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.”

having no other choice, finally agreed to his request. Soon after, his video call

as Arabella answered, someone knocked on

“Come in.”

the coffee on the desk, completely unaware of her ongoing

about you, someone

took a sip of her coffee,

me recite it for you…”

“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,

help but feel a

end of the video call started laughing, seemingly entertained by the prose.

respects 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 excitedly. “The female employees say they’re attracted to you, hoping to marry you! And some

on her coffee

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

smiling, “Ms. Bennett, I bet a

casually replied, “Bet more.”

“Huh?”

“Raise the stakes.”

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