Mr. Villain's Lovely Wife

Chapter 195

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Pamella crossed her legs and sipped her coffee like she belonged there. She hadn't knocked. She hadn't even paused. She just walked in like the office had her name on the door. Her heels were still wet from the rain outside, leaving faint marks on the floor.

Izzy didn't bother hiding her annoyance. "Do you work here?"

Pamella smiled and leaned back in the chair across from Izzy's desk. "I'm just here to talk. Since it's your last day, I thought we could have something like dinner. I mean... we were friends, in the past, right?"

"I don't remember us being friends," Izzy said.

"Come on. Didn't I even want to invite you to my wedding and of course, engagement party?"

"I can't make it to the engagement party," Izzy replied, returning her focus to the last batch of documents on her desk.

Pamella's eyes narrowed slightly. "You said that already. What I don't understand is why. Still hung up on Calen?"

Izzy looked up briefly but said nothing.

Pamella took another sip of her drink, her lips twitching. "You know, no matter how much you tried to screw up the company, Calen still saved it."

Izzy smirked but didn't offer a reply. She had heard enough praise for Calen in the last twenty-four hours to last her a year. Just yesterday, news broke that the Macau Project was going forward. People were calling Calen a genius again. Apparently, he'd secured emergency funding from the Blackwell Group, and suddenly, the project had legs.

It looked good on paper-too good. The Blackwell Group had previously shown interest in acquiring the company and even hinted at swallowing Weiss Inc. whole. Why would they offer money now to help it survive?

Izzy leaned back, tapping her pen on the edge of the desk. Something wasn't right.

Blackwell didn't give handouts. They bought companies, cut them up, sold what worked, and discarded the rest. Lending Calen money to save the company went against every move they'd made before.

Unless...

Unless Blackwell wasn't done playing. Maybe they saw more value in propping Weiss Inc. up temporarily-just long enough to make it look healthy. If the company stabilized, even artificially, its valuation would rise. Which meant Blackwell could demand a higher return when the company inevitably defaulted on the loan. Or maybe Calen offered something else in return. A seat on the board? Future merger rights? Access to internal tech?

Izzy narrowed her eyes. Or maybe it wasn't Calen they were after. Maybe someone at Blackwell knew how to leverage Weiss Inc. better with him in charge.

say any of this to Pamella. Instead, she

blinked, waiting for more. When it didn't come, she stood and adjusted her blouse like

new to do,"

my trust

care about Izzy's opinion once again. "You know..." she looked at her. “I

"Get what?" Izzy asked.

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not just join the party? It's your last day

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The plan had been simple-she and Liam would pretend to be fighting. For the sake of appearances, she moved out and had

felt long. The nights, are worse. She was

hadn't expected to miss

"Fine," Izzy said.

"Huh?"

fine."

squinted at her. "What are you up

asked me to come. What's

down, the sound sharper than it needed to be.

slightly. "I'm going to congratulate the hottest couple in town. Isn't that

her arms. "You can come. But don't mess

still smiling. “Mess what up exactly? It's just an engagement party. It's not like that means the wedding's actually going to

Her eyes widened,

already turned back to her documents. She picked up a pen and resumed reading as

happened.

for another beat, then scoffed quietly and grabbed her coffee. She walked out without another word, heels

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look up. Not even when it shut behind

hours later, Anna stood near the door of Izzy's office, shifting her weight from one foot to the other. "Miss Rossi...

up immediately. "What are you talking

last day. I figured I'd be honest for once. I mean... I thought it was kind of hilarious that

in her chair.