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

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

a boy, only for

reject

if he was saying, “Sorry, we’re

still couldn’t easily resolve

those things on purpose as a ploy,

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an excuse. No one would

Seth.

and wiped her face while Seth wasn’t

down. You have nothing to

Isabella slowly got up from

mirror and met

be the wife of the company

president’s wife… Seth frowned, something stirring

in

to be Mrs. Shaffer, not

the president’s wife.

for five years and

and never left you. Even if you

would be hard for me not to fall

praised Seth to stroke his

seat.

appear relaxed. Isabella tried to

of his head. She could only

my mind snaps out of it,

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

you holding me back?”

but the last part

so it sounded genuine. Seth was already annoyed by

she said the last part of that

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