The Billionaire's Pretend Wife (Isabella) novel Chapter 16

Finally, Isabelle completed the third round of the interview at the Larson Group and was officially hired.

After the debacle with Ann was out of the way, the rest of the process had been smooth, and she completed her interviews confidently knowing that she would be judged fairly. Eventually, she passed all three rounds and signed an employment contract with the company.

On the morning of her first day at work, she went by the flower shop to buy herself congratulatory flowers. She was so excited to begin her career at the company she had always wanted to work at, and getting herself a bunch of flowers seemed well in order. They were the perfect way to symbolise the new beginning in her career. And hopefully bring more luck her way, she hoped.

She had just started looking around the shop when an attendant in a bright orange apron approached her. “Welcome to our shop, Miss. Is there anything in particular that you’re looking for?”

She wished she could spend more time admiring the beautiful flowers and thinking of what she wanted in her bunch, but she had a job to get to–not that she was complaining. Plus, while she was good at designing jewellery, she couldn’t say the same about her flower arrangement abilities.

“I want a bouquet to celebrate a new job,” she told the attendant, confident they would know what to to do with that information.

“I’ll have that ready for you in a bit,” she said. “Any special request?”

“Daffodils,” she said clasping her hands beneath her chin excitedly.

“Got it,” the attendant replied.

With the attendant gone, Isabelle walked around the shop, admiring the flowers and picturing a few in her new house. Maybe she could come by in the evening and get some yellow daffodils for the vase at home. They’d sure brighten up the house and make it even more lovely. Subconsciously, she wondered what kind of flowers Jacob liked.

“Isabelle Cruz?”

Her eyes shot up at the voice calling her name. A tall man in a fitting charcoal grey suit stood a few paces away, regarding her with a surprised expression.

As she looked at him, his face broke into a smile and he walked forward. “It’s really you!”

“Seth? Seth Holding!”

The man chuckled happily as he came to her and they shook hands. Seth Holding was the last person she would have expected to run into that morning. She had never seen him ever since he graduated college while she was still a junior.

“You look good, Isabelle. It’s so nice to see you again,” he said, taking a step back and regarding her with a happy look still on his face.

“You look good as well. It’s good to see you again.”

When they were in college, Seth was her senior, a year ahead of her. But other than being her senior, there was something more to their relationship. He had pursued her and asked her to date him a few times, but Isabelle had refused his advances. He had been a good senior to her, but she had not been interested in him in a romantic way.

“So, what are you doing nowadays? I haven’t really seen you since I graduated,” he told her.