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.”

other choice, finally agreed to his request. Soon after,

someone knocked on her

“Come in.”

on the desk,

company is talking about you, someone even wrote a prose piece about you.”

sip of her coffee, seeming somewhat

it for

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

video call started laughing, seemingly entertained by the

from this prose, it’s clear how highly everyone 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,

her coffee upon

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

close to Arabella, smiling, “Ms. Bennett, I bet a buck,

replied, “Bet more.”

“Huh?”

lazily said, “Raise

“Ms. Bennett, are you sure? If you are, I’m