“Belle, these are your favorite dishes. If you don’t like them, I can ask them to prepare some other dishes instead.” Nathan looked at Isabelle, who was sitting across from him. There was a hint of awe in his eyes.
“It’s fine. I’m not here for a meal anyway.” Isabelle started taking a few bites, and then she said to the waiter behind her, “Change all of these to something spicy. I like spicy food now.”
Mom was lying about that. She was having a light and healthy meal last night, and she wouldn’t have ordered something spicy if it wasn’t for me.
Nathan stiffened upon hearing that, and he quickly told the waiter, “Just go and prepare what she asked for.”
He turned around and said, “You’re still as beautiful and youthful after these many years, but I’m already an old man.”
Isabelle chuckled enticingly. “You’re indeed older. It’s normal for you to look older when your business is in trouble.”
“You…” Nathan hesitated for a moment before asking, “When will you let go of this then?”
“We’re finally getting to the point. I was worried that you won’t address the elephant in the room.” Isabelle placed her palm under her cheek as she smiled at him. “I’m just curious. I was so naive and ignorant that I put everything under your name. Now that I think of it, they belong to me in the first place. Do you agree with what I said?”
It was a difficult question. I noticed Nathan’s expression darkened right away upon hearing that. He got a little icier as he said, “You should know that I was the one managing the company all this while, and I’ve made most of the huge decisions even back in the old days. You’ve left for so many years, and you’re asking me to give you back everything now that you’ve returned. Do you think things work this way?”
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