“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.”

continued to joke and gossip

turned ominously dark, as well as the two senior executives who were fidgeting in their seats and casting

were aware that the famous Isabel Ross was Odell’s daughter, and more importantly, the future successor of Carter

Roland was standing in as president in the first place was that Isabel was hesitant to take up the mantle just yet and decided

grow darker as time went on. One of the executives wisely interrupted the merry conversation going on at the table to swerve them to another topic, “Anyway, we shouldn’t be talking about Mr. Roland’s private life especially when he’s not around. Let’s

wisely omitted was that they should stop gossiping about Isabel who was Odell’s

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

the wrong idea. I didn't mean to gossip about Mr. Roland's personal

worries. We understand, we understand.”

everyone moved on from this.

a brief gap in the middle of their conversation, someone raised an unexpected question, "How did you find out about Roland and

none other than Odell who

suddenly fell

delight. He was more than glad to respond, “I also came to find out about it by sheer coincidence. I came to Westchester

kind 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

over how he could bring up these rumors in a

his answer, Odell's expression along with those of his accompanying

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