CHAPTER 112: CHAPTER 112: "SO OBEDIENT?

The phone rang for half a minute, then stopped. After a few seconds, it rang again.

Jack Yates sat up, cursing impatiently, and got out of bed to answer the phone.

"Speak!" His voice was icy.

The call was from Ian Lynch. Hearing Jack Yates’ cold and irritated tone, Ian cursed inwardly, thinking of which clueless idiot had provoked this ancestor, causing him to suffer this undeserved disaster.

After ranting internally, Ian cheerfully said, "Third Brother, don’t be angry, I have good news to tell you."

Jack Yates’ tone remained very cold: "Get to the point!"

It was already annoying enough to have his good time interrupted, and now having to listen to this nonsense made him want to fire this idiot immediately!

Ian stopped wasting time and quickly said, "We’ve closed the deal with Loship Feggman Corporation, just as you predicted. They’ve gifted us their materials as a bonus, and the contract is signed."

Jack Yates’ tone softened a bit: "Good, you can prepare to come back. Just leave the follow-up to Amos Underwood."

Ian Lynch: "Third Brother, I’d like to stay here for a few more days."

Jack Yates’ voice suddenly dropped: "What, do you want a public-funded vacation now?"

Ian laughed: "Of course not. I met two foreign students here, both are Cathanese guys. They’re developing a space mining instrument that’s a hundred times more advanced than Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx. If successful, they might even surpass Selene 6. Based on their current design and hypothesis, they can not only detect planets over tens of millions of kilometers away but also collect over a thousand kilograms of planetary minerals and successfully bring them back."

Jack Yates became interested, and his worldly desires vanished completely. He sat on the sofa lighting a cigarette: "Keep talking."

Renee Winslow saw Jack Yates sitting on the sofa and lighting a cigarette. She knew he wouldn’t end this call anytime soon, otherwise he wouldn’t have sat down to smoke.

She dressed, took a book, and sat on the bed to read.

After reading for a while, her eyes felt a bit sore. She closed her eyes to rest, her mind involuntarily flashing through the events of this vacation.

First was the cold war with Jack Yates, then being confined by him, followed by being taken abroad.

After all this tossing around, half the vacation had passed, and only twenty days were left until school reopened.

When school reopens, it’ll be her third year, and after finishing it, it’ll be time for an internship in her fourth year.

Thinking about the internship, Renee Winslow secretly sighed. Originally, she and Jack Yates had a two-year agreement, ending the relationship after the third year.

But now it seems that not only will she finish her third year, even after graduating in her fourth year, Jack Yates won’t let her leave.

If Jack Yates allowed her the freedom to do what she wanted, it actually wouldn’t matter if they didn’t part ways.

But with Jack Yates’ almost paranoid need for control, he definitely wouldn’t give her freedom.

Renee Winslow opened her eyes and looked at Jack Yates still on the phone. Seeing him finish one cigarette and reaching for the pack, she quickly got out of bed, ran over, and when he put another cigarette to his lips, she picked up the lighter and lit it for him.

Jack Yates held the cigarette with his lips, lifted his eyelids, and looked sharply at her with his phoenix-like eyes. His mouth suddenly curved into a smile, and he laughed hoarsely: "So obedient?"

Renee Winslow lit his cigarette, put the lighter on the table, sat beside him, looped her arm through his, and lifted her small face with a sweet smile.

Jack Yates couldn’t resist her soft, pleasing demeanor, feeling a tickle in his heart. He reached out, hugged her waist, pulled her onto his lap, removed the cigarette with his other hand, extended his arm outside the sofa, exhaled a circle of smoke, then turned and nuzzled her face with the tip of his nose, saying in a husky voice: "Don’t rush, I’m discussing business, it won’t take long."

Renee Winslow felt her face heat up, gently patted his shoulder: "I’m not in a hurry, go on with your call."

Jack Yates chuckled deeply, slipped the cigarette between his long fingers back into his mouth, and took a hard drag, his thin and fierce lips holding the gold filter tightly. He exhaled half the smoke, the other half streaming from his nostrils.

Renee Winslow sat on his lap, watching his sharp profile with the way he smoked, feeling charmed by his actions and demeanor.

She used to hate the smell of cigarettes, but at this moment, she seemed immune, even thinking he looked sexy and handsome smoking.

Watching him, Renee Winslow unconsciously leaned closer, softly kissed the corner of his lips, like a dragonfly skimming the water, then quickly retreated.

Jack Yates froze for a moment, his long, narrow phoenix eyes squinted slightly, looking at her with an almost smiling expression. He quickly said into the phone, "Draft a project proposal, and we’ll discuss it in a meeting tomorrow. If it works, I’ll go and meet them personally." He added, "Hold it steady, don’t let others get ahead."

Having finished his words, he hung up the phone, stubbed out his cigarette forcefully in the ashtray with two fingers.

The man scooped her up swiftly, walked quickly to the bed, laid her face down, leaned over to press against her back, and his thin lips moved to her ear, saying deeply: "What do you want?"

Renee Winslow had been waiting for this question, otherwise, she wouldn’t have teased him like that.

She turned around, facing Jack Yates, lying on her back, and softly asked, "Will you agree to any request I make?"

Jack Yates curved his lips: "Anything but leaving me."

Renee Winslow smiled and asked, "After finishing my third year, can I intern in another city?"