novelxo Chapter 1560
As Vanessa hadn't given her consent to the marriage, this gave Julien a headache as he pondered the matter, figuring how to convince her. He spent the whole afternoon with a long face, which made his assistants feel anxious. As they passed by Vanessa's office, they couldn't help but enter and ask, "Vanessa, what's up with Mr. Kyle?"
Vanessa replied, "He has always been like this, hasn't he? Is he behaving differently from usual?"
Joel couldn't resist asking, "What's the matter with you, then?"
Vanessa pointed to herself and replied gruffly, "Well, even if something is amiss, it's also my personal matter. I will keep my emotions under control when I'm working. Joel, you don't have to worry that my personal matters will affect my work progress."
"Vanessa, you know that's not what I mean." Joel looked rather exasperated. He wanted to hold Vanessa and burst into tears, but he didn't have the guts to do so. If he did hug Vanessa, Julien was sure to fire Joel at once! "Oh Vanessa, just tell me, tell me what happened between you and Mr. Kyle. If you let him go on like this, I'm afraid that I can't keep my job."
Vanessa knew the reason behind Julien's grouchiness. She wanted to make Joel's life easier, but it was out of the question for her to marry Julien when he did not even propose formally! "Joel, we are kind of in a relationship stalemate right now, but it has nothing to do with me. Resolving the matter depends on Mr. Kyle, so I really can't help you."
Joel was close to tears. "Vanessa, we have gone through so much together. Are you going to sit back and watch as I suffer alone?" Vanessa's heart softened slightly on his words. Still, she insisted. "Joel, I'm still busy with work. I'll be off to attend to them now."
Joel let out a long sigh. "Looks like I'm really going to be tortured today."
Vanessa suppressed a laugh. "Actually, it's not a big deal. He asked me to get our marriage registered but I refused."
"He proposed to you, but you didn't agree. How on earth is that not a big deal?" Joel wanted to strangle her. Julien had proposed Vanessa, and she refused?! Did she know how many women would kill to be in her position?!
Vanessa emphasized, "He didn't propose to me. He just wants me to get a marriage certificate with him!"
"What's the difference?" Joel sighed in exasperation as he knew his days ahead would be torturous. As long as Vanessa refused to register the marriage with Julien, everyone would be in distress. "Vanessa, could you tell me what you need the president to do for you to agree to marry him?"
"He hasn't formally proposed to me. So, how can I say yes?" Vanessa gave a curt reply. In fact, she wanted Joel to pass on the message to Julien. As long as Julien made a formal marriage proposal, she would definitely agree.
A formal proposal ceremony wasn't necessary, but Vanessa wanted Julien to openly declare their engagement. She wanted everyone to know that she would become his wife, and also let her late mother know of her happy marriage ahead.
"Vanessa, I'll attend to some work now, so please go ahead. See you later." Upon hearing what she said, Joel was on cloud nine. He dashed into Julien's office without even knocking. As soon as he entered, Julien shot Joel a cold stare, which made Joel quiver. Before he could speak, Julien bellowed, "Joel, you'd better have something important to say, or I'd kill you."
"Mr. Kyle, I..." Julien had startled Joel, and now he had forgotten everything he wanted to say. Under Julien's frightening gaze, Joel felt his scalp tingle and recalled his purpose. "Mr. Kyle, I'm here to tell you something about Vanessa. Perhaps it is quite important, but I am not sure..."
"What do you know about Vanessa?" Hearing her name, Julien's face darkened. Did these people know that he had been rejected numerous times by her and had come to laugh at him? If they really dared to do so, he would make them suffer.
Julien's face was grim, but Joel had good news, and hence was not afraid of Julien at the moment. "Mr. Kyle, I just had a chat with Vanessa and I mentioned you by chance. She's keen to marry you, but you have not officially proposed to her, so she can't agree even if she wants to. This matter has been bothering her."
After all, Julien was his boss. Hence, Joel had to deliver the message in a pleasing manner...
Sure enough, Julien's face brightened to a smile. "Did she really say that to you?"
Joel scratched his neck as he replied, "Of course, I have no intention to get myself into trouble. Would I dare lie?"
Julien sighed in exasperation, "I didn't propose to her? I've told her many times to get registered with me, but she rejected me. She either toys with me, changes the topic, or says she needs more time to think about it."
What?!
Their mighty company president must be a fool!
If it weren't for the fact that Julien was his boss, Joel would have teased him to death. However, Julien was a formidable superior, hence, Joel kept his mocking comments private. He continued, "Mr. Kyle, marriage may be as simple as getting a marriage certificate in your opinion. But to women, they want a public declaration of your marriage proposal to feel secure."
Julien raised his eyebrow and shot daggers at him. "You mean that I don't give her a sense of security?"
Joel was rather flabbergasted.
How could the president misunderstand his words? Joel was being earnest, trying his best to help. Alas, he never realized that Julien was so dim-witted... Perhaps, men were really fools in love. Julien was keen to find out the reason behind
Vanessa's constant rejection but to no avail. Hence, he had to take Joel's advice. "Joel, tell me, how did you get your wife to agree to marry you back then?"
Indeed, getting his wife to marry him had been Joel's greatest life achievement. With a smug smile, he replied, "Mr. Kyle, frankly, I did not do anything. She asked for my hand in marriage voluntarily. I was still young back then and I always thought that a man should focus on his career before getting married but she thought otherwise. She was persistent and I had no choice but to agree!"