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Chatper 181
Chatper 181
Chatper 181
Chapter 181
Gordon preferred not to push things too far, so when Isabella told him to wait,
he simply lay down on the bed and started playing with his phone.
It wasn’t until 6:00 PM, when the sky darkened, that Isabella packed up and
prepared to leave.
Outside the hotel, a black Bentley was parked under a tree, resembling a
patient predator waiting for its prey to appear.
Unfortunately, the person inside the car didn’t share the same patience. His
face had darkened to a shade akin to an inkstone.
Nicolas and the driver exchanged a glance, and Nicolas mustered the
courage to speak. “Mr. Shaffer, it’s been three hours. Do you need…”
The person in the backseat raised his gaze, and his piercing eyes reflected
from the rearview mirror. He silenced Nicolas, forcing him to swallow the
words on the tip of his tongue.
Nicolas felt a cold sweat on his back and wisely shut his mouth.
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He prayed for Isabella to hurry out, hoping she wouldn’t spend the night with
Gordon inside.
In the backseat, Seth’s hands were clasped, and his elbows were resting on
his knees. His lips were pressed tightly together, and an aura of tension
surrounded him.
After discussing some matters with Xavier, he left the study. Then, he
scanned the area and found no sign of Isabella.
Jordan reported that Isabella had gone to the hotel with Gordon.
He couldn’t help but sneer with a twisted smile.
Isabella, you pretend to be a chaste and virtuous woman in front of
me,
but
you’re at a hotel with a man right now!
“Isabella probably has a legitimate reason to go to the hotel during the day…”
Nicolas spoke up again.
Seth chuckled lightly. His laughter was eerie and unsettling.
Tears welled up in Nicolas’ eyes. He almost kneeled and prayed on the spot.
At the hotel entrance, people went in, but no one came out.
As time passed and darkness fell, there was a good chance she would spend
the night at the hotel if she didn’t come out now.
Nicolas started to feel anxious. He turned to Seth and said, “Mr. Shaffer, let’s
go in and get Isabella out!”
Seth looked up at Nicolas, wearing an expression as if he was looking at a
fool.
“Me? Why would I go in and grab her?”
Nicolas was speechless.
”
This would seem too much like catching someone in the act. It was not in line
with Seth’s composed persona.
Seth closed his eyes briefly and weighed the situation. He would never use.
anything someone else had touched, but if Isabella didn’t come out, it
probably meant that…
He rarely found himself hesitating like this. Upon reflection, he realized it had
happened several times recently, and it was all because of Isabella.
She was just an ordinary woman and not his wife. Why should he waste time
like this?
He suddenly opened his eyes and spoke in a deep voice. “Let’s go back to the
Shaffer Group.”
Nicolas was dumbfounded and utterly shocked. “Are we leaving already?!”
They had been waiting for several hours. What if she came out right after
Once Seth made a decision, he wouldn’t hesitate anymore. He leaned back
against the seat, his face dark.
“Since when have you started questioning my decisions?”
Nicolas choked. He quickly swallowed the words he was about to say.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Shaffer.”
“Mr. Dahn, is that Miss Symons?”
The driver, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly spoke up.
He didn’t even
bother to glance ahead.
At the mention, Nicolas was incredibly excited and looked outside quickly.
“Mr. Shaffer, it’s Isabella!”
Outside the car, Isabella and Gordon emerged from a side door, walking side
by side and engaged in a conversation.
Gordon said, “The security guard earlier wouldn’t let me park outside, and I
couldn’t be bothered to argue with him, so I just parked across the street.”
Isabella shrugged. “It’s fine. Let’s walk over.”
Gordon nodded. As they walked, they discussed food options.
Neither of them noticed the Bentley parked by the roadside. They hadn’t
reached the opposite side yet and were waiting for the moment when the
traffic passed. The Bentley’s engine suddenly started before carelessly
brushing past them and speeding over the puddles left by last night’s rain.
As if in a dream, Isabella and Gordon stood in place while they were
splattered head to toe with mud.
“Dang it! Is that person out of his mind?”
He let out a string of curses and creatively insulted the owner’s entire lineage.
Meanwhile, Isabella looked extremely disheveled in a dress covered in mud..
She lifted her dress and squinted to see the culprit.
However, the car was too fast for her to catch the license plate. She could
only make out that it was a Bentley.
Gordon was furious and insisted on checking the security footage. He was
determined to find that guy and give him a beating.
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Isabella felt helpless as she knew that those who drove a Bentley recklessly in
Imperia were either wealthy or powerful. They were not someone to be easily
confronted.
In an attempt to defuse the situation, she quickly persuaded Gordon to get in
the car.
He didn’t stop complaining even after getting in.
He drove her back home, but his anger did not subside even at the doorstep.
.
As Isabella opened the car door to get out, he suddenly grabbed her wrist as
if remembering something.
“Could that reckless idiot be Seth?”
She paused for a moment, then smiled. “You’re thinking too much. His time is
valuable; why would he appear there?”
He clicked his tongue and crossed his arms. “Is that so? Why would he bother
showing up at my grandmother’s birthday banquet, then?”
Isabella was speechless.
That was indeed hard to justify.
Gordon’s expression turned grave as he gave Isabella a side-eye. “Is it
because of you?”
Isabella brushed aside some stray hairs from her cheek, shrugged, and said,
“If I were prone to overthinking, I wouldn’t have stayed by Seth’s side for five
years. He only focuses on core interests; even if he fools around, he knows
when to stop.”
Gordon pursed his lips and had nothing more to say.