Pursing her lips, Isabelle pondered on it for a moment and said, “Actually, we still can rely on Uncle Ernest.”
Old Mr. Bailey laughed at her words. “It’s not that I look down on Ernest, but he’s really an incompetent man. I’ve worked with him for many years now, so I know that he’s incapable of leading the company. Without your grandpa and me, the company would have gone bankrupt a long time ago.”
Her father had engaged in countless business negotiations before, so his persuasion skills were excellent. Hence, it was improbable that Isabelle could win the argument with him. Knowing this full well, she decided to keep her mouth shut.
Understanding that this was unfair to his daughter, he said, “When you’re able to make our company thrive again, you can do whatever you want by then. Belle, sometimes, we have to make sacrifices for the common cause. Moreover, it’s not really a sacrifice for you. You still love John, don’t you?”
Isabelle was rendered speechless by her father’s irrationality, so she pressed her lips together without responding to him.
Knackered as well, her father said, “I hope you’ll take my words seriously. You have to learn to accept your fate.” Upon finishing his words, he turned to leave.
Dejected, Isabelle remained seated on the bed for a while before she rose and reached for the door. Seeing that no one was in the corridor, she snuck out of the room and headed to her mother’s room.
At this moment, Philippa was asleep with a photo album in her arms. Traces of tears could still be seen on the corners of her eyes.
Pulling the photo album out of her arms, Isabelle put it down on the bedside table and stared at her mother for a while. With a helpless expression, she turned to leave the room and reached for her father’s study.
There was still a small gap at the door. Perhaps her father and grandfather didn’t think that anyone would be moving around the corridor in the middle of the night, so they didn’t close the door properly.
Isabelle stopped in her tracks not far from the door and listened in on their conversation.
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The readers' comments on the novel: The Returning EX (John and Sophia)
So what happens to Ian and Cindy. Is she/ or does she get pregnant? Do they go back to the city and Ian works with Logan? Does Aurora stay in the entertainment industry or return with Ian? Terrible ending, who cares if Aurora was drinking/drunk with colleagues. What happened with Ian and Cindy?!...
Get rid of Gary. Apparently Cindy is too dumb to figure out his motives 😡...
Why are you trying to break them up when they just got together and are a loving couple. Let them stay close and move back to their true friends, Logan, Lola, John and Sophia!...
Sure hope Ian pulls his head out of his behind and works this out with Cindy. His brother needs him at the company and neither one of them truly like the celebrity life. Sophia and Lola will love her …....
I can’t wait for John to take down the Bailey’s including Isabelle so he, Sophia, William and Matilda can live in peace. Introduce Yolanda to Richard so they are out of the picture....
Ugh, don’t break up Sophia and John… they belong together and Sophia is just stubborn for no reason...
Sophia lives John, he just needs to tell her he loves her and get on with their life and family. Too much interference from others....
Sophia is so stupid....
John needs to man up, tell his mother and Isabelle to take a flying leap and confess to Sophia that he made a horrible mistake in divorcing her. This story is taking too long and once again, the bitches are looking like they are on the right side. Awful...