Master Odell’s Secret Ex-wife

“Sure.” Roland smiled. "I'll tell you more about it when we get back."

“Alright.”

After they finished their meal, she went to the hotel with him.

After they took a shower, they huddled in bed together.

Isabel leaned over Roland’s shoulder, using it as a pillow, then she threw her leg over him as well to make herself comfortable. With that, she prompted him, “You can start now.”

Roland gently stroked her hair and began, "Rockwell Corporation is going to face a crisis very soon. I plan to take advantage of that window and take over.”

An upcoming crisis?

Isabel was taken aback by this and asked, "How do you know that there will be an upcoming crisis?"

Was he the one setting it up?

Roland remarked with a wry smile, “No, I have nothing to do with it. It’s a consequence of some the malpractices conducted by their internal management over the past few years."

"Oh." Isabel continued probing, “How do you plan to make your move?”

in his eyes darkened. After a moment, he smiled mysteriously. "You’ll know when the time comes."

him playfully.

still trying to be mysterious

that he had something planned. She had faith in him, knowing that he had things

she felt a wave of sleepiness set in. She

that she was falling asleep. At some point

and he could only hear her steady breathing. He took another look at her and noticed that she was

she was sleeping

…

sunlight seeped into the room in between

woke up, she stretched and sat up on the

already gone, so she was the only one

with food set on the table. She smiled faintly, then she

brought for her

jewelry he had

contained a tiny, intricate box. She opened the box and found a sparkling diamond necklace

reflective and glittered underneath the light. It was the same necklace that caught her eye at the exhibition, but she had not bought

one of the highlight

many people present at the time. If people noticed her