Ellison And Joycelyn: A Love Beyond The Rules

Chapter 279 628 In the staff cafeteria, Aurelia used the director's account to book a private room for the whole group so they did not have to lunch in the open dining hall.

Clement invited everyone to order their favorite dishes as if they were dining in a restaurant outside.

At first, the girls were here to dig for gossip about Joycelyn, but after hearing the whole story, they realized this guy was Lucy Barrett's first love. The change in the female protagonist did not dampen their enthusiasm for gossiping.

"Clement, you've been separated from Lucy for so many years. Moreover, you've settled down overseas. The cultural differences are vast. Since both of you have already moved on, it's quite a good outcome: Joycelyn saw that he was quite sad that Lucy blocked him and tried to comfort him.

"Previously, I had no choice because my parents migrated overseas, but now that I have the ability to lead my own life, I can move back to work and settle down in my hcountry, Can I ask you...

Before he could ask Joycelyn to help him contact Lucy, Clement saw a tall and domineering figure appear at the doorway of their private dining room.

The moment that man barged in, his dark eyes locked onto Clement. Clement instantly swallowed the words that were about to cout of his mouth.

He could sense this man's murderous air being directed at him.

"Ask what? Ask her out for lunch? Great! We can all join in." Ellison squeezed his way in even though there were no more seats at the six-person table. Behind him, William appeared magically with a dining chair.

Thump! The dining chair was plonked down beside Joycelyn noisily. Thereafter, William stood guard behind his boss. The special assistant had turned into a bodyguard. His glare directed at Clement was no less threatening than his employer's.

Before this, Joycelyn was listening to Clement with relish when she felt a chill behind her back. Thereafter, that chill moved to her side.

She got a shock. She turned to look at the icy-faced man beside her with timid eyes. Guilt instantly filled her entire body.

And he wanted to share her table again. Wasn't this man's reason for forcing his way in for a meal a little too far- fetched? "Mr. Grant, you... haven't eaten?" Joycelyn fumbled with her cutlery as she sneaked a glance at the man beside her, who seemed to be in an extremely foul mood.

"Well, am I not getting ready to eat?” Ellison answered pointedly in a gruff voice. He gave Joycelyn a side glance before glaring at Clement opposite him.

There was a nasal quality in his voice that made it clear that he had not recovered from his cold.

Ellison's dark eyes narrowed dangerously as he stared at Clement. His thin lips curled up slightly, but the words that cout of his mouth were more chilly than ice shards. “The staff cafeteria in the Grant Group is not open to outsiders other than employees. You can't even bear to go to the restaurant when you want to pick up girls. Aren't you too stingy?" As soon as he blurted out these words, it wasn't just Joycelyn who flinched. Aurelia and the other girls were also visibly uncomfortable.

This private dining room seemed to have turned into an execution ground! "Mr. Grant, Mr. Steward is our business partner. He cto our office to discuss a collaboration deal. So we thought we could also have a meal together." Aurelia tried to smooth things over.

"After discussing the collaboration deal, you are now having a meal with five girls. What kind of collaboration deal are you 1/3 09:0 Wed, 12 Mat Chapter 279 discussing to receive such a warm hospitality?" Ellison's tone seemed nonchalant and casual, but every word he said drew blood. It was as if he wanted Clement to die of embarrassment on the spot.

In reality, Clement was getting along well with the girls. However, Ellison painted him in such a bad light that he sounded like sscumbag with ill intentions who was trying to trick the girls.

"You must be Mr. Grant? I am Clement Steward. I'm a business partner of your company and an old classmate of Joycelyn's. I happen to be free today, so I thought of having a meal with my old classmate.

Old classmate, old classmate... How many goddamn times did he have to say it? Ellison held his anger back strenuously before snapping at Joycelyn. "Hmph! Your old classmate is doing pretty well." When Joycelyn heard that tone of his, she knew at once that he was jealous.

"Yeah, he is. We were good buddies in the past. He was Lucy Barrett's first boyfriend and we often ate together. However, Lucy didn't ctoday. Coincidentally, Clement is also a business partner, so we invited him to the staff cafeteria for a meal. Mr. Grant, did you catch a cold? Do you want to have shot soup?" This guy was in such a foul mood that he seemed ready to devour people! "Lucy Barrett's first boyfriend?" Ellison's tone beca little hesitant, but no one detected it as they were still intimidated by his overbearing presence.

He cleared his throat but still remained calm and collected.

"That's right. Who else did you think he was? Ssinister creep who's here to poach your female staff, Mr. Grant?" "All of you are girls. There's nothing wrong withbeing strict and cautious as a boss." Ellison defended himself with an arrogant expression.

Hearing this, Aurelia and the rest finally heaved a sigh of relief.

Selene's gossipy genes had been raging earlier but after being startled by Ellison barging in just now, she had been sitting there mutely and did not touch a single morsel of food. That was so frightening!

"Joycelyn is a talent that Mr. Grant is specially nurturing. There were sminor incidents in the past, SOME. Grant is also a little anxious. Mr. Steward, please don't take it to heart." Not surprisingly, Aurelia tried to make up sexcuses for Ellison's treatment of Clement. "I have been too thoughtless. It's only right for Mr. Grant to be more cautious." Clement was good-natured and didn't make a fuss.

"It's my treat today. Let the head chef make whatever you want to eat. You et can also order anything that's not on the mend. Ellison dropped his tough stance and performed an about-face suddenly. His eyes were no longer boring into Clement. As soon as he finished speaking, he whipped out his phone and pretended to scroll through assiduously.

In reality, he took a photo secretly and sent it to Haddy Ferdinand with the attached message I'm having lunch with Lucy Barrett's first boyfriend. This rascal even cto my wife for advice. He seems quite infatuated.] Now that Ellison had ascertained he was not the cuckold, he wanted to rile Haddy up and gloat over his reaction.

Haddy's retort was swift. [What? Helpmonitor him and see what this bastard is up to.] 2/3