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

said nothing, but she felt as if the

smoke was scorching her skin, burning

a crush on a boy, only

and reject her.

saying, “Sorry, we’re

though Isabella was tough, she still couldn’t

she had said those

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excuse. No one would believe that, let alone

Seth.

and wiped her face

You have nothing to be afraid of. You’ve

Isabella slowly got

into the rear-view mirror and met

said, “Any woman would kill to be the wife of the

wife… Seth frowned, something stirring in his

had witnessed in

to

the president’s wife.

for five years and tended to your needs every day. I

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

not to fall for you.”

and praised Seth to

around in the driver’s seat. Some light passed

didn’t appear relaxed. Isabella tried to guess what he was thinking, but

back of his head.

my mind snaps out of it, you know.”

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

why are you holding me back?”

last part was true. Maybe she had

sounded genuine. Seth was already annoyed by

the last part of

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