Chapter 16
“What’s this?” She picked up a flash disk.
Rhett suddenly got nervous, “You, you look at the cake first…”
Seeing his nervous expression, Isabela’s heart skipped a beat, vaguely realizing something-
The flash disk was inserted into the TV, and a video popped up.
The camera was shaking a lot, and in the picture, Rhett was wearing a white coat standing in the hospital corridor, with a group of nurses behind him holding up signs and
“Dr. Payne! All of Ving not to laugh
the orthopedic department are applying to be your in–laws!”
Isabela was daydreaming when the video suddenly switched to Rhett’s colleagues.
Trenton from the tech department shouted with dark circles under his eyes, “Ms. Payne, please say yes!” His colleagues laughed and wared glow sticks,
even the serious tech director awkwardly made a heart gesture.
In the end, it was just the night sky in an empty shot, with herr’s voiceover softly saying:
“Bella, you said you didn’t like grand scenes…”
The scene changed, and he appeared on the screen, wearing a simple shirt instead of a white coat, holding the pot of green spider plant that she always complained was “dying soon.”
“So I thought, you probably like this more than roses
He lifted up the green plant, and there was a diamond ring burled in the soil.
“It’s just like you, looks unremarkable, but actually tougher than anyone.
The video suddenly stopped.
ther cheeks.
Isabela stood there, her heart pounding, tears streaming down?
But she knew, this time the tears were not because of pain and despair, but tears of joy.
Rhett was on one knee when he knocked over the cake box, didn’t even care about the cream on his pants. He tremblingly opened the ivy pot hiding the
ring.
“I know you’ve been through a lot of bad stuff, maybe don’t believe in love anymore,” he said hoarsely.
“But can you give me a chance? You don’t have to answer now, you can observe me for ten, twenty years…”
Isabela looked at the tiny sunflower engraving on the ring, and suddenly burst
Last year today, she fell in the mud in a heavy rain; the year before today, she was publicly mocked by Elaine, “You even deserve to celebrate y birthday“; even earlier, she always received Darren’s perfunctory transfer with the note “compensation” on her birthday.
your
Now, someone burnt three cakes for her, someone collected the limited edition books she casually mentioned, someone remembered she liked
sunflowers but was allergic to pollen….
“No need to investigate,” she reached out and pulled him up, her fingertips touching the cream on his face, “I can answer now.
Rhett suddenly covered her mouth and said, “Wait! I, I have prepared a line!”
He was in a rush to grab his phone, but ended up pulling out a bunch of small notes and scattering them all over the floor.
Isabela picked up a note that said, “Key point: Learn to respect her, love her, and always consider her first.”
Another one was “Never say I can’t bear hardship this kind of stupid talk“.
She laughed out loud, tiptoed and kissed his lips covered in cream
“That’s my answer.
Rhett paused for two seconds, then suddenly picked her up and spun her around, almost knocking over the carefully arranged balloon wall
The TV kept playing their favorite song from when they used to take walks, the neon lights outside flickered on one by one, and the ugly cake was still sitting on the table, casting a soft glow on the two figures.
Isabela thought, “So this is what it feels like to be truly
ly loved”
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Rhett was busy cooking noodles in the kitchen, Isabela leaned against the door watching him chop the onions all crooked and twisted
“I was actually just planning to cook myself a bowl of noodles,” she shook her fuzzy slippers on her foot.
Then turned back and glared at her, “So, did I learn how to make noodles from the cafeteria lady for nothing
The steam rose from the hot soup, and Isabela suddenly remembered the pot of green plants in the video.
“Why did you choose it as a ring boo?”
Rhett u
tput the fried egg on the noodles and said softly, “Because the first time I went to your office, I saw it sunbathing on the windowsill
He remembered every detail about her.
Isabela was eating noodles with her head down, bears quietly falling into the soup
Salty, sweet, just like her brand new life.
Chapter 17
“Mr. Cressey, do you need to take a break?” the assistant couldn’t help but whisper on the side.
Today at the shareholders‘ meeting, all the big shots from the finance industry were discussing how to invest in the recent smart robot project.
At such a crucial moment, Darren kept zoning out
He just stood there, staring at the swaying branches and scattered sunlight outside the blinds, replaying in his mind Isabela’s determined expression when she fell to the ground.
At that moment, he actually saw the undisguised hatred.
He started to lose control of this unfamiliar expression, which was terrifying
Isabela used to always be a gentle and submissive person, always liked to follow behind him with her head down, carefully holding his hand, with a shy smile on her face.
But he couldn’t see her bright smile anymore, for some reason.
She no longer stuck to herself all the time, and she stopped sharing every detail of her daily life with him on her phone.
Since she made up her mind to leave, he never saw Isabela again.
He has already used all his connections around him, cloding
Even though this is the result I wanted, why do I feel a strange sourness in my heart at this point?
“Mr. Cressey? Are you feeling unwell anywhere in your body? Should we pause the meeting and take a 30–minute break?”
The assistant saw that Darren didn’t react at all from start to finish, he didn’t answer when others asked, so he had to push his shoulder to get his attention
Even long–term partners are a bit unhappy, slamming the porcelain cup on the table and coughing deliberately without saying a word.
Darren finally came to his senses.
I completely stopped thinking about those business projects.
Heren his hand through his slightly messy hair, impatiently stood up from the main seat, casually closed the folder, and said lightly, “Sorry everyone,
I’m not feeling well today. Let’s end the meeting here and discuss the details next time when we schedule a time.
As soon as this was said, the meeting room, which had just been noisy and chaotic with everyone talking at once, suddenly fell silent.
The air suddenly felt a bit heary
Everyone looked at each other, their expressions tuming partic, lely ugly
But Darren didn’t care about anyone’s attitude anymore, he just pushed open the door and walked away without looking back.
The assistant could only apologize to the shareholders in a low voice, sorting out the messy documents and pens on the table.
After Darren walked out of the company feeling frustrated, he looked at the bustling crowd and suddenly felt that his actions just now were a bit ridiculous.
He was always someone who could keep all emotions bottled up inside, even if he really liked someone, he wouldn’t let her affect his career, and eron when he was sad, he could still remain calm on the surface
But this time he somehow lost control of his emotions, even zoning out at such an important occasion as the shareholders‘ meeting.
At that time, he had no other desires, just hoped to find Isabela and explain everything well, so they could make up and be good again.
He was willing to spend the rest of his life slowly malding up for everything,
But before that, he decided to cut off all the relationships around him.
Me and Elaine didn’t have any feelings anymore. He was planning to send her to Smubar and was willing to compensate her with a large sum of money so that she could live without worries in the future.
Chapter 17
