Loveless Marriage novel Chapter 156

"Hi, Mr. Hnad."

Isabella politely shook her hand with him.

"Miss Jones, make yourself and your subordinates at home. They've been too polite just now." Jafari laughed heartily.

"I think it's because I was late just now and they were afraid to offend you. I'll tell them later." Isabella smiled lightly. 

Jafari then pointed at a group of young people chatting casually with each other, saying, "As expected, Miss Jones knows how to educate subordinates. My people are just like kids who don't know how to behave. Look at them, and you shouldn't make joke of me okay?"

"They're still young, and know what to do in different situations. I heard Mr. Hand is the most open-minded leader, while everyone in our department is scared of me."

Isabella smiled gracefully, while her tone sounded flattery. 

After that, she ordered John in front of Jafari: "Let them make friends as they want. Don't mind me."

John nodded and left.

Jafari's eyes flashed, and suddenly smiled at her: "Miss Jones, let those young people do what they want, let's go there and have a chat?"

Isabella had no reason to reject, but only nod politely: "Sure."

She was also in her twenties. Was she that old?

They then sat on a couch. 

Jafari waved his hand and a waiter brought them two glasses of wine.

Seeing this, Isabella's face slightly changed.  

Holding a glass in one hand, Jafari then handed her another one,  "Miss Jones."

Smiling, Isabella took the glass and clinked it. She then took a sip and put it down, "Mr. Hand, you can also go chat with them."

"Nah, I'm getting old. If I were ten years younger, I would definitely do it. However, a pretty and graceful lady like you should be the most dazzling one here, Miss Jones."

Isabella's face blushed, and she pretended to lower her head in embarrassment, "Mr. Hand, you're flattering me. I've already got married." 

After working for a few years, she'd learned a lot about how to judge people, especially such sanctimonious old man. Since she came to this hotel, he'd never taken his eyes off her.

She didn't believe they would even be interested in married women. 

"You're already married, Miss Jones?" Jafari was indeed surprised.

Pretending to be startled, Isabella then laughed: "I thought everyone knew that. But I just got divorced recently." 

Self-deprecation was often used as a way to protect herself. She also didn't care much of her own image. 

"Divorced? You truly dare to love and hate, Miss Jones. But you will definitely find a better one since you're still so young." A trace of coldness flashed through Jafari's eyes, but he remained his smile and soft tone.  

"I also think so." Isabella wasn't modest at all, but sounded a bit arrogant. With a smile, she raised her glass and clink with him, her voice soft and calm, "Do you have any child, Mr. Hand?"

In such kind of situation, it was inappropriate to talk about work. So the best way to avoid his evil mind was to talk about his family. 

Jafari hadn't expected she would suddenly mentioned this. He paused for a moment and smiled faintly. "Two, both in junior high school now."

"One daughter and one son?"

"Yup."

Isabella pretended to be surprised, "Then you're truly very lucky, Mr, Hand, with successful career and two kids." 

She didn't forget to remind his family while flattering him. 

Jafari smiled in embarrassment, "I'm okay."