All Chapters of The Billionaire's Pretend Wife: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

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Chapter 61 Sixty One

Hearing Naomi’s absolute words, Grace felt helpless. If the client was against using Isabelle’s design, what else could she do?When she had first received the rejection notice, she had thought it was something to do with the design, even though no clear commentary had been made on what Green Leaf found unsatisfactory.But now, after meeting the person who was in charge, she realised the design wasn’t the problem. The designer was.The CEO excused himself, and Naomi left with him. There was clearly no space for further negotiations.It was either that the Larson Group presented a draft from a different designer, or the collaboration was off. The customer always came first, so Grace would have to go back and send them the second-best design from the submissions.“We should get back,” she told Isabelle. “Let’s talk about it at the company.”She couldn’t imagine how disappointed Isabelle was to have her design rejected for some trivial reason. She had worked so hard on it, and even thoug
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Chapter 62 Sixty Two

Isabelle appreciated Jacob’s support, but didn’t take his words seriously. It wasn’t like there was anything he could do to teach Naomi a lesson. As long as Naomi was dating Green Leaf’s CEO, she could do whatever she wanted at the company.While Isabelle was disappointed to have lost her chance at the project, she was happy she still had a job. Keeping her job at the Larson Group was more important than taking part in a one-off project.So, she wasn’t going to do anything that could offend Naomi, and in extension Green Leaf’s CEO. Naomi had threatened to bar her from the industry, and while Isabelle was confident that her adoptive sister had no means to do that, she wasn’t sure about her CEO boyfriend. If Naomi lodged a complaint against her at the Larson Group and the company chose to side with their client…She wasn't going to risk it.Besides, after they had gotten back to the office after the unsavoury meeting with Naomi and her boyfriend, Grace had submitted a draft from another
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Chapter 63 Sixty Three

Naomi’s smile fell a little as she replied awkwardly, “I don’t have a position at the company.”“So you are not in any official capacity to take part in this project,” Jason clarified.“My boyfriend put me in charge,” she replied haughtily.“Your relationship with the Green Leaf Company is private, and as far as I’m concerned, you have no right to determine which design is used in this project. You also have no right to come here and make malicious comments about our staff. I request you to leave the meeting immediately.”As the conference room broke out in murmurs, Naomi shot to her feet and faced Jason. “How dare you talk to me like that?” She pointed an angry finger at him. “You–you have no idea who you are talking to! I’ll ask Arnold to terminate this collaboration right away!”Jason took a step back, amused at the woman’s vehemence. She really had no idea who she was playing with, was she? She must be really dumb to think that her precious Green Leaf CEO could threaten the Larson
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Chapter 64 Sixty Four

Arnold paled at the chairman’s question. He hadn’t expected that he would know about his girlfriend’s involvement.The only reason he had involved Naomi in the decision-making process at the company was to please her. He never would have expected that it would come back to bite him in the ass like this.He couldn’t even deny it. Not after all the attention Naomi had brought to herself and her relationship with him. If Jason Del Mundo had told the chairman about her and he dared deny it, he would land in even more trouble.“It’s true, sir,” he replied, sounding as remorseful as he could.“I’m so disappointed in you,” the chairman spat. “Is that why you rejected the draft the Larson Group submitted to you in the beginning? I checked those drafts, and they were perfect for our project. I was waiting to hear that the project was underway, only to hear that the drafts had been replaced. The first draft was far better than the second one that you approved. Do you think this company is a jok
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Chapter 65 Sixty Five

The next day, Grace called Isabelle to her office. When the director told her that her design had been re-adopted by the Green Leaf Company, she couldn’t believe it.Yesterday, when Naomi left, she threatened that she would ask her boyfriend to cancel the collaboration with the Larson Group.Isabelle had thought that the CEO of Green Leaf would do as his girlfriend requested. She knew how much Naomi would like to have her way after the way Jason had humiliated her before the entire department.“I’m so happy to hear that,” she thanked Grace. “I didn’t think the project would be going on anymore.”“Mr Del Mundo talked to the chairman of the group of companies Green Leaf belongs to, and he handled the matter. The chairman demoted Green Leaf’s CEO for the mishandling of the project and for involving his girlfriend. So he is no longer involved in the decision making, and most importantly, neither is she.”“That’s great,” Isabelle said, surprised at how everything had been handled. From the
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Chapter 66 Sixty Six

