Loveless Marriage novel Chapter 6

Shortly after, the other party’s representative arrived.

The representative was a Frenchman, but his assistant and two bosses were not. One of the tall men appeared familiar to Isabella, but she wasn’t sure if they had met before.

The man recognized her. He said with a smile, “Hello, Isabella.”

Looking into his warm and smiling eyes, Isabella finally remembered who he was.

It was Luke, her father's former student who used to work at the court. He could be considered her father’s apprentice, but Luke had moved to Switzerland because of his family business and hadn’t returned since.

“Hello, Luke.” Isabella smiled back at him.

As it was a business negotiation, the two of them couldn’t reminisce about old times. They could only have a chat in private later.

Isabella sat by Mr. Stock, listening to the other representative attentively and translating for Mr. Stock. Then, she would translate Mr. Stock’s reply for the other representative.

This was a huge test of her listening skills. Not to mention, due to the difference in languages, some parts might end up lost in translation. Isabella tried her best to interpret the negotiation as concisely as possible so that both sides could understand each other.

Midway through the negotiation, the men were in high spirits and began to deliver toasts. Isabella accepted all the alcohol on Mr. Stock’s behalf. However, she was still on her period, so her face turned pale when she drank the cold drink.

Luke glanced at Isabella, then whispered a few words to the representative. After that, the number of toasts reduced. Isabella was relieved that she could finally catch a break.

Within an hour and a half, the negotiation wrapped up successfully and both parties signed the contract.

Seeing as there was nothing more that she could do, Isabella informed Mr. Stock that she was going to the washroom. She wanted to have a cigarette but realized that she had left her bag in the room, so she just washed her hands and left.

In the corridor, she bumped into Luke.