Chapter 408 Teasing Mr George

The previous system George had installed was just a toy for children. With a few tweaks, Isabelle had upgraded it several levels, making it semi–autonomous.

“D*mmit!” Isabelle cursed under her breath.

The drone accurately flew back to the trunk. Watching the flames burning in the mountains, Isabelle confirmed the trial was successful.

She drove away.

As soon as Isabelle got home, George called.

Clearly, he had listed her as the prime suspect.

Hearing George’s voice and recalling the robot calling her wife with George’s voice, Isabelle’s expression grew complicated.

George asked if she was responsible for the explosion.

Grumpily, Isabelle snapped, “What does that have to do with me?”

She hung up the phone.

It wasn’t George’s fault, but he had to bear the brunt of her frustration.

He held his phone and remembered what Dylan had said about girls: their moods are unpredictable.

The next day, at the Harris Group headquarters.

George was in a meeting when a message came through on his phone.

The rule was to turn off phones during meetings, and their strict chairman always led by example.

But lately, George has been messaging and even taking calls in the middle of meetings.

George reached for his phone on the table.

He didn’t really expect the message to come from Isabelle, given how bad her mood had been last night and how he had innocently taken the blame.

surprise, it was

mind went blank, short–circuiting for

misread, he reread the message, one

and his heart raced.

was her usual tone, and he understood

straightforward, so direct that it made him felt awkward in

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something she would say,

breath. He spoke to Sam, seated to his left, without showing any emotion on his

his phone and

looked quite

He adjusted his clothes and strode out of the building. Then, he spotted Isabelle’s car.

door and sat down. Isabelle wore a calm expression as she sat in the driver’s seat. He asked,

was about to blurt it out but swallowed

lips, he couldn’t suppress the urge to be intimate with the

to kiss first and deal with the consequences

blame if it was a mistake. At

thought about it.

like he was seizing an unexpected

ability. With this mentality,

with her hand clutching his suit, felt

as if she were grasping more

wasn’t

gave

gentled his movements, one hand cradling her head, fingers threading through her soft hair,

and fully immersed himself in the moment, feeling every bit of their intimate connection. For both of them, this seemed the best way to

her warm cheek. He didn’t pull

lips against her a few more times, only then did he end the

on the steering wheel. Except for a slight flush and uneven breathing,

demeanour was coupled with those

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