Cannot Bear To Let Go Of My Rich Wife
Chapter 708 - 726: They seem to have a mother-child resemblance (9)

Chapter 708: Chapter 726: They seem to have a mother-child resemblance (9)

Percy Stanton’s complexion improved somewhat. He glanced at Isabel Smith with the corner of his eye and spoke in an oddly sarcastic tone, "Anyone can talk nice."

Isabel Smith pouted, rested her head on the car window, and muttered, "What do you mean by nice talk? I’m stating a fact. Do you think I don’t want to shout out to the world that you are my boyfriend! I’m just not the kind of person who loves to show off!"

Percy glanced at Isabel again, but her sentences - "you are my boyfriend" and "show off" - seemingly healed him. After all, if he weren’t that good, there wouldn’t be a need to brag, right?

Percy barely hid his smile and asked skeptically, "Really?"

"Yes!" Isabel nodded fiercely, then turned her face with twinkling eyes towards Percy and reasoned, "Think about it, if an ordinary person wins a 100,000 dollar prize, they would definitely tell all their friends about it. But if he won five million, do you think he would still be showing off?"

This is how people are, the higher one’s status, the lower key one tends to be around others.

Clearly, Isabel’s explanation relieved all the doubts at the bottom of Percy’s heart. So, it turns out that his dear Isabel is just too shy to tell others that she has such an outstanding boyfriend.

However, Percy Stanton, unable to resist a good argument, said, "Isabel, am I worth just five million to you? What about my net worth, which is in the billions, oh sorry, no... priceless, right?"

Isabel rolled her eyes thinking, has anyone ever praised himself so shamelessly yet so without remorse?

Percy seemed addicted; he continued, "Isabel, you must be overwhelmed by having, within a year’s time, become the girlfriend of the world’s richest man. You’re worried that you won’t be able to deposit all the money in a bank, and you’re so unexpectedly favored and shocked that you dare not show off, let alone tell others that I’m your boyfriend. You’re afraid to arouse their envy, jealousy, and resentment, isn’t it?"

How did she never know about Percy’s narcissistic side before now? The world’s richest man, whose money won’t fit in a bank... Just how confident and arrogant a person has to be to describe himself like this?

Isabel silently turned her head, looking out the window, not wanting to continue talking with the man next to her who was presently engrossed in his self-importance.

Percy looked at Isabel through the rearview mirror and said, "Isabel, but you don’t have to feel inferior because you also have many extraordinary qualities."

Inferior?

Isabel snorted inwardly, she did not feel inferior, okay?

However, considering he praised her for having unique qualities, Isabel turned around, her bright eyes looking at Percy as she asked, "What are my unique qualities? For instance?"

"For instance..." Percy thought for a moment as he drove, then said, "you have me!"

Isabel’s face fell instantly. She turned her head sharply and made a mental vow that she would no longer pay any attention to the egocentric Percy!

....

After picking up Raymond Thompson, Isabel treated Percy as if he were invisible, focusing only on chatting with Raymond, asking what he did in school today and what his homework for tonight was.

On the way, Percy tried to strike up a conversation with Isabel several times, but he was persistently shut down.

However, in the end, Isabel, who had been trying not to respond to Percy all along, finally initiated a conversation with him.

At that time, she had just finished her homework with Raymond Thompson. Percy knocked on the door and announced that the servant had prepared dinner, and it was time to eat.

Isabel accompanied Raymond to wash his hands, and then after Raymond left, she went to use the restroom.

She didn’t know if it was because her mood had been good recently, which led to an overall improvement in her physical well-being. She had always had painful periods, but this time she felt absolutely no pain at all.