Semua Bab A Rebound? No, He's an Upgrade: Bab 51 - Bab 60

Isabel pursed her lips. "Mr. Fuller, can I know how much longer we'll be in Hailsen?"Harvey didn't expect that. "Do you have something urgent you need to do?"She shook her head. "I ran into my brother's friend downstairs."It wasn't urgent, but it also wasn't good. Harvey said, "Let's head inside and talk to Mr. Zimmerman about this."Dominic frowned after hearing what had happened. "Who did you bump into?""Louis Clarke," Isabel answered.The Clarkes were relatively prominent in Jeriton, so Dominic had heard of them. "We'll move somewhere else, then."About 50 minutes later, Isabel watched as they drove into an old-style villa nestled in the quiet amid the bustle of the city. The butler and some maids stood in neat rows on either side of the door. "Welcome home, Mr. Zimmerman."Only then did Isabel realize the villa was Dominic's. Why had they stayed at a hotel if he had his own place? Did he have too much money to spare?Harvey sensed her thoughts and kindly explained, "Mr

"Got it." Isabel wasn't nervous in the slightest. Dominic knew it was because it was one of her most prominent strengths in architecture.Dominic stopped eating when he was almost full and started replying to messages on his phone. He didn't leave his seat because Isabel was still eating. In a way, he was accompanying her.She thought he was just too lazy to move because he was replying to messages. But out of embarrassment, she stopped eating after a few more bites.This didn't escape Dominic's notice. He asked, "Did I tell you to speed up?""I'm just full." She shook her head.He casually rested his left hand, which held his phone, on his thigh. His eyes gleamed with what seemed like resignation. "Why do you act like I'll eat you up?"Isabel felt a little diffident but still smiled politely. "It's really not like that. I'm full."Dominic should've long since gotten used to her feigned politeness, but the more he saw of it, the more he wanted to rip her mask off.When he kept

Isabel sat up in bed and checked the time. It was already 8:00 am, so she quickly got out of bed and freshened up. When she opened the door to leave the room, she ran right into Harvey."What's wrong, Mr. Fuller?" She noticed the medicine he held—ibuprofen. She asked, "Do you have a fever or a headache?"He said helplessly, "Mr. Zimmerman is the one who's sick. He suddenly started burning up."Isabel was taken aback. "Mr. Zimmerman has a fever?"He'd been perfectly fine the night before!"Yeah. He's close to 104°F.""Didn't you call a doctor?""Mr. Zimmerman won't let me."Dominic couldn't be afraid of doctors at this age, could he?Isabel said, "He might get brain damage if this continues, and we don't want that. I'd suggest that you just call a doctor. Don't let Mr. Zimmerman have his way. He should be delirious from the fever, anyway. I doubt he'd have the strength to fight back, even if he wanted to."He was basically a lamb up for slaughter. They could easily overpower h

Both the doctor and Harvey were stunned. Isabel sounded like she was coaxing a child.To their surprise, Dominic turned to lie on his back, showing no sign of resisting. Isabel turned and smiled at the doctor, as if to say, "See?"It only took a few sentences from her to make Dominic listen to reason. How could their relationship be an ordinary superior-subordinate one?The doctor quickly suppressed the urge to gossip and examined Dominic. Then, he concluded grimly that the latter needed to be administered an IV drip.Dominic started to resist at the mention of the IV drip, but Isabel readily agreed and told the doctor to administer it immediately. In the end, Dominic lay there with a hideous expression as he allowed the doctor to work his magic.Isabel only meant well for him. After all, high fevers really could cause brain damage. Besides, if he didn't recover that day, they wouldn't be able to return to Jeriton the following day.Fortunately, after going through two bags of IV

Cameron grabbed Isabel by the shoulders and said grimly, "You realize you and Samuel are still in your divorce cooling-off period, right? Aren't you afraid of what people will say if you get involved with someone else now? Tell me—did you go to this guy because you wanted to get back at Samuel?"Isabel broke free of his grip, her face devoid of emotion. She snapped, "Regardless of my intentions, it's still my own business. You shouldn't be telling me these things—you should be saying them to Winona. She was the shameless one who stole my husband and did something so immoral."Also, don't forget that everyone now thinks Winona is the one that Samuel married in the first place. That means I'm single. So, why would anyone talk about me? You're the only one doing that now!"Cameron was unnerved by her words and immediately softened his tone. "I didn't mean to insult you, Izzy. I was just afraid you'd do something rash in the heat of the moment and get tricked.""Even if I do get tricke