Cannot Bear To Let Go Of My Rich Wife

Chapter 24: Chapter 26: Stop Playing Mind Games with Me (7) Chapter 24: Chapter 26: Stop Playing Mind Games with Me (7) Isabel instinctively raised her hand, wanting to stop Henry Maxwell, but a pleasant mobile phone ringtone interrupted the bizarre tension in the car.

Henry’s hand stopped.

Isabel secretly breathed a sigh of relief, smiled apologetically at Henry, and said, “I’m sorry, Mr. Maxwell, I need to take this call.”

She then turned around, faced the window, and pulled out her mobile phone from her bag.

The incoming call displayed an unfamiliar phone number.

Not many people knew Isabel’s new number since she returned to the country, but she still answered the call unhurriedly to stall for time with Henry. Her voice was gentle and polite, “Hello, this is Isabel. May I ask who’s calling?”

There was no response from the other end.

Isabel didn’t hang up.

Henry, who was standing aside, seemed a bit impatient and asked, “Who is it?”

Before Isabel could answer Henry, a voice came through the phone, “It’s me.”

Although the tone didn’t sound great, the voice was incredibly familiar. Deep and low, it had a calming quality when it reached her ears.

Isabel was startled for a moment before realizing it was Percy Stanton’s voice. She hummed in acknowledgement, not understanding why he called her but still asked indifferently, “What’s up?”

There was silence on the other end once again. After a while, Percy’s voice came through. It was steady, gentle, and enticing in the night, “That day — the day we met by coincidence with Wei Xiao — when we went home and did it, if I remember correctly, I was quite hasty.”

Percy’s words were quite suggestive, causing Isabel’s face to redden slightly. She only gave an ambiguous response before hearing Percy’s voice again, “We didn’t take any precautions, and it didn’t seem like you were in a safe period.”

At first, Isabel didn’t understand what he meant.

It took her a while to realize, he called to ensure she didn’t keep the consequences of their encounter?

She had never faced such a situation and didn’t know how to respond. After a long pause, she smiled faintly and softly replied in an unconcerned and dismissive manner, “Don’t worry, Mr. Stanton, you should know that in this world, there’s something called Emergency Contraceptive Pills.”

At the other end of the call, the line went cold, and within a second, the call was disconnected with a click.

…

Percy furiously threw his phone at the car window and slammed down the gas pedal, speeding off.

He drove in the opposite direction of Isabel and Henry’s car.

The distance between the two grew larger and larger.

However, at a turning point, Percy suddenly made a U-turn and raced in Isabel’s direction.

…

After hanging up the call, Henry casually asked while driving, “Who called?”

“A friend,” Isabel answered casually, putting her phone back in her bag. Halfway through the action, Henry’s hand came over again, this time bolder, wrapping directly around her waist.

Isabel frowned, dodged to the side, and pretended to be calm, saying, “Mr. Maxwell, please have some respect. I came here only to discuss cooperation with you.”

Henry slowed down the car.