Chapter 2003

Inside the private box overlooking the parking lot, Decker had just wiped his face clean of the wine Isabel had splashed on him. He stood by the window and watched silently as Isabel’s car pulled out of the lot.

His eyes were dark and ponderous. He suddenly grinned and said to himself, "Isabel, you are full of surprises."

He had been missing her day and night for the last five years.

The girl had cast a spell on him. In the past five years, he had got involved with countless beautiful women, all of them no less beautiful than Isabel. And yet, none of them managed to seize his heart the way she did.

Sometimes at night, when he was by himself at night, he would miss her to the point of losing his mind.

Then, he found out that she was active in Westchester. He made time out of his busy schedule and came here to see her.

The way he pictured it in his mind, he expected her shocked reaction upon seeing him to be a mixture of anger and sadness.

He thought that all he needed to do was to whisper some sweet-nothings and briefly cajole her, and that was all it was going to take for her to become his again.

It was a shock to see that she wore nothing but a scowl

along with the faintest trace of a smile. Her surprise upon seeing him barely lasted an instant.

only that, but her smile was vicious, haughty, and cold. It was nothing like the affectionate

unprecedented, but to make matters worse,

him, declaring

as infuriating

interested to see what a common actress who survived on her looks could possibly do

to a private restaurant she frequented

child. It was a place with a long-running history of more than two decades by this point. Although it was a small and humble establishment, its decoration was

owner of the place recognized Isabel at sight. As soon as she entered, the owner greeted her politely and asked,

best beer

"Alright."

room with Max and

two of them looked around as

assistant director had grown up in Westchester. After surveying his surroundings, he asked Isabel tentatively, "Isabel,

some of her conversations with the owner. She remembered him talking about his family hailing from a line

continued, "I heard they only serve their regulars. They also say that the owner only serves people he approves of;

Isabel with a queer look

candidly. "I’m

probed carefully, "I also heard that all of the clients here are some of

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