The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife novel Chapter 148

"Mr... Mr. Shaw...” Fear filled Isabelle Shelby's heart for a moment. She attempted to calm herself forcibly before she said piteously, "I grew up with Susie and she is also my most precious friend and family member. Why would I break her heart?"

“That’s for the best then." Julian Shaw said expressionlessly, "Will you please leave the room now?"

Julian was behaving way too cold so Isabelle bit her lower lip and said, "Mr. Shaw, you’ve truly misunderstood me."

Julian extended a hand calmly and pointed to the door.

Isabelle was rendered helpless so she could only leave.

"Time for lunch.” Isabelle went downstairs just in time to bump into Susan who had just got out from the kitchen to serve lunch.

Susan felt rather astonished at the sight of Isabelle." Isa, why did you go upstairs?"

Isabelle's heart skipped a beat moment. She smiled, "I saw that it was almost time for lunch so I went upstairs hoping to remind Mr. Shaw and conveniently brought him a plate of fruits." 1 "Oh." Susan nodded but she did not suspect anything."

So is Julian coming down? Lunch is about to be served."

A slight look of embarrassment flushed Isabelle's delicate face. "Nope. Susie, it seems that Mr. Shaw misunderstood me... He seemed to think that I went upstairs to see him with an ulterior motive. Hence, he chased me out of the room before I could even finish m y sentence."

Susan was stunned for a moment.

Isabelle hastily said, "Susie, you know me well. We have been very close since we were young. Mr. Shaw i s your husband so how could I possibly, how could I possibly..."

Nearing the end of her sentence, Isabelle's face blushed scarlet as if she was immensely ashamed. She said slowly, "...have an ulterior motive?"

Susan could not help chuckling upon seeing Isabelle's panicked look. "Isa, don’t fret. Could it be that I still don't know what kind of person you are? Your sister bullied me when we were young and I didn’t suffer too much all thanks to your protection. I know your character very well that you won't engage in that kind of behavior."

"Susie." Isabelle's eyes reddened from feeling touched.

"Don't mind Julian's attitude." Susan smiled. "I shall head upstairs to remind him of lunch and nag him while I'm there." "Hmm." Isabelle nodded and gazed after Susan's silhouette heading upstairs.

Susan walked over to the study room. "Julian, it’s time for lunch."

"Alright." Julian packed up his documents for a moment and stood up.

He hesitated for a moment before he said to Susan, " Susie, will you please stay further away from Isabelle?"

"Why?” asked Susan.

"Listen to me and you won’t be mistaken," said Julian resolutely.

Susan could not help chuckling. "She's only here to remind you about lunch and you find that she is concocting a plot against you? Don't be a narcissist."

Julian frowned. "Did Isabelle talk to you about it?"

"Yup. She told me the whole truth when we were downstairs. Alright, this is just a misunderstanding, don't think too much about that," said Susan smilingly.

Julian pursed his lips and did not comment further.

A faint haze flashed past his eyes.

He had planned to give Susie a good heads up originally.

Yet, he did not expect that Isabelle would actually talk to Susan in advance.

This way, she would be prejudiced by the first impression created by Isabelle and it would not be

effective when he told his side of the story to her.

Hence, he wondered if Isabelle's action was actually due to her ulterior motive, or was he really wrong about her?

"It's still better for you to stay further away from her.” I t was the only thing Julian could say now.

"Noted, noted," answered Susan, but she did not pay too much attention to this.

A few people had lunch at the dining table.