Cannot Bear To Let Go Of My Rich Wife
Chapter 349 - 361: Life and Death Hanging by a Thread (39)

Chapter 349: Chapter 361: Life and Death Hanging by a Thread (39)

After Isabel Smith sent the photo, she went on to open a web page and downloaded a Photoshop software.

Everyone in the Great Hall could see Isabel tinkering with her computer, looking puzzled and starting to discuss more loudly.

But Isabel ignored the chaos, waiting until the software was downloaded. She then swiftly installed the software and imported the photo of the woman she had just taken. In front of everyone, she used Photoshop to alter the image. The elegantly dressed woman in the evening gown suddenly appeared to have a large belly, as if she was seven or eight months pregnant!

The whole crowd was in an uproar!

Only then did Isabel put down her mouse, stand up, and stride back to the stage. She picked up the microphone and said to the people below the stage, "As I said before, the person in the photo is me, but I have never been pregnant! I know that words are not enough, so I just borrowed a mobile phone from a man and took a photo of a woman here at the scene, then used a popular image editing software to make a quick edit. And the result is exactly the same as my photo!"

"This is a great day for Smith Corporation and Ten Mile Prosperity to sign a contract. Perhaps someone wanted to play a joke on everyone and me, so they deliberately made this little prank," said Isabel, intentionally emphasizing the words "play a joke" and "prank". She continued with a smile and a humorous tone, "Although I’m the protagonist of this story, if it can entertain everyone here, then I’m willing to accept it. After all, it’s a kind of value for a person to create some fun for others in life."

Isabel’s last statement made all the people present burst into laughter, raising their hands and applauding.

Isabel curved her lips and laughed along with everyone. She took the chance to look at Mrs. Smith, noticing that her face had improved a lot, although her eyes still seemed a bit heavy.

Isabel let out a quiet sigh of relief, the weight in her heart finally lifting.

From Mrs. Smith’s eyes, she could tell how much the appearance of the photo had bothered her.

She knew she had successfully pulled off this stunt.

She had not brought any loss to Smith Corporation, and at the same time, she had dealt a fatal blow to Sebastian Smith and his family!

After she finished speaking, Isabel handed the microphone back to the manager of "Ten Mile Prosperity" and stepped back to her place at the side of the stage.

Percy Stanton’s heart, which had been tense, relaxed after seeing Isabel turn the tide skillfully.

So it was just a setup, he thought; she was never actually pregnant... Percy admitted that the moment he saw the photo of Isabel with a big belly, he was a bit dazed.

He couldn’t imagine what it would be like for the woman he loved to have a child for another man.

Therefore, for a whole minute, his mind was blank and incapable of thinking.

His heartbeat had become unusually fast.

As if it might jump out of his throat at any moment.

It wasn’t until Isabel proved that she had never been pregnant that his heart returned to his chest like a weight being lifted.

The little drama that had just unfolded seemed like an insignificant prank as the laughter of the crowd turned the page. The screen now displayed a grand collaboration between "Ten Mile Prosperity" and Smith Corporation.

Because of the recent interruption, the atmosphere suddenly became lively, and the rest of the contract-signing ceremony went smoothly.

After the contract-signing ceremony, the banquet officially began.

...

Before the banquet ended, Isabel Smith was called by Mrs. Smith’s assistant to a private booth on the Level 5 of Bellshire Grand Hotel.