The Princess and the Paupers

Chapter 138

Her phone buzzed a few times at that moment, and Arabella picked it up to see it was Romeo calling

“Bella” Romeo’s voice was deep and magnetic, “I’ve been thinking about you.”

Arabella asked somewhat helplessly, “What’s up?”

“Are you swamped with work?” Romeo asked in his lazy but pleasing tone, “Do you need me to help you out?”

“No need

“I’ve been thinking about you,” Romeo said, “I wish I could finish all your work for you so you’d have time to be with me. But I still have an hour before I see you.” Romeo sounded a bit anxious, “I want to video call you, just for a bit.”

Romeo seemed to know she would refuse, so he didn’t wait for her to speak before he started pleading. “Just for a little while.”

Arabella stayed silent.

“Bella… Romeo pleaded again, “I promise it won’t interfere with your work.”

to his request. Soon after, his video call

answered, someone

“Come in.”

coffee on the desk, completely unaware of her

company is talking about you, someone even wrote a prose

a sip of her

it for

court, you’re going to jail; With Ms. Bennett here, the bad guys will fail; With Ms. Bennett here, we’re sure to prevail! Whether you’re strong or weak, you better fix your

feel a

video call started laughing, seemingly entertained by the

the other people in the company are saying about you?” Dean spoke excitedly. “The female employees say they’re attracted to you, hoping to marry you! And some of the male employees are planning to confess their feelings for you after

her coffee upon hearing

you’ve only been here for a week and you’ve already found seven problematic people, including some on the production

in close to Arabella, smiling, “Ms. Bennett, I bet a buck, not

casually replied, “Bet more.”

“Huh?”

“Raise the

sure? If you are, I’m willing to bet all