Layla pointed to a corner of the equipment area, intentionally wanting to distance herself from Mira. Her intuition told her that this woman seemed to want to dig into her territory.
And Layla’s intuition was indeed correct. Even though she brought Jacob to the corner of the equipment area, Mira still followed them and began doing strength training nearby. However, her movements were exaggerated compared to usual, sometimes arching her back or bending over to show off her curves.
Moreover, she positioned herself in a way that was visible to Jacob, so that he could casually glance at the scenery that other male customers could only see after buying dozens of classes.
Jacob was the type of person with strong family values; he had never messed around outside after marriage. But as the owner of five Best Diet restaurants, he was quite successful in his career, and many women had actively approached him. He had seen various tactics and could naturally read Mira’s intentions.
Indeed, a man with financial capability is popular wherever he goes! Jacob wasn’t narcissistic enough to think that she was attracted to his appearance. If it were him ten years ago, he might have thought that way, but now his looks could only be considered average—better than most of his peers but not outstanding.
So, her actively flirting with him was merely a result of him buying Layla a hundred personal training sessions and the subsequent gift of a Prada handbag.
However, he didn’t mind the situation of being able to enjoy the view while attending class. After all, after seeing so much, it was inevitable that he would feel a bit distracted; he was, after all, a normal man. He silently recalled his last experience playing cards, which should have been three months ago.
At that time, his relationship with Karen had already shown signs of trouble, but both parties had needs, and they had gone along with it.
“Mr. Jacob, let’s call it a day for today. I brought you a fat-reducing meal. After you shower, come to the lounge on the first floor to find me.”
After finishing the last set of exercises, Layla spoke.
Yesterday, they had agreed that Layla would prepare fat-reducing meals for Jacob for the next month, and today was the start.
However, Jacob felt a bit troubled because he had promised to help Vienna.
“Mr. Jacob, do you have something to do later?”
Noticing the hesitation on Jacob’s face, Layla proactively asked.
“I ran into a friend earlier and need to step out for a bit. How about this: I’ll take the fat-reducing meal with me to eat.”
“Oh, that’s fine. I’ll just wait for you on the first floor.”
Layla felt a bit disappointed because she knew that the friend Jacob mentioned was the woman he had just chatted with on the fourth floor. In fact, she had some impression of Vienna; she was a regular at the gym but usually only attended public classes.
“Mr. Jacob, are you done practicing?”
Just as Jacob was about to head to the changing room to shower and change, Josie suddenly blocked his path.
“Mm,” Jacob nodded slightly.
“Mr. Jacob, I’m really sorry about last night. I personally have a strong aversion to my family urging me to get married, so I just wanted to go through the motions!”
“Do you have time later? I’d like to treat you to a meal.”
Josie first sincerely apologized, then proactively offered to treat him as compensation.
“It’s fine; I was just being polite because Aunt Megan was too enthusiastic to refuse.”
“We can arrange to eat together another time; I have plans with friends later.”
Jacob politely declined. Firstly, he really hadn’t taken last night’s incident to heart, and secondly, he wasn’t interested in Josie at all.
From the content of their conversation last night, it was highly likely that this woman was another Karen.
He didn’t want to jump from one fire pit into another! “Alright then, let’s arrange to meet another time.”
Josie still wore a smile, but she felt quite disappointed. In her view, it seemed that he hadn’t accepted her apology, and the idea of meeting again later was merely a formality.
Witnessing all this, Mira slightly curled her lips. She knew Josie and was aware that she was Layla’s close friend. Being of the same type, she naturally saw through Josie’s intentions.
However, it was clear that Mr. Jacob wasn’t interested in her.
But Josie’s appearance reminded Mira that the current situation was one of many suitors and few resources. Jacob, this priest, had already attracted several demons, and under such circumstances, she couldn’t use the same tactics she employed with other men; she had to take the initiative and pull out the big guns.
