the project proposal that the MK Group had just acquired, he couldn't help but be a little bit excited. "Mr. Fu, don't worry. Our company has completed many resorts. We're already very experienced when it comes to this field."

Seeing the expectation and glee in the man's eyes, Jack sneered and pretended to have just seen the name of the project. He shook his head sheepishly. "Oh, it seems that I've made a mistake."

He stood up and walked to his desk. He took another file and handed it to him. It was totally different from the previous project. This was just a park reconstruction, and the asking price was three million. Compared to the one billion project, this was nothing.

Noticing the disappointment flashing in his eyes, Jack smiled. "I was hoping that you could help me take over this project." "Mr. Fu, this project can be finished by some other company. We don't want to deal with this." Howard was about to turn and leave. His face was already blubbering with anger from the insult Jack had shot at him. Jack crossed his legs and lit a cigarette. "Mr. Wu, it seems that you still don't know where you stand yet. As far as I know, your company hasn't taken any project in for nearly a month, right? Do you plan on eating air?" Howard's face turned bright red. "Jack, did you ask me here to come and insult me with such a small project? I'm your father's friend, and this is how you treat me?" "All I want is to make a deal with you." Jack flicked his cigarette onto the crystal ashtray and smiled. "If you agree, your company's guarantee in the bank plus the resort cooperation case will be given to you without a problem." The bait was far too tempting for Howard to refuse. Swallowing his pride, he returned to the sofa. "What do you want?"

Speaking of this, Howard exhaled shakily. He glanced at his son from time to time, and his cheeks reddened from the embarrassment.

"And what happened?"