Chapter 2044

Isabel certainly took her time.

It was not so much that she wanted to keep Martha waiting, but there were countless marks on her neck left behind from the activity last night. She scrambled for a way to cover them, but all the clothes she had were no good for the task, so she ended up wrapping a scarf around her neck.

Upon seeing Isabel come out of the room at last, Martha quickly brought her a bowl of soup as well as a healthy portion of food.

She motioned with a smile. "Isabel, you must be starving. Have a seat and dig in.”

Isabel smiled awkwardly. "Aunt Martha, where's Roland?"

It did not seem like he was inside the house at all Had he stormed off because he was upset with her?

"Roland went to work." Martha glanced at the silk scarf tied around her neck and remarked, "He didn't mean to leave you behind. He's been waiting for you to wake up since this morning. Then, he received several phone calls from work and had no choice but to leave to attend to something important."

Isabel wanted to find a hole in the ground to bury herself in. She was not blaming Roland for leaving her; she was only curious about where he went to.

That aside, what was more important was that Martha seemed to know what the two of them had got up to last night.

She had slept with him at his place. How embarrassing!

before she finally managed to compose herself and act as naturally as possible. She muttered a vague 'okay' before sitting down at the dining table

a kind and affectionate smile. She observed as Isabel wolfed down two bowls of rice

not help it as she was

of the room, she was

the food that

"I'm full. Thank you for the meal. I'll be leaving for now. I need to get to

that she had packed

bringing such a large bag? Aren't you

quickly explained, "It's not like

the shoot is pretty far away. To make the scheduling easier, I have to stay at a hotel near the place with the rest

understanding before asking hesitantly, "So, that means you're

"I'm not leaving. I'll be

was the acting president at Carter Corporation, and she was the one who

her was trying to use work as an excuse to slip away, she knew

would probably be after they complete the

her eyes and seemed convinced. "Alright, take care when you're working out there. By the way, I made some snacks for you as well. Take them with you and snack

and appeared again with

gratitude before stuffing it into her

few more pleasantries with Martha, she walked

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