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

looked like. She said nothing, but she felt as if the heat

scorching her skin, burning her. She felt like

girl who had a crush on a boy, only for

reject her.

if he was saying, “Sorry, we’re not

Isabella was tough, she still couldn’t

had said those things on purpose

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sound too much like an excuse. No one would believe that, let alone

Seth.

hand and wiped her

to calm down. You have nothing to be afraid

After that pep talk to herself, Isabella slowly

rear-view mirror

be the

wife… Seth frowned, something

had witnessed in the afternoon and confirmed that

Isabella wanted to be

the president’s wife.

five years and tended to your

told me to and never left you. Even if

it would be hard for me not to fall for you.” Isabella

praised Seth to

in the driver’s seat. Some

relaxed. Isabella tried to guess what he was thinking, but

was the back of his head.

hard to get. Sometimes my mind snaps out of

ruffled her hair, speaking calmly. “You’re not going to marry

why are you holding me

part was

sounded genuine.

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

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