Chapter 129

129 An Awkward Position

Jayden found it strange.

He squinted at Joseph’s back, “Zachary, Joseph probably likes that girl.”

“What did you say?”

Zachary retorted, “Joseph is mean to that girl. Are you sure he wants to be her boyfriend?”

“I think he likes her. However, I didn’t say that he is going after her.”

Jayden put on a cunning smile, “Joseph is a business genius, but he is dull when it comes to his feelings. It will take a long time before he realizes he likes her and starts to chase her.”

Carl was shocked and stopped rubbing his arm. He asked in excitement, “Really? Mr. Jayden, are you serious? Mr. Joseph likes my daughter?”

Jayden wore a beaming smile.

However, his eyes were filled with contempt. He said, “Don’t get too excited. Even if Joseph likes your daughter, he won’t help you. You beat women. He looks down upon a man like you.”

.....

Then, Jayden turned to Zachary and narrowed his lovely charming eyes. He said proudly, “Let’s go, Zachary. I want to know more girls.”

“But Doris...”

“Trust me, she won’t care about you. You idiot!”

...

As the door closed, it was quiet in the office.

Joseph took off his jacket and sat down on the sofa. Isabella knelt beside him and began to clean his pants with napkins.

“Why do you kneel?” Joseph raised his eyebrows coldly, “Don’t you have any dignity?”

“You are happy to see it, aren’t you?”

Isabella bit her lips and continued, “It was my fault. I shouldn’t bully you last night. I’m sorry.”

“Unbelievable! I didn’t expect you would apologize. What happened?”

“Can you do me a favor?”

Isabella said excitedly, “Can you stop embarrassing and humiliating me in front of my family? I’ll get in trouble!”

“Say that again!”

Joseph became irritated and reached out to lift Isabella’s chin, “Carl uses you to please others. Can’t you see that? Do you think I’m humiliating you? I took the opportunity to bring you here and protected you from those men. You should thank me!”

Isabella looked into Joseph’s dark and serious eyes. She couldn’t help but clench her fists.

He wanted to help her?

Should she thank him for bringing her here in this way?

He was full of good intentions and indeed helped her out this time. However, he couldn’t be with her forever. When he was not beside her, she probably would suffer more.

Carl wouldn’t let her off easily after going home if he didn’t reach his goal tonight.

“Carl doesn’t treat you well, right?”

Joseph stroked Isabella’s chin with his fingers and looked down at her shivering eyes, “Why don’t you ask me to protect you?”

Isabella looked into Joseph’s deep eyes and was almost lost in them.

It seemed that he was serious about taking her under his wing.

How was that possible?

How could such a playboy provide her with security?

He said so just because he wanted to get her.

She knew that she was good-looking and lots of men liked her.

As others said, she was as beautiful as her mother.

Like the playboys who went after her in high-profile manners in school, Joseph wanted to have sex with her ultimately.

Because of his grandfather, he had to be kind to her and respect her. So, he tried to seduce her.

Anyway, what he had wasn’t enough.

He wouldn’t treasure her anymore after he got her.

Without love, he would be tired of her body easily and at last abandoned her.

What was worse, he was bad-tempered as well. Isabella didn’t want to end up being as miserable as Rosa.

She had to maintain her last dignity. She didn’t want to do the same mistake with her mother.

Moreover, she had to hide her true situation from him. She couldn’t let him know that she was helpless and alone.

Isabella took a deep breath and shook off Joseph’s hand, “Although Carl is strict with me, he doesn’t exploit me. He comes here with both me and his biological daughter. He is fair to us. I don’t mind help him with the negotiation. After all, a woman can do more than a man under such condition. I just want to help him out.”

Joseph stared at her with his deep eyes, “So, it doesn’t matter even if other men take advantage of you?”

“Well, Carl probably doesn’t notice it.”

Isabella said calmly, “He raises me. However, he is not my biological father. I can’t expect too much of him.”

Joseph remained silent for a while.

He looked into Isabella’s eyes and suddenly put on a smile, “Well ... you’re good at paying lip service, Isabella...”

Joseph wanted to say something else, but at last, he only said, “Continue to clean my pants.”

“Alright.”

Isabella picked up a napkin again and suddenly discovered a problem.

It was hard to clean all the wine stains.

There were stains from his left thigh to the middle of his legs.

She felt embarrassed and could only cover there with several napkins.

As she wiped the wine stains off his legs, she said, “It’s difficult to clean. How about I dry it with a hairdryer?”

“You want me to be impotent?” Joseph said unhappily.

Isabella was furious.

How shameless he was! It turned out that he had known that the stains were in an awkward position. He asked her to help him in person and embarrassed her on purpose.

Isabella worked hard to hold back her anger.

She took a deep breath and finally calmed herself down.

She thought, “Isabella, don’t be impulsive. You can’t suffer the consequences of hurting him.”

“What’s wrong? Do you feel awkward?”

Joseph seemed to know what Isabella was thinking. He said, “Why do you feel awkward? You have seen it, right?”

He paused for a moment and put on a wicked smile, “Or, have you never seen a strong one like this?”

Isabella was shocked at his words.

She suppressed her anger and said, “Don’t flatter yourself!”

Joseph said with a cold voice, “Why did you say that? You indeed have ever seen other...”

“If you don’t like the hairdryer, put your pants off and I’ll press it with an iron!”

Isabella couldn’t help but stand up abruptly, “Mr. Joseph! My father is waiting for me! Can you stop wasting time on purpose?”

All of a sudden, there came knocks on the door.

Isabella and Joseph were interrupted.