The Billionaire's Pretend Wife (Isabella) novel Chapter 69

That day, Jacob got back home at midnight. He expected Isabelle to be asleep already, but to his surprise, she was in the kitchen, baking cookies.

“Hi,” she greeted cheerfully when he appeared in the kitchen doorway. “How was your day?”

Smiling at her cheerfulness–which he found quite odd at such a late hour–he said, “It was good, thanks. Why aren’t you asleep yet?”

He had barely seen her the past weekend because she had ended up spending most of her time at the company, working on the final design for the Green Leaf project.

She had looked awfully tired that morning, and he thought that once her design was approved, she would take the opportunity to have a good rest. Instead, here she was, baking at midnight.

“I haven’t seen much of you the past three days because I’ve been working overtime, so I wanted to wait for you tonight.”

“Oh?” he asked, as warmth spread in his insides. Did she realise how that sounded? It was like they were a real couple. Had she missed him? He knew he had missed her. It made him happy that she wanted to spend time with him.

She nodded eagerly. “I decided to bake cookies while I waited. It’s been so long since I baked.”

“I can’t wait to taste them,” he told her, heading to the other side of the counter and taking a seat on a stool. He had been busy all day, but no amount of fatigue was going to make him turn away from this chance to bask in her attention. “How was work?”

Her smile widened, and her eyes twinkled as she replied, “Oh, it was amazing!” Leaning against the counter on the other side, she said, “I got a raise!”

Jacob pretended to be surprised and raised a brow. “Oh, really?”

She nodded enthusiastically. “Yes! It was a reward from Logan Larson, the CEO of the company. I was so surprised! It isn’t yet time for the annual review of salaries, but he said it was a reward for my good work. Oh, did I tell you that my final design for the Green Leaf project was finally accepted?”

He chuckled at her excited tone. “No, you didn’t.”

“Well, it did. That’s why he gave me a raise, I think. I never thought anything like that could happen when I was just a newcomer at the company!”

He nodded. “Sounds like a good boss.”

She clapped her hands together happily. “He is! I always thought he was intimidating because of his mysterious nature, but it happens that he is so approachable. And nice! He also really cares about his employees. Do you know, he asked me if anyone was harassing me at work.”

“He did?” Jacob humoured her, loving the flow of the conversation. He was feeling all kinds of good things from hearing her praise him so much. This was exactly why he had contacted her as Logan. If he had known, he would have done this long ago!

“Yes,” she replied enthusiastically. “He truly cares. If anyone bullies me at work again, I’ll not hesitate to tell him.”