The text was a waste of his time, for what Isabelle sent him was to ask him if he thought of her as an evil witch, which to John, was the same as asking if he breathed that day. He glanced at it and tossed his phone aside. What did she expect me to say? That she’s an angel? She’s evil the moment she pushed Sophia.
When he came out of the elevator, Zack was already waiting for him. “The Baileys made some huge orders. Here’s the details.” There was a huge stack of it. Zack used to be the one handling these, but since the amount was different now, the Baileys wanted John to deal with it himself.
It didn’t have to be John. Indeed, he used to talk to Isabelle about the deal details, but after what happened between them, Isabelle asked her assistant to handle it most of the time, and her assistant would usually contact John’s assistant, so the deals were handled by them.
Now, when Isabelle was switched back in and made some big orders, it was only natural for John to handle this himself. However, after what happened in the hospital, John thought it’d be hard to deal with the Baileys.
John grunted. “I see. Give me their purchase orders and see if it tallies with the stock in the warehouse. And make sure the numbers are correct.”
John grunted. “I see. Give me their purchase orders and see if it tallies with the stock in the warehouse. And make sure the numbers are correct.”
“Understood.” Then, Zack gave John the purchase forms from the Baileys before leaving.
When he was looking through the forms, Isabelle called him, and he took it without hesitating. Before she could say anything, John said, “I’m looking through your order forms. I’ll call you if I run into any problem.”
John was trying to say that this call was strictly professional, so Isabelle couldn’t talk about their personal affairs. A short while later, she replied, “Yeah, that’s what I was going to say. The details can be overwhelming, so call me if you need anything, Mr. Constance. I’m handling the purchase now.”
“Alright.” Then, silence fell between them.
Isabelle didn’t hang up at once. After pondering about it for a while, she said, “John, are we really—” John hung up before she could even finish, much to her surprise. “Hello? Hello!” No response came, then she sighed. I never knew he could be so cruel.
When John was about to get off work, he saw Isabelle, but she wasn’t here for him. Instead, she was here with her father. John was surprised to see her when he came out of his office, but she only glanced at him without saying anything, so he didn’t say hi.
Seeing her so frequently was getting on John’s nerves. Because of what happened that morning, the sight of her almost disgusted him. He went to Zack’s office with some documents in hand, then when he came out a few minutes later, Mr. Bailey had gone into William’s room with Isabelle. After John was done, he went back to his office and looked at the time. The day’s almost finished.
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