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

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

was scorching her skin, burning her. She felt

a boy, only for her crush to find

reject

saying, “Sorry, we’re

still couldn’t easily resolve this

she told him she had said those

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

Seth.

and wiped her face while Seth wasn’t

have nothing to be

that pep talk to herself, Isabella slowly got up from her

rear-view mirror and met her

said, “Any woman would kill to be the wife

frowned, something stirring in

had witnessed in the

conversation explicitly stated Isabella wanted to be Mrs. Shaffer, not

the president’s wife.

your side for five years and tended

and never left you. Even if you

for me not to fall for you.” Isabella tried

Seth to

swirled around in the driver’s seat. Some

to guess

back of his head.

hard to get. Sometimes my mind snaps out

ruffled her hair, speaking calmly. “You’re

are you holding me

part was true. Maybe she

invested in it, so it sounded genuine. Seth was already annoyed

said the last part of that sentence, he was

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