The Billionaire's Pretend Wife (Isabella) novel Chapter 26

So he went for the next best thing–her bed. Walking past her, he threw his body onto her bed, resting his back against the headboard. He lifted his legs onto the mattress and took one pillow in his hands. This way, her sweet fragrance surrounded him.

“Wh…what are you doing?” Isabelle stuttered, turning to regard him. The embarrassment on her face was still evident, her ears red from how hard she was flushing. He enjoyed how flustered she appeared, but he wasn’t going to mention it.

“Tell me what happened,” he said instead of answering her question. “What was so good that you screamed?”

“I can tell you in the living room,” she said, her attention still on the fact that he was still lying on her bed as if he belonged there. Was she the only one who thought he was crossing a boundary?

“I’m okay here,” he said, cradling her pillow in his arms.

She couldn’t exactly physically eject him from the bed, so she gave up and took a seat on her vanity chair. “I got an order from a client on Monday. He wanted me to design a necklace for him for fifty thousand dollars. I worked on it all week and sent it yesterday. He sent me an email a few minutes ago saying he likes the design and paid for it.”

Jacob nodded as she narrated to him. When she was done, he said, “That means you don’t need to take part in the drug trial, right?”

“Uh, yeah,” she replied. “I made a lot more money.”

“That’s good,” he said. “You don’t have to endanger yourself now.”

Isabelle waited for him to make another remark, but he didn’t. He didn’t even seem surprised. Was he not impressed by the figure? Fifty thousand dollars was a lot of money. The only thing he seemed concerned about was that she wouldn’t have to do the drug trial anymore. Did he really care that much about her?

Either way, she felt happy that he seemed to be genuinely concerned about her. On Saturday night he had been angry when demanding that she quit the trial, and a part of her thought it was because he didn’t want to be embarrassed by his wife taking part in such a thing when he wanted others to think he was wealthy.

But now, all he seemed to be concerned about was her wellbeing. Was that why he had made a scene on Saturday night?

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The next day, Isabelle paid Ruth’s pending medical expenses to the last cent. With that paid, Ruth could continue receiving the necessary treatment until she could get a kidney transplant. Isabelle felt relieved that the bill was now out of the way, and felt that Ruth would now be more comfortable, receiving the care she needed and not having to worry about money.

When she went back home, she found that Jacob had just gotten back from a job he had said he had been called in for that morning. She noticed that he was wearing the same coat he had been wearing the previous day–actually, he wore it on most days. After paying Ruth’s medical bill, she had some money left over and thought it would be nice to get him some new clothes.

When she asked him to come to the mall with her to buy the clothes, he agreed. He also told her that he knew a good store they could shop at.

An hour later, Isabell stood in front of the store Jacob had brought her to, a look of awe on her face. The store happened to be the renowned luxury clothing store belonging to the Larson Group. She had never shopped there before, and now, she wasn’t sure this was the right place for them. The clothes here had to be quite expensive…