Isabel cringed.

Had he been stalking behind her the entire time?

What was the meaning of this? He was toying with her!

She felt a swell of fury rise up in her chest. “Then, why didn’t you say anything?!”

Roland looked like he wanted to say something, but he decided against it. He wanted to explain, but he realized that he did not know how to explain it in concise terms and gave up on the idea.

Besides, they had already broken up, so there was no point explaining anyway.

Isabel grunted and folded her arms across her body. She asked sharply, "What are you doing here?"

Roland said nonchalantly, “I came here with a client to see the exhibition."

He came to see the exhibition with a client?

Isabel eyed him suspiciously.

Then again, most of the attendees were rich folks, so it did make sense that his clients would want to attend a jewelry exhibition.

She dropped the subject and continued interrogating him, "Why did you hide when you saw me?"

silent and was reluctant to answer.

asked agitatedly, “Were you worried about what I would say to you if I saw you?”

He frowned. "No."

him, "Then, why did

having to interact with her, why did he flee from her both times they ran

it be that he was simply afraid of seeing

pursed his lips tightly and refused to answer, letting the silence stew

me!” Isabel cried out

"Isabel, I—"

man approached from the mouth of the hallway with a

was going to say something important to Roland, but when he

the man. He was one of the men who accompanied Roland when she saw him at the hotel. Judging by the looks of it,

to Isabel. “I have something important to attend to. I will explain things clearly the next time we meet.”

the hallway without bothering to give time for Isabel to respond.

departure. She stood in the same spot,

to

she was

they would even see each other again

scoffed and promptly sorted out her food. After that, she returned

offer of the coordinator to gift her the jewelry and promptly took out her wallet to pay for them herself. She made sure to gift some pieces of jewelry to Carla and Amanda and kept two additional pieces for herself. She was going to gift them to Sylvia and

she returned to the hotel

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