Cannot Bear To Let Go Of My Rich Wife
Chapter 469 - 485: You Promised I Still Have You (27)

Chapter 469: Chapter 485: You Promised I Still Have You (27)

The TV happened to be broadcasting the finance channel of Bellshire Television Station. Percy didn’t change the channel, sitting on the sofa, glanced at it twice, took out his mobile phone, and dialed the phone number of Isabel Smith.

Just as he found her number and was about to dial, he heard the female announcer’s melodious voice on TV: "Next, a piece of gossipy business news. This afternoon, according to an insider, it is said that Mr. George Vincent, from the Bellshire investment family, is about to tie the knot very soon, and is expected to get engaged on Valentine’s Day, February 14th, which is also the Lunar January 15th. The lady he is about to get engaged to is none other than Miss Isabel Smith, who recently successfully signed a contract with Ten Mile Prosperity as part of the Smith Corporation."

Percy’s head buzzed as he listened, and he unconsciously gripped the mobile phone tightly, the veins on the back of his hand bulging.

He had just thought that she had rejected him, and he was planning to return to Bellshire as soon as the Spring Festival was over and continue pursuing her.

As a result, she’s about to get engaged in just over fifteen days.

This news came too suddenly; he had heard nothing about it before, and he didn’t even know when Isabel met George Vincent in the first place!

On the TV, an advertisement had already replaced the previous news, but his eyes were still staring dead at the screen, as his thoughts churned in his mind.

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Not only Percy was shocked by the sudden announcement of the engagement, but also Evelyn Osbert.

Sebastian Smith went on a business trip to Hong Kong, and Carla Osbert followed. After dinner, Evelyn Osbert sat alone in the living room watching TV, and inadvertently caught the news.

The smile on her face instantly cooled at the news.

How could this be? The scandal involving Terrence Wood’s mistress had caused Isabel not to show up at work at Smith Corporation for a long time. Evelyn had assumed that Isabel would not amount to much. As a result, Isabel is now engaged to the son of the largest shareholder family of Smith Corporation!

Evelyn stared at the female announcer on the TV screen, whose shallow smile gradually delivered the news, and her eyes also became colder bit by bit.

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Isabel Smith never thought that she, too, would follow the path that countless rich kids followed: an arranged marriage.

On her way back home from the airport, Isabel kept thinking, if she hadn’t happened to overhear Carla Osbert and Evelyn Osbert’s conversation, and if she didn’t know that her parents were killed, what would happen if she had reunited with Percy now?

No matter how she thought about it, she knew it was just a wish deep in her heart, one that could never come true.

To Isabel, Percy was where her heart desired.

To the daughter of the Smith family, George Vincent was her best choice.

The reason is very simple: George Vincent is more advantageous to the Smith Corporation than Percy.

Percy was an operational genius in the Bellshire business circle, but in the very realistic world, no matter how outstanding an operational genius, he can’t compete with the powerful family of Vincent.

Isabel thought that she had finally become the kind of woman she had despised the most.

On New Year’s Eve in Bellshire City, the beauty of the place was breathtaking, standing by the window, one could see the fireworks exploding in the sky.

Isabel stood by the window for a long time, and it was only when the midnight bell rang that she realized the old year had passed and the new year had arrived.

At the moment the New Year’s bell rang, the fireworks on the horizon became even more dazzling. But less than half an hour later, the entire Bellshire City fell into silence.

Isabel Smith also turned around and walked into the bedroom, closing the floor-to-ceiling window.

She went to the bath room and took a bath. When she came out and was about to get into bed, she heard a noise outside the door. Isabel wondered and opened the bedroom door, seeing Percy Stanton standing in the living room.

The man was still wearing the same clothes from the daytime; his shirt looked a bit wrinkled, his hair messy, and his expression weary, giving off a vibe of being travel-worn and tired.