Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

To everybody’s surprise, Zachary grimacingly ignored Josh and stormed past him. The only thing Josh heard was Zachary
callously telling Mr. Chaplin, “Notify all senior-level executives for a meeting now.”
Josh wondered if the earth was about to shake.
“Duly noted.”
Mr. Chaplin was ahead of Josh in responding as Josh was taken aback by his best friend‘s sour face.
Zachary made a beeline to his office, only to stomp back out in less than two minutes to head to the meeting room.
Josh went with him this time.
There was no one in the meeting room.
No meeting was scheduled today, to begin with.
Yet, Zachary told Mr. Chaplin to notify higher management to attend a last–minute meeting
The man was on a warpath!
Zachary entered the meeting room and took a seat at his place while waiting for the arrival of his executives with a stoic face.
Josh paused before making his way to Zachary. He pulled a chair out and sat next to Zachary.
“What‘s going on with you, Zachary? Who got on your nerves first thing in the morning?”
Josh drew close and probingly asked, “Did you have a fight with the missus?”
Zachary carried the same expression when the former butted heads with Serenity.
He raised hell at the workplace for a few days until Grandma May had to jump in to mediate the couple‘s fight. Only then, the
dark cloud over the company finally let through a shimmer of light.
Without a word, Zachary pulled out his phone and tapped on his messages to read Serenity’s texts.
She explained to him that there was nothing going on between her and Shawn.

Serenity also told Zachary that Shawn had confessed his feelings to her, but she turned him down and talked him into moving
on. Hence why the conversation went on for quite a while.
She did nothing to hurt him.
Serenity was not going for the next guy to come into her life, nor was she going to have another man. She only wanted him!
Shawn confessed his feelings to her!
For the brat who had not weaned off his mother‘s milk to profess his love to Serenity while being fully aware that she was
married was throwing down a gauntlet at Zachary!
“Josh, do we have any business dealings with the Lowes?”
“None with the headquarters, but they have an ongoing partnership with our subsidiaries.”
“Whichever subsidiary company that is, end the partnership.”
“Huh?”
Tilting his head, Zachary glared at Josh. “Is there a problem?”
Josh immediately replied, “No, no problem at all. Okay. We‘ll end all partnerships with the Lowes.”
So, it appeared Shawn had angered the tiger.
Shawn was a fool who rushed in where angels feared to tread. The boy had it coming by stepping on Zachary‘s toes.
“Lowe Enterprise has a project that‘s up our alley. Take it from them.”
Josh bobbed his head. “Sure, of course. We’ll steal the project out of their hands.”
Still, Josh had to point something out. “We‘ll be declaring war against Lowe Enterprise by doing so.”
It would be going against the Lowes for stealing their project.
“Yes, I‘m declaring war on them!”
Shawn should have thought twice before eyeballing his wife.

For the boy to attempt stealing his woman, Zachary had to do something before Shawn believed he was no threat.
“Alright, York Corporation fears no one. You‘re free to challenge anyone you want, and you have my full support. But, Zachary,
can you tell me what happened that made you go after Lowe Enterprise?”