Chapter 2002

With that, Isabel prepared to open the door and leave.

"I'll pull back the investment. Don't try me!" Decker said in a guttural growl.

She turned back to him, noticing the vicious look in his eyes. It looked like he was going to strangle her to death right then and there. She said dismissively, "We have more than enough funds, so we don’t need your money. Do whatever you want. I don’t care."

Decker took a deep breath and threatened her again with whatever he could come up with, "I will ruin your reputation and sabotage your career. Do you think I won't do that to you?"

Isabel broke out in amused laughter. "I don't believe you."

He was certainly not the first one to try; many had tried and failed in the past.

Decker stiffened. He was abashed by Isabel's wild laughter and how confident she seemed, even when her career was being threatened.

This was not the same person he knew-the gentle, doting, and kind girl who was attached to him like a parasite. The one who provided unconditional care for him and was nothing but gentle to him...who could have known she had this side to her?!

Had her success over the past few years got to her head and inflated her ego? Was this the result of her amassed fame and influence?

noting his silence, Isabel opened the

he growled again, "Isabel, aren’t

celebrity, any of her contemporaries would have bent over backward to get on his good side because he was at the helm of the Rockwell family, hailing from Southboro. He

Isabel pursed her lips.

Afraid of him?

her memory, she might have been intimidated, but now, she would be far more afraid

a sneer and said harshly, "Decker, just to remind you, Westchester is my territory. You'd better

that, she strode

the assistant director, and two of Decker's assistants were waiting in the

assistant director saw Isabel emerging,

"Isabel, are you okay?"

already? Are you not

onward while answering Max, "The deal is called off.

Max was dumbfounded.

director exclaimed wildly, "What? How did the

him on the shoulder, hinting to him to drop the matter. He sighed and turned to Isabel,

bad terms. The sole reason Decker proposed the investment at

also meant that the

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