Chapter 107

Isabella picked a few vegetables and bought some pork ribs. After she spoke

with Natasha over the phone, she left the supermarket and headed for

Shaffer Group. Since she had been showing up on time for the past few days,

the reception was already looking at her differently. It seemed that they had

come to regard her as the future mistress of the Shaffer Group.

She had no choice but to hide her bitter smile as she stepped into the

president’s elevator. Naturally, she was the only one there. As she stared at

her reflection on the wall, some forbidden ideas started scurrying out of the

deep, dredges of her mind.

Ding!

The doors of the elevator slid open, and she reflexively straightened her back.

The flawless smile on her lips appeared once more. When she stepped out of

the elevator, she saw the usual secretaries, whom she greeted individually.

When the door closed, she could hear people speaking in hushed voices

outside.

As she stood at the doorway, she sighed and relaxed marginally when she

saw that Seth wasn’t around. Then, she carefully removed the food from the

package and started serving them in the kitchen. Finally, she also placed the

two takeaway dishes in the microwave.

She had bought grilled ribs as well as schnitzel from a restaurant. All need to

do is grill two vegetables, and voila! Lunch is served, she thought, her mood

brightening as she hummed a song while she washed the greens and

tomatoes.

A little after 11.00AM, everything was ready. All she needed to do was wait for

so that she could start grilling the

from outside, and the

That’s probably Seth, Isabella thought and went

in an apron, only to see Selena’s face in her line of

Selena was all smiles. Alas, the smile on her face disappeared

she saw Isabella’s sunglasses-wearing face. Her

had been harboring a deep

eyes laid on the apron Isabella was wearing,

became even more annoyed.

to speak, she heard

he was clearly speaking to Seth.

again this afternoon.”

to Nicolas before entering the

He spared Selena a

when he found Isabella in

to now?”

as she forced a smile.

in her hand and added, “To cook

disbelieving scoff as he brushed past

entrance. He swept

cook anything

Indeed, I can’t, Isabella thought wryly.

the vegetables

few things.

will most probably

cooking before?” Selena

paced next to Seth and said while

Shaffer has a meeting in the afternoon and

you confident

as she strolled into the kitchen

of vegetable. Then, she casually waved it in front of

be able to suffer from food poisoning from

like this.”

his eyes as he looked behind her. He was just

suddenly said, “Why don’t you let

the greens but not meat, especially

wasn’t planning to cook sweet and sour pork and had bought

pass it off as her cooking.

sharp eyes to see the raw ribs that she bought. She tossed

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