Mr. Villain's Lovely Wife

Chapter 22

Chapter 22

BANG

The loud sound echoed as Izzy dropped the tablet on Calen’s table.

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“What is this?” she hissed, her green eyes boring into his brown ones.

“What is what?” Calen responded with a smile.

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“You wanted to propose in front of the board? Calen, what were you thinking?” she asked.

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He snorted in response. “You wanted to show off in front of my father,” he leaned back, not bothering to hide the infuriating smirk on his face. “And now, you have the audacity to ask me if on going to present in front of the board? Of course, I am!”

“That- why would you do something like that? That’s a waste of your time. If you’d just read my proposal again-”

“What?” Izzy frowned.

“Please, Izzy…” Calen got up. “Do you really think I don’t know what you’re trying to do?”

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“The performance review is next month. Do you really think I don’t understand your motive behind this… nonsense?”

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was stupid. Today, she was proven right. He was indeed stupid. So stupid, all he could see was his ego, all he could see was himself.

got to choose their team to

smoothly. “Monica will be joining, of course. She’s

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her face. “Simon and Beth?” she scoffed. “Fine, take them. I’ll

everyone

on the team who’s left.”

growing.

unwilling to waste another word. She turned on her heel and

after her, following her down the

believe you would do something like this,” she said, her voice laced

in a dramatic show of innocence. “Izzy, what do you mean? I don’t understand. I’m just

Well, he mentioned how you just happened to tell him all about what I supposedly said today.

to protest, but Izzy didn’t give her a chance. With one last glare,

strode toward her office, her irritation simmered beneath the surface. She gave a curt nod to Anna, her secretary. “Cancel the rest of

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but quickly nodded. “Understood, M.

breath as she stepped into the elevator. She was done with the petty drama for the day. Who would have thought that acting would be this exhausting? Earlier, the anger

down, determined to prove himself right. The man

she was about to pull out, her phone rang. The screen flashed Amalia’s name. She considered ignoring it, but her pettiness

“Yes?”

declined?” Amalia’s voice came through, sharp and indignant. “I was out with friends, and every single one of my cards was declined. Do you have any idea how embarrassing that was?”

the cards were no longer working. It would’ve

personally?” Amalia started mumbling about banks, credit cards, and

I’m about to drive,

Come get me. We still have time for the bank. I’ll

the call. She stared at her phone in disbelief, then shook her head and quickly

Maria answered almost immediately. “Did something

have the bank

chuckled. “Which

you send me all

course, my dear.”

an eyebrow. “You sound

I planned this as a surprise, but since you’re calling me now, I’m guessing it’s because of

“You guessed right.”

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