“What?” Jason asked, stunned by Isabelle’s question. What on earth did she mean? “What are you talking about?”When he had gotten Isabelle’s message asking to see him, he had thought she had a concern to share about work. After all, since she joined the company, trouble seemed to always be following her. This was the first time she had asked to see him, though, and he was afraid something else had happened.He never would have expected her to ask him whether he had a crush on her. What had he done to give her that idea?Her smooth brow creased as she fidgeted with her hands on her lap. “I mean…I thought…you’ve been helping me a lot since I started here, and–”“You are wrong,” he cut her off. “I do not have any kind of personal interest in you. Like I said, I’m only doing my job here. Please leave my office.”Her eyes widened. “Sir, I–”“Did you have anything else to say?”“No.”“That’ll be all, then. I have a meeting to get to, so please leave.”She nodded, still looking spooked, and
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Chapter 67 Sixty Seven

After Jason asked–more like ordered–her to leave his office, Isabelle went back to her department and trudged to her desk in low spirits. She was worried that she might have offended him.Her earlier confidence to set things straight was gone. In the aftermath, she felt that she had been too brazen, and that she never should have allowed her fears to take charge. He must have found it so inappropriate of her to ask him such a question.Just because he showed concern and acted promptly whenever she faced an obstacle didn’t mean he had intentions similar to her former department director. Maybe he really was just very diligent at his job.The next day in the morning, she was heading for the elevator when she noticed Jason standing there, waiting for one too. Glad to get a chance to apologise to him, she hurried forward. He noticed her immediately when she stopped in front of him, and she noticed how his eyes widened instantly.“Good morning, sir,” she greeted, her heart hammering nervou
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Chapter 68 Sixty Eight

Over the weekend, Isabelle spent most of her time working on the final draft for the Green Leaf Project design.After her draft had been re-adopted, she had needed to prepare a more detailed plan that was to be used for the project. She had barely rested at all over the weekend as she pushed herself to make it perfect.She didn’t believe Naomi’s taunts that she was talentless and didn’t belong to a company like the Larson Group, but she wasn’t taking any chances. She was determined to give nothing but the best, until she was satisfied that it was the best plan she could come up with.By the time Monday came along, there were dark circles under her eyes, and anyone who took a look at her could tell she hadn’t rested at all.When she got to work, she headed to the design director’s office and submitted the final draft. Grace would review it, submit it to the Green Leaf Company, and then await their final approval. If all went as planned, they would get an answer from the client within t
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Chapter 69 Sixty Nine

That day, Jacob got back home at midnight. He expected Isabelle to be asleep already, but to his surprise, she was in the kitchen, baking cookies.“Hi,” she greeted cheerfully when he appeared in the kitchen doorway. “How was your day?”Smiling at her cheerfulness–which he found quite odd at such a late hour–he said, “It was good, thanks. Why aren’t you asleep yet?”He had barely seen her the past weekend because she had ended up spending most of her time at the company, working on the final design for the Green Leaf project.She had looked awfully tired that morning, and he thought that once her design was approved, she would take the opportunity to have a good rest. Instead, here she was, baking at midnight.“I haven’t seen much of you the past three days because I’ve been working overtime, so I wanted to wait for you tonight.”“Oh?” he asked, as warmth spread in his insides. Did she realise how that sounded? It was like they were a real couple. Had she missed him? He knew he had mi
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Chapter 70 Seventy

Isabelle was stunned to hear Jacob’s confession. She couldn’t understand why he became jealous so easily.She had no interest in Logan Larson–not that it would matter if she did. She had never met him, and as she had pointed out, she was just an ordinary worker while he was the CEO of the Larson Group.His only interest in her was because she was his employee. And, she was only saying nice things about him because he was a good boss. She hadn’t thought it would make Jacob feel bad.She straightened from her position on the counter and gave him an apologetic smile. “Oh, sorry. I didn’t mean to make you feel like that.”While she hadn’t anticipated his jealousy, it sure made her feel all sorts of giddy. She knew it shouldn’t matter to her whether Jacob was jealous of her talking excitedly of another man. He was her pretend husband. She shouldn’t get giddy because he got jealous. But knowing that fact didn’t keep her from feeling warm all over.When he stood from his stool and came aroun
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