Chapter 150

Silence enveloped the car, and the atmosphere grew heavy. Isabella

moistened her lips. Her voice emerged, husky from her parched throat. “No.”

Seth anticipated her response. He warmed up slightly, and he brushed his

fingers across the steering wheel. “I observed your performance throughout

the entire time you were in the conference room.”

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Isabella felt a tremor in her soul. She tried to recall everything she had said

that afternoon. All the things she had said just to spite Angelina now became

her own punishment, biting her in the rear.

“I had no idea you were so… ambitious,” Seth continued mercilessly.

Isabella closed her eyes and opened her mouth, but she couldn’t utter a

word. She didn’t even need to watch the surveillance footage to know that

she had put on a perfect act for Angelina, and everything she had said was

ambitious.

Seth pulled over by the roadside and listed out all of Isabella’s actions,

tormenting her. “Your resignation and refusal to continue your contract were

just a ploy to gain my attention?” He rolled down the window and leisurely

rested his hand on the edge. With his other hand, he opened the glovebox

and retrieved a packet of cigarettes.

Isabella remained lying on the seat. She could hear Seth smoking, and she

like. She said nothing, but she felt

the cigarette smoke was scorching her skin, burning her. She felt like a

had a crush on a boy, only for her crush to

and reject her.

he was saying, “Sorry, we’re not a good

still

said those things on purpose as a

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an excuse. No one would believe that, let

Seth.

and wiped her face while Seth

down. You have nothing

herself, Isabella slowly

mirror and

be the wife of the

something

in the afternoon and confirmed that

to be Mrs. Shaffer, not

the president’s wife.

side for five years and

told me to and never left you. Even if you were an ordinary

to fall for

praised Seth to stroke his

swirled around in the driver’s seat.

appear relaxed. Isabella tried to

back of his head. She could only rely

get. Sometimes my mind

“You’re not going to marry

why are you holding me back?”

fake, but the last part was true.

it sounded genuine. Seth was already annoyed by

schemes, and after she said the last part of that sentence, he

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