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?”

his eyes darkened. After

him playfully.

to be mysterious about

that he had something planned. She

was relieved, she felt a wave of sleepiness set in. She closed her eyes and

some point during the lull, he turned to her. “Are you going back to Westchester?"

did not answer, and he could only hear her steady breathing. He took another look at her and noticed that she

look she had when she was sleeping made him smile

…

sunlight seeped into the room in between the cracks

and sat

gone, so she was the only

set on the table. She smiled faintly, then she got out of bed and sat down at the table.

he brought for her when

kind of jewelry he

was very curious and quickly opened the sack which contained a tiny, intricate box. She opened the box and found a sparkling diamond necklace inside.

the light. It was the same necklace that caught her eye

the highlight pieces at the

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