Chapter 78
Isabe spent extravagantly by swiping her card for 600 thousand. The
crowd gathered and gossiped all the while.
Gordon stood nearby, and his expression was grim. When Isabe brought
out the card, he was certain that it was from Seth.
“Isabe, the final payment has been processed. The car should arrive in
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about two weeks.” Someone from the contract department handed the
finalized contract to Isabe.
She epted it while maintaining a cold demeanor. “Thank you.”
The surroundings fell silent until someone, maybe emboldened by the others,
started offering consoling words to Isabe for acquiring the Ghost.
Upon feeling the pinch of that hard-earnedmitment, Isabe found
everyone irritating; she didn’t even bother with a perfunctory response.
Jonas had thought of approaching her several times to ease the tension, but
her icy demeanor forced him to retreat. He felt very frustrated and wanted to
speak up, but Gordon had already pushed through the crowd and pulled
Isabe from her seat.
Isabe was disinterested in hearing these people’s nonsense, so she
followed Gordon out of thepany.
It was past lunchtime, around 2.00PM. The sun was bright outside.
Without much ado, Isabe got into Gordon’s car and asked him to turn on
the air conditioning.
“I’ll take a nap. I’m really tired.”
Gordon was somewhat surprised. Isabe had been very cautious around
him in the past, but now she trusted him enough to sleep in his car. This
change in attitude was a significant turning point.
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“Sure. You sleep. I’ll watch over you.”
Isabe was too exhausted to care. All she wanted now was sleep; her mind
was in turmoil.
After spending Seth’s 750 thousand and losing the promise of that empty
check, every step she took ahead felt like walking on a tightrope.
The voice of Lara echoed in her ears, causing her entire body to tense up and
bring forth all the suppressed darkness within her.
You brought this upon yourself. Don’t me me for using you as a tool.
She sighed while trying to rx a bit so that she could sleep.
After an unknown amount of time, Isabe opened her eye’s again and found
that the car had be pitch ck.
She was startled, and she sat upright while looking around. Gordon was
sitting in the driver’s seat and ying games on his phone.
Upon hearing movement behind him, he put away his phone and turned to
her. “You’re awake.”
Isabe ruffled her hair and felt a bit embarrassed. “I’ve kept you the entire
afternoon. I’m sorry.”
He leaned back while putting his feet up on the dashboard.
“No worries. You didn’t keep me waiting. I was just pondering all afternoon.
Felt frustrated.”
Isabe’s thoughts were a bit slow just after waking up. “What?”
“I was thinking if I should kiss you secretly.” Gordon shrugged and teased her.
“I almost couldn’t resist several times.”
She was speechless as she rolled her eyes.
Gordon was still enthusiastic and couldn’t help asking her, “What do you want
to have for dinner?”
Isabe wasn’t in the mood for dinner. Her mind was consumed with the
need to meet Seth and see if she could get away with spending 750
thousand. What she had to do next required that promise from Seth.
“I’m too tired. Maybe another day.” She expressed regret to Gordon as she
pursed her lips.
Upon seeing her genuinely not feeling well, he couldn’t force her. “Shall I drop
you home?”
Initially, Isabe wanted to decline, but her ankle was hurting really badly. She
thanked him and provided Natasha’s address.
“You don’t have a house?” Gordon asked on the way.
Isabe replied with her eyes closed, “I do, but it’s not renovated yet.”
“I’ll find someone to help you another day,” Gordon said cheerfully. He was
only thinking about how to further advance things with Isabe.
Isabe felt utterly drained, so she gave a perfunctory response.
Upon reaching the destination, she got out of the car unsteadily.
Gordon felt it was a missed opportunity and did his best to arrange for their
next meeting. “Last time’s meal wasn’t good; I’ll treat you to one these days.”
Isabe replied helplessly, “You really don’t have to.”
“Enough nonsense. I have the final say.” Gordon frowned as he insisted.
She did not want to waste time, so she had no choice but to agree before
hurrying into Natasha’s house.
Once she entered, Gordon lingered outside for a while before finally leaving.
At that moment, Natasha’s call came in.
“Be, it seems like the personst night was really Seth!” Natasha sounded
astonished.
Isabe had a headache. She had already confirmed that.
Natasha clicked her tongue while admiring Isabe. “You’re impressive. You
dared to let Seth shower using cold water. Aren’t you afraid he’ll catch a
cold?”
Isabe félt exasperated. “Who told him to take advantage of others?”
Natasha’s tone was full of warmth and amusement. “Is there still room to take
advantage between you two?”
Isabe was speechless.
“He’s already returned to Imperia. He hurried backst night and is probably
at Golnd Lounge right now,” Natasha continued.
Isabe was wide awake when she heard that. “Seth is at Golnd Lounge
right now?”
“Yes.” Natasha was unaware of her thoughts and warned her. “Don’t go to
Golnd Lounge today. If you bump into him, you’ll surely be in for trouble.”
Isabe smiled bitterly and thought to herself, I’ll have no choice but to seek
trouble.
Sure enough, when she fooled around, she would have to pay the price.
Yesterday’s moment of madness created trouble, and today, she had to go
back and apologize on her knees.
She straightened her hair and quickly applied light makeup after hanging up
the call with Natasha. Then, she rushed upstairs to Natasha’s closet to find
some clothes.
She knew that Seth liked ck, so she picked out a ck belted long dress.
She straightened her hair with a hair straightener and put on some light
makeup.
“Just this one time. I’ll rely on him one more time, and after oveing this
hurdle, I won’t rely on anyone anymore.”
Isabe stood in front of the mirror and reassured herself, although she didn’t
even believe her own words deep down. The challenges seemed endless.
There wouldn’t be a day of peace unless she could leave Imperia
immediately.