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

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

a boy, only for her crush to find out about

and reject her.

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

Isabella was tough, she still

said those things on purpose as a ploy,

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an excuse. No one would

Seth.

wiped her face while

You have nothing to be afraid of. You’ve seen

talk to herself, Isabella slowly

rear-view mirror and met her gaze.

woman would kill to be the wife

frowned, something stirring in his heart.

scene he had witnessed in the afternoon and confirmed that

stated Isabella wanted to be Mrs.

the president’s wife.

for five years and tended to

and never left you. Even if you

be hard for me not to

and praised Seth to stroke his

seat.

Isabella tried to guess

the back of his head. She could only rely on

mind snaps out of

hair, speaking calmly. “You’re not going

why are you holding

fake, but the last part was true. Maybe she

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

little schemes, and after she said the last part of that

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