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.”

agreed to his request. Soon

as Arabella answered, someone

“Come in.”

coffee,” Dean said, placing the coffee on the desk, completely unaware

again! The whole company is talking about you, someone even wrote a prose piece about

took a sip of her coffee, seeming

recite it for

throat and began reciting: “If Ms. Bennett gets angry with you, you should be scared; If Ms. Bennett summons you to 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 mistakes; because if Ms. Bennett takes

feel a bit helpless

man on the other end of the video call

you… when you presented that evidence to those five people today, it was so cool! Do you know what the other people in the company are saying about you?” Dean spoke

her coffee upon

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

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

replied, “Bet more.”

“Huh?”

lazily said, “Raise

this, Dean became instantly excited, “Ms. Bennett, are you sure? If you