Filed to story: The Disguised Billionaire and His Accidental Wife Novel
“It’s not just the employees who want to befriend him, people like us also want to get in with him too. It’s a shame he and Mr. York are best friends. Mr. York doesn’t like me, so even Mr. Bucham would stay away at the sight of me before I could get a chance to be chummy.”
Jasmine and Serenity were lost for words.
Mr. Bucham sounded plain wicked.
Even an heiress like Elisa wanted to buddy up with him.
While Mr. Bucham could open doors to opportunities, Mr. York was… the golden ticket.
Serenity believed anybody who could get into Mr. York’s circle would have Wiltspoon at the palm of their
hands.
“Jasmine, what do you think about Mr. Bucham?”
Elisa wanted to get information on Zachary’s wife through Josh as she needed full closure.
Jasmine spread her palms. “Nothing much. We get along, but I don’t get that love at first sight. I should invest in the relationship if I want to get into it, but I feel he’s out of my league after learning who he is. I should keep my distance.”
Josh would be speechless if he heard this.
Elisa told her, “Why don’t you try and go out with him if you two get along? I’ve heard a lot about him from my brother. He’s a man you can count on. Since Josh was willing to go on a blind date with you, that he wanted to try and get serious with you.
“Don’t talk about him being out of your league. Your family owns a lot of properties. Heck, your family owns half the street of commercial stores up north. Your aunt is Mrs. Lowe. How are you not good enough for Josh? Josh isn’t in line to take over the Bucham family. He’s simply the head of the Bucham family’s nephew.
“Jasmine, I’d been obsessed with Mr. York for many years. Although there’s no hope of us getting together, I need to know who I lost to. Go on and date Mr. Bucham. Help me get information from him. I can give you money. You can just see it as a paid assignment.”
Jasmine was at a loss for words.
Serenity stared blankly at Elisa.
Why did she get a feeling that Elisa was trying to get the latest gossip about Mr. York?
“I’ll give dating a go if Mr. Bucham invites me out.”
Jasmine had a good impression of Josh.
“Let me tell you, Jasmine. You must hang onto Josh. He’s a nice guy. You can get firsthand gossip at your fingertips when you two get together.”
Jasmine was rendered speechless.
Serenity burst into laughter.
Realizing what she had said, Elisa covered her mouth to chuckle too.
Josh, who was slaving away for Zachary at the office, felt a burn in his ears. Using his phone camera in selfie mode, he checked his ears and found them red.
“Who’s dissing me behind my back?” Josh mumbled.
He must be getting railed pretty badly as his ears turned scarlet.
Putting down his pen, Josh got up and drew near the window to look down. He looked at the paparazzi standing firmly outside the company entrance and murmured, “They sure have the patience to stay from last night until now. Seriously, Zachary. All it takes is for Zachary to show off his relationship and boom, the community’s rocked to the core.”
Well, it only shook the community. All was calm with the missus.
Zachary shielded the missus well.
Everybody in the office had seen Serenity, but no one had the guts to blab it out.
The York family kept mum, refusing to let a word out despite the reporters‘ incessant inquiries.
“Do you know who Mr. York’s wife is?” was the first thing that popped out of everyone in the upper crust’s mouth today.
Business clients would join in on the gossip after closing deals, snooping on the identity of Mr. York’s bride.
Josh was annoyed.
Since he was best buddies with Zachary, many tried to pry information from him.
Josh knew the most but could say nothing about it.
After dropping the bombshell, Zachary nonchalantly occupied himself with work as it was business as usual for him.
Escorted by his team of security, Zachary went to have a meal at Wiltspoon Hotel after work. As always, he called Mr. Zen to deliver a few of Serenity’s favorites to her.
Zachary also asked Mr. Zen to buy a bouquet of flowers at the florist to be delivered together with the
food.
The only thing that caught Zachary by surprise was running into Clive at the hotel entrance.
The Stones have their own hotels. Plus, Clive and Zachary were business competitors. Hence why Clive would never really show his face at Wiltspoon Hotel.
Yet today Clive was here with clients. His clients must have asked for the business meeting to be held at Wiltspoon Hotel.
With two major CEOs crossing paths at the hotel, both stopped in their tracks.
Behind Zachary was his security detail while Clive had a few of his important executives and secretaries. at his tail.
Both carried an imposing presence.
The people following behind these CEOs stopped walking when the big shots came face–to–face.
Clive’s eyes immediately ran along Zachary’s left hand. There was a ring on his ring finger. However, it was not the gold ring that Zachary posted on Facebook.
Catching on to Clive’s gaze, Zachary openly raised his left hand and put his hand out so Clive could get a closer look.
“I heard you posted on social media, flaunting your relationship, Mr. York,” Clive said.
“You’re quite well informed, Mr. Stone.”
“It’s hard not to when it’s highly publicized. Did you change into another ring, Mr. York?”
Lowering his gaze, Zachary stared at his wedding ring and graciously told Clive, “My wife felt the gold ring wasn’t very pretty, so I replaced it with the Eternal diamond ring.”
Clive grinned. “Your wife has good tastes.”
The Eternal diamond ring on Zachary’s finger cost a bomb.
It appeared Mr. York’s wife appreciated fine rocks. She must be from a well–off family, but the question was which family.