True Love Deserves a Second Chance
Chapter 40 You're Jealous

Isabella clenched her fists tightly. Her nails were digging into her flesh, but she felt no pain.

It seemed she had underestimated Joey.

An hour later, the meeting ended, and the contract was signed within the specified time.

As the meeting adjourned, Mrs. Winters Jr. deliberately said in front of everyone, "Sebastian, Isabella has reserved a table at Fengming Residence. Come over later and have a meal in the private room where you used to have your dates." Mrs. Winters Jr. couldn't have made it any clearer.

How could Joey not take the hint?

She maintained her composure, lowered her head to organize the documents, and kept a professional smile on her lips.

When she stood up, she nodded slightly at Sebastian and said, "President Winters, enjoy your meal."

After speaking, she was about to leave with her notebook and files, but Sebastian grabbed her wrist.

With a strong pull, she fell into his arms.

Joey's expression changed instantly, her gaze turning cold. "President Winters, this is the meeting room. Please show some respect."

Sebastian's slender fingers lightly grazed Joey's fair cheek. A meaningful smile played at the corner of his lips.

"Are you jealous?"

Joey sneered. "President Winters, we are currently only in a contractual relationship. You don't need to abide by chivalry. Even if you had dinner with your ex, or even slept with her, it's none of my business." "Are you unable to control it or simply unwilling to?"

Sebastian pinched her chin, hoping to see the jealousy he used to provoke in Joey's face.

But he waited for a long time and didn't replace that familiar feeling.

Instead, he heard a light laugh from Joey's throat. "President Winters, by saying that, are you not afraid that I might misunderstand and think you like me? Do you want me to take care of you?"

There was a hint of mockery in Joey's limpid eyes.

It pierced Sebastian's heart.

He pushed her away, his voice icy. "In your dreams!"

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After speaking, she turned and left the meeting room.

Watching her cold and indifferent figure, Sebastian's chest felt increasingly heavy. He loosened his tie and his temples throbbed.

Joey finished her lunch and went to the restroom to touch up her makeup.

Isabella walked in wearing high heels, mocking and taunting her as she washed her hands.

"Secretary Blackwood, are you dressed up so beautifully to seduce Sebastian? Save yourself the trouble. With a mother as slutty and despicable as yours, do you think the Winters family would let you in?" Joey's hand paused, and she looked at Isabella with a cold gaze.

"Did you intentionally bring her that day to rattle me?"

"What do you think? She owes a lot of gambling debts and is being chased by loan sharks. If I didn't bring her back, how could she not affect your life?" "Isabella, what did you do?"

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Isabella smiled faintly. "I didn't do much, just for your sake. I helped her get a job as a cleaner in the company. By the way, she's already at work. She's responsible for cleaning the first floor. It's a busy area, so you'll see her more often." Just the thought of facing that woman every day made Joey's body tremble uncontrollably.

The incident from seven years ago resurfaced in her mind.

She was cornered in the classroom, verbally abused for having such a despicable mother, and accused of seducing men just like her mother.

Every word felt like a knife stabbing into her heart.

A chill grew deeper in Joey's eyes.

"Isabella, even a rabbit will bite when it's cornered. Didn't your mother teach you that?"

With that, she grabbed Isabella's hair and dragged her into the restroom.

Raising her arm, she struck Isabella's face.