Chapter 167 The Meaning of JK

"It's okay, I'll have it tonight,” Joseph pulled her close, unwilling to let her go. He hugged her and said, “I really don’t want to do anything but keep you in my arms.”

Acting as if Joseph was making her uncomfortable, Kate elbowed him, “I don’t want to be with you all day. It will get boring sooner or later.”

"Boring?" He smirked and said, “Okay, how about we find something interesting to do? Such as kissing as long as we can or we can lay on the bed…”

"Joseph!" Kate interrupted and glared at him, “When did you become so forward? What are you talking about? I don’t want to play like this with you!”

"I was going to say lay on the bed and stare at the ceiling without blinking, we could see who could last the longest,” Joseph suggested with a smile.

Kate knew that he was teasing her, but she warned him, “Don’t forget what Mom said, if you make me angry, I can complain to her!”

"Come on! I'm just kidding," He stood up with a serious expression.

"It sounds as if you are terrified of your mother? You weren't before," Kate laughed with a tone of pride in her voice.

“Come on! I just don’t want to hear her nagging.”

“Okay, I think we are just wasting our time here. Go to JK to get some work done, or else you will be working overtime again tonight!" Kate told him.

"Aren't you curious about why I named the company JK?" Joseph was hoping she would ask, but she hadn't, and he was excited to tell her.

Kate assumed it was an abbreviation of some kind but nothing she thought of really made sense. She shook her head and said, “I have no idea what it would stand for.”

“It isn’t that hard if you think about it for a moment. Just narrow it down!” Joseph urged patiently.

"Umm..." She thought carefully and pictured the two letters, then suddenly she clued in, “It is Joseph and Kate! You named it after us?”

Joseph nodded, "You are smart and beautiful!”

Kate blushed, “You helped me!”

“I want to manage it well so that JK will always exist,” Joseph’s eyes were full of hope.

“When did you change the name? I thought it was JA before,” Kate was surprised.

He immediately knew what she meant, and cautiously replied, "There was no name change; it was JK from the beginning."

"That is impossible!" Kate didn't believe what Joseph was telling her. It hadn't been long since he started the company, but they weren't together when he started it. The company was so important to Joseph, so why would he name it after them.

She smiled and admitted, "After all, those letters are important!"

Joseph hugged her and warned, "Don't think that the things I do are random, and don’t ever question my feelings for you.”

In his arms, Kate smirked and shook her head, "No questioning, I have confidence that you love and not just because of the name of a company. I am only teasing you!”

"Okay, you go to work but remember to take a break for lunch, and you are signing the contract this afternoon. Remember, if you have any questions, call me!" Joseph kissed her forehead.

"I will."

After Kate disappeared into the building, Joseph walked back to his car. He was not aware that the intimate scene between him and his girlfriend as recorded by the camera on the corner and that the person watching the recording was filled with jealousy.

Just after Kate met with Cooper Brown to sign the contract, her phone rang, assuming to was Joseph, Kate jumped up to answer it. She saw Lisa's number and quickly answered, "Hi, Lisa!"

“Are you busy tonight? I have a blind date and was hoping you could go with me?” Lisa asked.

Kate was curious and very shocked at the request, “Why a blind date? You are the one always talking about how love just happens? Who arranged it?”

"My mother!" Lisa moaned and clenched her teeth, "I am only twenty-five, but she thinks I am getting old and need to settle down. She said that most of the good men are taken, so I need to hurry, or there will be nobody left but divorced, old men. She said that she didn't want her friends commenting on how I am still single. If I don't take a boyfriend with me the next time I visit, she won't let me in!"

"Why is your mom suddenly so anxious?"

"It is all because of my cousin; she married well and now my mother is jealous of how the family talks," Lisa sighed, "She and my aunts have always been compared. Before this, my cousin and I were, but now we are uncomfortable around each other, and don't talk."

"Don't be upset; I am sure if you talk to her that she will understand."

"If she understood me, she wouldn't treat me like this. I know her well enough, and that is why I saved the money to open the tea shop. If I didn't do that, she would have driven me completely crazy by now!" Lisa complained.

Kate knew she would not be able to persuade Lisa to explain to her mother, so she agreed to join her, "Send me the address, and I will meet you right after work."

"Kate, thank you for helping me. I can't handle it alone!" Lisa was happy; she had always been able to deal with Kate's affairs, but could never deal with her own.

Thinking about the last time she and Lisa were together, Kate realized they got drunk, so she planned to tell Joseph as soon as she left the office. The moment she got into the taxi, Joseph called her, though.

“Do you have any plans for after dinner?” he quickly asked.

“What is going on?” She assumed he was busy.

"I just wanted to know, so I can arrange a time to pick you up.”

"You don't need to. I will get a taxi home. I will be joining Lisa on a blind date and unsure what time we will be done. However, I can promise that I will not be as drunk as last time," Kate assured him.

"Don't drink any alcohol," Joseph emphasized.

"I won't," Kate said with a smile.

"Call me when it's over."

"Okay."

As Kate's taxi pulled up to the restaurant, she saw Lisa waiting out front. Lisa quickly ran over and pointed, "That man, there upstairs. I have been secretly watching him."

“What do you think of him?” Kate questioned.