The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella) novel Chapter 138

Chapter 138 

Her phone buzzed a few times at that moment, and Arabella picked it up to see it was Romeo calling 

“Bella” Romeo’s voice was deep and magnetic, “I’ve been thinking about you.” 

Arabella asked somewhat helplessly, “What’s up?” 

“Are you swamped with work?” Romeo asked in his lazy but pleasing tone, “Do you need me to help you out?” 

“No need 

“I’ve been thinking about you,” Romeo said, “I wish I could finish all your work for you so you’d have time to be with me. But I still have an hour before I see you.” Romeo sounded a bit anxious, “I want to video call you, just for a bit.” 

Romeo seemed to know she would refuse, so he didn’t wait for her to speak before he started pleading. “Just for a little while.” 

Arabella stayed silent. 

“Bella… Romeo pleaded again, “I promise it won’t interfere with your work.” 

Arabella, having no other choice, finally agreed to his request. Soon after, his video call came through. 

As soon as Arabella answered, someone knocked on her door. 

“Come in.” 

“Ms. Bennett, your coffee,” Dean said, placing the coffee on the desk, completely unaware of her ongoing video call. 

“Ms. Bennett, you’re famous again! The whole company is talking about you, someone even wrote a prose piece about you.” 

“Oh?” Arabella took a sip of her coffee, seeming somewhat surprised. 

“Let me recite it for you…” 

Dean cleared his throat and began reciting: “If Ms. Bennett gets angry with you, you should be scared; If Ms. Bennett summons you to court, you’re going to jail; With Ms. Bennett here, the bad guys will fail; With Ms. Bennett here, we’re sure to prevail! Whether you’re strong or weak, you better fix your mistakes; because if Ms. Bennett takes action, you’re out of the company in a blink!” 

Arabella couldn’t help but feel a bit helpless upon hearing this. 

The man on the other end of the video call started laughing, seemingly entertained by the prose. 

“Ms. Bennett, from this prose, it’s clear how highly everyone respects you… when you presented that evidence to those five people today, it was so cool! Do you know what the other people in the company are saying about you?” Dean spoke excitedly. “The female employees say they’re attracted to you, hoping to marry you! And some of the male employees are planning to confess their feelings for you after work.” 

Arabella almost choked on her coffee upon hearing this. 

“They’re saying you’ve only been here for a week and you’ve already found seven problematic people, including some on the production line… They’re all betting that within a week, you’ll send Oscar to the police station.” 

Dean leaned in close to Arabella, smiling, “Ms. Bennett, I bet a buck, not sure if I can win…” 

Arabella casually replied, “Bet more.” 

“Huh?” 

Arabella lazily said, “Raise the stakes.” 

Upon hearing this, Dean became instantly excited, “Ms. Bennett, are you sure? If you are, I’m willing to bet all my money!” 

Arabella hadn’t even responded yet. 

“But right now the evidence isn’t enough, the police might let him go…” Dean said regretfully… 

“Wouldn’t it be good if he gets away?” Arabella raised an eyebrow, speaking with interest, “I’d actually prefer if they let him go.”