Sweet Flash Marriage with the Restrained Tycoon (Isabelle and Damien) novel Chapter 188

Chapter 188 So Tense

Chapter 188 So Tense

Celeste felt a pang of panic.

After all my struggles to get in and failing… how can a small–time designer like Isabelle be his student?

But there Isabelle was, chatting and laughing with Griffin as if they were old friends.

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Celeste’s heart skipped a beat. She was so distracted that she didn’t even notice Brian and Damian helping each other to the car nearby.

Damian and Brian followed her gaze just in time to see the three of them get into a car and drive off.

Damian’s eyes darkened. He got into the back seat.

As Celeste moved to get in from the other side, Damian stopped her.

“Ms. Snow.” He lowered the window halfway, his voice flat. “I don’t want a repeat of tonight’s situation.”

The words caught in Celeste’s throat. She couldn’t respond.

Damian finished speaking and raised the window, cutting off the view.

Brian handed the keys to a waiting valet and left the parking garage.

“How are things with Barry?” Damian asked.

Tonight’s scenario had happened before, back when they were building the business, and Celeste was still learning. Damian, in his wheelchair at the time, had once shielded her from being pressured to drink.

She’d been careful to avoid such situations ever since.

Until tonight–history was repeating itself.

From the passenger seat, Brian didn’t give a direct answer.

Instead, he asked, “A project worth less than a few million dollars? The company doesn’t need it that badly. Certainly not enough to justify her coming to ‘rescue‘ it during her period. And we just left the office and ‘happened‘ to overhear people discussing it? Since when do regular employees know about our project pipeline?”

Damian looked out the window.

Brian continued, “Our dinner at Privé Table was a private meeting with Mr. Peterson. We leave, and we run into Mr. Kincaid Ms. Snow doesn’t touch a drink for over thirty minutes. The moment you arrive, she’s being pressured. What a coincidens

“Terminate all projects with Duncan,” Damian said quietly.

He had his own suspicions but feared being wrong.

Celeste had been with him for years. He’d never doubted her before–But terently.

“Yes, Mr. Cross, Brian acknowledged

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Chapter 188 So Tense

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Left behind in the parking garage, Celeste watched their car disappear around the corner. Her pleasant expression fell away.

When he shielded me from the drink, I thought… I thought he cared.

But coming downstairs made it clear. He saw right through my little act. I got careless.

Isabelle had just gotten home when Damian arrived shortly after.

“Come have some honey water,” she said from the kitchen, setting a prepared glass on the counter.

Damian walked over, massaging his temples. He picked up the glass and downed it without a second thought.

“Did you resign?” he asked.

“Not yet,” Isabelle replied simply.

It’s only the first day back. Quitting immediately seems too abrupt.

Damian frowned. If she resigned and started her own studio, she wouldn’t be under his watchful eye. Collin would likely be around her all the time.

He pressed his fingers to his forehead. The headache was getting worse.

Isabelle took the empty glass to the sink and washed it quickly.

As she was putting it away, a warm body pressed against her back. Strong arms wrapped around her, trapping her in his embrace.

“Are you feeling sick from the drinking?” Isabelle asked, tilting her head. She couldn’t see his face but felt the heat of his cheek against hers.

Damian buried his face in the curve of her neck, silent.

He felt a bit uncomfortable.

She had dinner with that man again. Even with Griffin there… it still bothers me.

But hadn’t Isabelle felt the same way tonight?

His warm breath fanned across her neck, sending tingling waves of heat through her.

“Go upstairs and wash up. I’ll give you a massage,” Isabelle said.

She knew business dinners and social drinking were unavoidable. But seeing that scheming woman by his side had bothered be.

too.

What if one day things go too far?

Both of them were holding back their questions and concerns Silently, hand in hand, they went upstars.

After his shower, Damian lay face down on the bed, shirtless. His well–defined back muscles formed a perfect!

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