Chapter 2005

Roland stopped and turned to Isabel with a glitter of light in his eyes.

Isabel crossed her hands across her chest and asked haughtily, "Do you have anything against me?"

"No," he muttered.

"Then, why have you been ignoring me?"

He did not answer.

Isabel wanted to get angry at him but could not make herself hurl more insults at him when she saw how handsome he looked.

She took a breath and said, "It's not like I want you to stay this late at the office every day. You can assign some of the work to the people under you."

Why was he trying to handle everything by himself?

There were a lot of competent employees at Carter Corporation.

Roland cocked an eyebrow at her. "Do you think I'm anything like you?"

Isabel’s eyes flashed, and she seemed ecstatic to finally have something to call him out on. "See! I knew you have something against me!"

Why else would he say something like that if he felt otherwise?

because she had left

pursed his lips and made it as if he wanted to explain but was questioning if it was

few seconds, he confessed, "Yes, I

sighed. "It's not that I want you to do everything for me. I just can't find time for the moment," she expressed

her vent, then he asked, "Do

are you thinking?" she

expression as he said, "Several important things have been going on lately, and I wanted to brief you about

Her whole demeanor suddenly changed, and her shoulders drooped. "It's getting

"I’m not tired yet."

parried, "But I

that case, let's just

flee while she could, but Roland's firm voice stopped her. 'You don't have

she needed

a sigh of relief and gestured. "Alright

continued walking as

a new project in

voice sounded like a lullaby

had yawned more than a handful of times during their walk. At last, they finally reached her

turned to him. "This is me. Let’s talk about the rest next time. Make

Roland pursed his lips.

toward

she saw a hand stretched in front of

had smacked her

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