Loveless Marriage novel Chapter 119

Someone patted Minh, "Alright, don't tease Isabella for now."

Isabella was a bit confused. She looked at the people in front of them in a daze, "What?"

John laughed as he explained, "When you were not here, he did Mr. Smith a favour, then he ended his internship in advance."

"…"

Being stunned for two seconds, Isabella looked at him in surprise.

Minh timidly shrank back and said in a trembling voice, "Miss, Miss Jones, please listen to me…Actually, I …"

Before he could finish speaking, Isabella patted his shoulder and praised him generously: "Well done! That's my apprentice."

She was truly happy for him.

After all, hard work in the workplace didn't necessarily lead to gains. But for her, she still wanted to see a positive correlation between effort and gain.

Minh was startled by her pat. After he came back to his senses, he laughed embarrassedly: "It's all credit to Miss Jones. So I'll treat everyone to a dinner tomorrow night. Miss Jones, you must come as well."

Isabella raised her brows. Looking at him, she said, "As to congratulate yourself that you've become a regular staff?"

He laughed, "No, also to congratulate on your return, Miss Jones."

"That's right! We all have to go tomorrow night."

"Minh, I will prepare a big gift for you." Isabella said. 

Looking at her lively department, Isabella smiled and said, "I'll definitely attend."

He was like a little brother to her, so no matter how busy she was, she would still attend the dinner. 

"Miss Jones, Mr. Smith wants to see you."

Mr. Smith's secretary stood at the door and said.

"Okay, I'll be there right away."

Then she headed to Mr. Smith's office.

Having not working for a whole week, Isabella's desk was like a small mountain. She was almost hided from a pile of files. 

However, John came in before she worked long: "Miss Jones, Miss Perez from Polygon wants you."

"Miss Perez?" Isabella raised her head from the files, looking at him suspiciously.

Why did she come to her again?

John nodded and said, "However, I heard that this Miss Perez is no longer a secretary of Mr. Miller. It was unknown what mistake she's made, now she's just a junior staff."

Isabella's eyes flashed fiercely.

"That can't be considered an excuse, can it?" Lexie laughed leisurely, her slender fingers casually resting on the chair. Looking at Isabella's fair neck, Lexie said, "I was very worried about your body that day, Miss Jones."

Isabella's expression slightly condensed. Then she lowered her eyes a bit. 

Within just a few days, the wound on her neck couldn't completely get healed, so she had to use some conceal to cover it up.

"Don't worry about it. It's just two of us here, so Lexie, if you have anything to say, just say it quickly. I still need to work." Isabella's tone was extremely indifferent.

Feeling extremely annoyed, Lexie only smirked on the surface, "Since you let me in, it means that you've understood what your assistant said. I'm trying to save you some face, but do you want me to be that direct?"

Looking at the files in front of her, Isabella suddenly couldn't help but laugh, then she taunted, "This is the first time I've heard someone speak of a threat as saving face. why didn't you just directly tell everyone that you're Mr. Miller's girlfriend? I believe there are many people would believe you. "

"You!"

Christian had always been a pain in her heart. She had been his personal secretary, and worked with him for years. Although Christian's attitude hasn't changed much towards her, other staff in the company had been gossiping about them for long. Even she started to believe in those rumours. But first of all, she had to eliminate Isabella.  

Seeing that Lexie was getting angry, Isabella's smile became even colder. Her pretty white face revealed a hint of coldness, "Didn't you just want to use my pregnancy and my father's issue to threaten me? If either of these is exposed, I will be disgraced and lose my job. Even if I can still stay here, I'll be treated with contempt. "

"And the reason why you threatened me was just to make me stay away from Christian and let me not pester him again."

Lexie's face turned cold, her fingers clenched slightly as she laughed in a low voice, "So … Do you accept my threat or not? Isabella, you cannot win me over no matter of what, as we're not at the same level, not before and not even now. If I want to make things difficult for you, I have plenty of ways, you know. There're so many people like your father in this world, and no one will reject money. I'll just have to randomly find someone help me, and then your parents...and the money you owe...will be exposed overnight."

"…"

Staring at her intently with a pair of cold eyes, Isabella then laughed in a while: "Is that so?"