Chapter 150

Silence enveloped the car, and the atmosphere grew heavy. Isabella

moistened her lips. Her voice emerged, husky from her parched throat. “No.”

Seth anticipated her response. He warmed up slightly, and he brushed his

fingers across the steering wheel. “I observed your performance throughout

the entire time you were in the conference room.”

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Isabella felt a tremor in her soul. She tried to recall everything she had said

that afternoon. All the things she had said just to spite Angelina now became

her own punishment, biting her in the rear.

“I had no idea you were so… ambitious,” Seth continued mercilessly.

Isabella closed her eyes and opened her mouth, but she couldn’t utter a

word. She didn’t even need to watch the surveillance footage to know that

she had put on a perfect act for Angelina, and everything she had said was

ambitious.

Seth pulled over by the roadside and listed out all of Isabella’s actions,

tormenting her. “Your resignation and refusal to continue your contract were

just a ploy to gain my attention?” He rolled down the window and leisurely

rested his hand on the edge. With his other hand, he opened the glovebox

and retrieved a packet of cigarettes.

Isabella remained lying on the seat. She could hear Seth smoking, and she

said nothing, but she felt as if the heat

smoke was scorching her skin, burning her. She felt

a crush on a boy, only for her crush

reject

felt as if he was saying,

Isabella was tough, she still couldn’t easily resolve this

she had said those things on

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No

Seth.

raised her hand and wiped her face while Seth wasn’t

to calm down. You have nothing to be afraid of. You’ve

to herself, Isabella

into the rear-view mirror and met her

to be the wife of

something stirring in his heart. He

in the afternoon and

wanted to

the president’s wife.

and tended to

to and never left you. Even if you were an

me not to fall for

to stroke

in the driver’s seat. Some light passed through it, but

Isabella tried to guess what he was

of his head. She could only

mind snaps out of it, you know.”

ruffled her hair, speaking calmly. “You’re not going

you

was fake, but the last part

it, so it sounded genuine.

after she said the last part of that sentence, he was

what Gordon had said in the morning. That

don’t want me to hold you back

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