Chapter 591 - Plan: take care of Regina (3)

Regina looked at JoAnna's smile and she was not sure how to answer. Date? What date? How can any man compare to CEO White? The idea flashed in her mind: if she agrees, she will get a chance to spend the evening next to Jeff! With that, she will find a chance to make her move. She was still thinking about that when she heard JoAnna talk again.

"Steve, we are all relatively new in Los Angeles area compared to you. Do you have any single friends who might be interested to accompany Miss Heaven? We can all go for a dinner and clubbing afterwards. Who knows? Maybe they click and a random date might become something more… permanent?" JoAnna glanced at Regina and winked.

"I have few friends. I will ask…" Steve turned to Regina. "If you don't mind…" He snapped her photo.

"What are you doing?", Regina almost screamed seeing what Steve did with his phone.

"When I ask my friends if they are interested in being your date, they will want to make sure that I'm not setting them up with an ugly old woman." Steve flashed a smile.

Regina's face fell. She is confident in her looks, but didn't he imply that she is old? Are they setting her up for a blind date? Why does she feel uncomfortable about all this? Why does it look like everyone is watching her and smiling creepily?

Jeff returned to the table and besides exchanging few words with Aiden and Sarah he was mostly focused on JoAnna.

Jeff and Steve didn't linger. After they finished lunch, two of them went back to White corp.

Regina was upset to see Jeff leave. She was even more upset because during whole lunch Jeff didn't spare her a single glance! She told herself to calm down and think rationally. Fine, Jeff left, but she will get her chance on that night out. He can't ignore her forever, right? Also… Aiden is still here. And so is she. If she gives up, wouldn't that be a waste?

After some time JoAnna stood up: "Sarah, Aiden, let me show you this place." She turned to Bridgette and gave her few short instructions.

Regina was almost panicked. She didn't get Aiden's attention yet! She tapped his shoulder few times, but he only scratched it without sparing her a single glance.

JoAnna faced Regina: "Miss Heaven, if you are done with lunch, you can go back to work."

"It was nice meeting you, Regina. I look forward to our night out." Sarah gave Regina a quick hug.

Sarah's sudden friendliness caught Regina off-guard and she didn't get a chance to react.

Regina stared at JoAnna, Sarah, Aiden and Bridgette as they walked away from the restaurant. She could not believe that lunch is over, and she didn't get a chance to talk to Jeff or Aiden. Just what is with this situation? Her displeasure was clearly visible in her expression. She felt that something is not right. Did they set her up? Did they orchestrate this whole lunch just so that they show her that Jeff does not care about her, and she should give up? If that is true, then how come they are organizing a night out with her included? She could not put her finger on it, but something didn't seem right. This whole lunch experience looked to her like everyone is moving fast while she is stuck in slow motion and unable to follow what is going on.

Regina went to the restroom and looked at herself in the mirror. She was recollecting what she found out. And she found out something interesting: JoAnna trusts Jeff, and she is not worried that other women will take her man. Vicious smile bloomed on Regina's face as an evil plan formed into her mind. "Since you trust him so much, don't mind if I help myself." She cackled. "Suddenly I look forward to our night out."

…

Up on the sixth floor of main building of Golden Ocean Resort, JoAnna is showing the apartment to Sarah and Aiden.

"It's very nice. The balcony is the best… very convenient to have something like this…" Sarah was stopped mid-sentence by notification from Eve.

"Heh, it seems there is a message for you." Sarah looked at JoAnna and played audio from her phone for everyone to hear.

Regina's voice was heard: "Since you trust him so much, don't mind if I help myself. … Suddenly I look forward to our night out."

"She is not mentioning names, but I think we all know that she is talking about you and Jeff." Sarah frowned.

JoAnna smirked. "We did a good job in provoking her. This is very useful. I hope she keeps on talking to herself… Are you sure she won't find the microphone?"

"It's tiny, and it's on the inside collar of her suit jacket. It's difficult to spot… also, even if she finds it, there is no way that she will know it's a microphone." Sarah was pleased with herself.

Aiden listened to Sarah and JoAnna and remembered the parting hug that Sarah gave to Regina. It's unusual for Sarah to be so friendly, that must be the time she planted the microphone.

"How much of today's lunch did you plan?", Aiden asked.

"Everything!", JoAnna exclaimed. "We planned sitting arrangement just to see where she would sit. The fact that she sat next to you tells us that she is not picky. As long as it's one of White brothers, she will be fine with it."

"But she prefers Jeff.", Sarah interjected.

JoAnna rolled her eyes, slightly irritated that Sarah brought up the obvious, and continued: "The woman who came to talk to Jeff was arranged by me, and Jeff knew that she will approach him. In this situation, we were split between options that Regina will either go after him or start talking about him, which she did… From this lunch, we can conclude that she is not smart, she is an impulsive person. That is something we can use. We can irritate her, and she will make mistakes. But at the same time, she is not hiding her intentions, which is a problem. Usually people like her don't play nice."