The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife novel Chapter 173

Susan looked at Isabelle.

A panicked expression covered her face and there was a strange light behind her eyes. Both of the aspects told Susan that Isabelle was lying. There must be something in between her and Julian, and that they were not as clean as she claimed.

"Please trust me, Susie." Tears were forming in Isabelle’s eyes as she talked, "I don't know what I should do if you don't trust me. You're my best friend."

On the surface, Isabelle was begging Susan to believe her, but deep down, she eagerly hoped that she could misunderstand her. She wanted to enrage Susan and unleash the green-eyed monster within her. Isabelle wanted her to have a fall out with her so that Madam Shaw would loathe her even more.

It was a well-thought-out plan that would put Susan i n an extremely unfavorable situation. She always knew Susan was impulsive, so she was certain that she would fall for her plan. However, it seemed that her plan was destined to be a failure. Not only did Susan not fall for her plan, but she was calm and collected.

She said indifferently, "Don’t worry, Isa. I trust you. Even if I don't believe you, I have full faith in Julian. I'm pretty confident that he helps the Shelbys because of me. Anyway, since your father has already gotten the contract, then tell him to work hard on it and don't abuse Julian's trust."

This time, it was Isabelle whose expression changed. I t took her quite a long while to force herself to calm down, "Don't worry, Susie. The Shelbys will do everything we can to live up to the trust that Mr. Shaw placed in us."

Susan nodded. After that, she diced the apple up and said, "Okay, it’s all done. Let's get back to them."

She took the plate and went out of the kitchen, and Isabelle soon followed after.

Even though Susan looked unfazed on the outside, deep down she was actually upset.

The reason she believed in Isabelle was because it was easy to verify everything she said. All she had to d o was go back to Lanyard and check through all the contracts. However, there were several things that she could not fathom. She could not understand why Julian would present a 5 million business contract to Isabelle's father. She could not understand why Julian kept telling her to stay away from Isabelle and yet he went to meet her in secret. And most importantly, she could not understand why Julian would not tell her anything about it. Why would he try to keep her in the dark? 1

She had been telling herself that she must have full faith in Julian, but once the seed of doubt began to sprout, it was difficult to whisk away.

"Susan!" Suddenly, a sharp voice pierced through her thought and snapped her back to reality. She raised her head and looked blankly at Madam Shaw.

"Do you know that I'm talking to you?" Madam Shaw asked, her expression ugly.

"I'm sorry, Mom," Susan apologized. "What did you say just now?"

"Nothing!" Madam Shaw shot her a cold gaze, then turned to Julian and said, "See, Julian? She didn't pay attention when I was talking to her."

"Mom, Susie has been very busy lately, so she might lose focus sometimes. She didn't mean it," Julian explained.

Madam Shaw's expression turned even grimmer when she heard Julian helping Susan.

"Okay, fine. She didn't mean it. I’m the one who’s being fussy over here. Is that what you're trying to say, Julian?" Madam Shaw snapped.

A glint flashed across Isabelle's eyes. It now occurred t o her that Susan did not look as unfazed as she portrayed herself to be and that her effort was not in vain at all.

Forcing down the merriment that rose in her heart, she said softly to Madam Shaw, "It's all my fault, Madam Shaw. I told Susie a funny brain teaser when w e were in the kitchen just now, and I guess she's still trying to solve it."

"Is that so?" Madam Shaw asked skeptically.

"Yeah," Isabelle smiled. Then, she told her the brain teaser.

"This is interesting," Madam Shaw's attention was drawn away by the brain teaser. She began discussing it with Isabelle.

Susan could not help but bite her lips when she saw the scene. She felt like she was the third wheel amongst them. She found no way to join in on their conversation no matter how hard she tried.

"Mom, I'm tired. I’ll be going to rest with Susie," Julian chimed in.