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?”

darkened. After a moment, he smiled mysteriously. "You’ll know

punched him playfully.

was still trying to

She

felt a wave of sleepiness set in. She closed her eyes and

she was falling asleep. At some point during the lull, he turned to her. “Are you going back to Westchester?"

and he could only hear her steady breathing. He took

look she had when she was sleeping made him smile

…

of sunlight seeped into the room

she stretched and sat

already gone, so she was the only

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

bouquet of roses he brought for

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

made with exceptional craftsmanship. The surface of the diamond was reflective and glittered underneath the light. It was the same necklace that caught her eye at the exhibition, but

one of the highlight pieces at the exhibition.

buy it was not because she could not afford it, but because there had been too 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 would gossip about her being able to afford such an expensive