“Of course, we wouldn’t know about Mr. Roland’s private affairs.”

“Who is this celebrity Mr. Roland has been dating?”

They were quite curious about who the revered Roland's girlfriend could be.

Decker was more than happy to quell their curiosity, "She’s one of the most famous actresses right now, and I’m sure you all have heard of her.”

"Who is it?"

“President Rockwell, quit teasing us. Out with it already!”

They urged him on.

Decker announced her name at last, “Isabel Ross.”

"Oh… Isabel!”

"She's certainly very famous. I wasn’t expecting someone like Mr. Roland to end up with a celebrity though. I assumed he would have a different taste.”

“Well, men love beautiful women, don’t they? Isabel Ross sure is a knockout. I would date her too if given the chance, but then again I have a wife now, so she’s off-limits to me.”

to joke and gossip about the tantalizing subject.

them noticed Odell whose expression had turned ominously dark, as well as the two senior executives who

aware that the famous Isabel Ross was Odell’s daughter,

in the first place was that Isabel was

table to swerve them to another topic, “Anyway, we shouldn’t be talking about Mr.

about Isabel who was Odell’s daughter. Things would not end well

at the table was quick-witted enough to sense that they should steer away from this subject. They exchanged

air and hurriedly remarked, “Please don’t get the wrong idea. I didn't mean to gossip about Mr. Roland's personal affairs. I was just making some small talk.”

worries. We understand, we understand.”

that, everyone moved

middle of their conversation, someone raised an unexpected question,

than Odell

suddenly fell silent.

out about it by sheer coincidence. I came to Westchester initially to invest in several TV shows and happened to stumble into Mr. Roland on one of his dates with Isabel. Speaking of which, I heard some rumors as well.”

kind of

heard she ran into some trouble with one of her rivals in the entertainment circle. There’s been some trending controversy online as a result of that. They say it was Roland who stepped in and helped her resolve things. There was also another time when Isabel’s major contracts were suddenly terminated without warning, that was until Roland made some calls for her and took care

over how he could bring up these rumors in a natural conversation when

with those of

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