Chapter 55
After they came into the lounge, Isabe remembered something, and she
looked at Seth. “You can’t leave that ce now, Mr. Shaffer.” If Mr. Gosling
wakes up, the first impression would work in our favor. We can’t let someone
else take that chance away.
Seth sat down and massaged his forehead. He quietly said, “He’s not an idiot.
You think waiting for him for hours would tip anything in their favor?”
Isabe couldn’t argue. Things were getting a little icy, but Nics came in
with the doctor in time, and Isabe heaved a sigh of relief.
The doctor looked at Isabe’s ankle, and he clicked his tongue. “Why’d you
drag it out for so long? This is serious.”
Chapter 55 Shut Up, Seth
Isabe smiled and lied, “I had something urgent.”
And then Seth gave her a look.
“Nothing’s more important than your health. Can’t do anything without good
health.” The doctor sighed and wrote down a prescription, then he told
Nics to get the meds.
Seth was still seated. Curtly, he asked, “Complications?”
The doctor looked at him and politely said, “Won’t leave anyplications,
but if left untreated, she’ll be susceptible to more sprains. It’ll end up being a
big problem if she sprains her ankle too much.”
Seth pursed his lips, and then he looked at Isabe’s ankle.
Chapter 55 Shut Up, Seth
Isabe’s heart thumped furiously. She hoped the doctor would make an
ankle sprain sound terminal. That’d give her more leeway when she wanted
to ask for a favor from Seth.
Once the doctor was gone, Seth asked, “How’d you find Shawn?”
Isabe’s leg was hung in the air, and she leaned backward in a weird
position. Even talking was strenuous. “I went through a lot of stuff, but I
couldn’t find any way to contact him. Keyword search led me to a janitor’s
resume. Said she took care of him once, and I got his number from her.”
Seth leaned back and crossed his arms. He praised, “Not a total moron, I see.”
Isabe licked her lips. She wanted to make the process sound as arduous as
possible, but Seth suddenly asked, “So why’s he willing toe?”
Chapter 55 Shut Up, Seth
“Huh?” Isabe paused for a moment, and then she snapped out of it. “Oh, he
was at Lawdom. Ollie and I went to his ce and dragged him out of bed.”
Seth frowned. “What did you two do?”
Isabe averted her gaze. “Um, we might’ve climbed over his courtyard’s
wall.”
Seth looked at her swollen ankle and sighed. “So, you hurt your ankle a
second time because of that?”
Isabe nodded. “Good thing his house is only a two-story unit, or it’d have
been bad for me.”
Seth looked at her and took back his praising tone. “You could’ve asked Ollie
to make the climb.”
Chapter 55 Shut Up, Seth
Isabe said, “He did. His shirt was stuck to a branch, and he almost couldn’t
make it back down.
That idiot. Seth narrowed his eyes and kept looking at Isabe. “Shawn’s a
haughty guy. How’d you convince him?”
Isabe moved her arms and sighed. “Doctors are kind. He came once
made things clear for him.”
Seth chortled, his eyes filled with scorn. “Someone held a knife against his
neck back in Ans, and he still wouldn’t save the people he didn’t want to.
You call him kind?”
Isabe bit her lip and mused over that statement. “So, you mean…”
“It’s obvious he wants to woo you,” Seth interrupted.
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Chapter 55 Shut Up, Seth
Isabe’s eyes went wide, and she turned around to look at Seth. She pulled
her ankle. “You’re reading too much into it. We only talked a little. He doesn’t
know me, and I don’t know him.”
“You went to a conference two years ago. That was about the time he came
back.” Seth looked at her coldly.
Isabe cursed him silently. Now you have a good memory. You talk too
much. Just skip the formalities and say, ‘I owe you one.’
Seth looked at her. Thinking she was nervous, he harrumphed. “He’s ten years
older than you and was married once.”
Isabe thought he was mad, and she sighed. She tried her best to be polite.
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“I have no other intention, Mr. Shaffer. Whether he was married or not is none
of my business. I know he’s out of my league.”
Chapter 55 Shut Up, Seth
Seth crossed his arms and looked at Isabe’s profile. He said harshly, “Just
saying you should stay away from those you shouldn’t get too close to. He
didn’t give his ex-wife a cent after the divorce.”
Isabe said nothing more. She thought Seth was getting more riled up every
time she spoke. At this rate, they couldn’t get back to the negotiation about
the favor he owed her.
Seth took her silence as a silent tantrum, and he harrumphed.
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Nics came back with the pills, and he noticed that the air felt weird. He
carefully told them what to do with the pills and asked if Isabe needed his
help.
Seth shot him an icy look. “She hurt her ankle, not her hands.”
Chapter 55 Shut Up, Seth
Isabe gritted her teeth and put on a smile. She blinked at Nics. “I’ll do it
myself.”
Nics could feel Seth staring at him. He grabbed some tools for Isabe
and left her and Seth alone.
Isabe dealt with her sprained ankle, thinking about how she could bring the
conversation back to the favor he owed. “Are you going to take the license to
develop the mountain all for yourself?”
Seth closed his eyes, refusing to talk to her. He leaned on the chair, resting his
eyes.
Isabe looked at the wall and rolled her eyes. She continued, “This is a
sensitive topic. It won’t be good for you if you take everything for yourself.”
hapter 55 Up, Seth
Seth was still annoyed. Coolly, he said, “None of your business.”
Ugh.