The Returning Ex

Pursing her lips, Isabelle pondered on it for a moment and said, “Actually, we still can rely on Uncle Ernest.”

Old Mr. Bailey laughed at her words. “It’s not that I look down on Ernest, but he’s really an incompetent man. I’ve worked with him for many years now, so I know that he’s incapable of leading the company. Without your grandpa and me, the company would have gone bankrupt a long time ago.”

Her father had engaged in countless business negotiations before, so his persuasion skills were excellent. Hence, it was improbable that Isabelle could win the argument with him. Knowing this full well, she decided to keep her mouth shut.

Understanding that this was unfair to his daughter, he said, “When you’re able to make our company thrive again, you can do whatever you want by then. Belle, sometimes, we have to make sacrifices for the common cause. Moreover, it’s not really a sacrifice for you. You still love John, don’t you?”

Isabelle was rendered speechless by her father’s irrationality, so she pressed her lips together without responding to him.

Knackered as well, her father said, “I hope you’ll take my words seriously. You have to learn to accept your fate.” Upon finishing his words, he turned to leave.

for a while before she rose and reached for the door. Seeing that no one was in the corridor, she snuck out of the room and headed to

her arms. Traces of

it down on the bedside table and stared at her mother for a while. With a helpless expression, she turned to leave the room and reached for

door. Perhaps her father and grandfather didn’t think that anyone would be moving around the corridor in the

tracks not far from the door and listened in

would bring her father to the shadow bank the next day. He even consoled his son that the latter didn’t have to be so nervous, since the employees at

was hesitating whether she should tell John about it. However, thinking of John’s

moment of hesitance, she decided not to send the message. Putting down her phone, she slumped into the bed and

under immense pressure, and her life was

the latter half of the night, she suddenly awakened in shock. Since the room