“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.

trying to be mysterious about it!

reassuring to know that he had something planned. She had

that her tension was relieved, she felt a wave of sleepiness set in. She closed her eyes and began to drift off to sleep.

point during the lull, he turned to her. “Are you

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

she was sleeping

the room in

she stretched and sat

was the only one

the table. She smiled faintly,

there was also the same fresh bouquet of roses he brought for her when he visited last night. Furthermore, there was a small sack that contained jewelry inside.

wondered what kind of jewelry

and quickly opened the sack which contained a tiny, intricate box. She opened the box

and glittered underneath the light. It

of the highlight pieces at the

many people present at the time. If people noticed her paying out of her pocket to buy the necklace, it would certainly drive controversy since people

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