Chapter 360

360 Banquet

“Cedric!”

Joseph stroked his sweaty forehead and thought for a moment, “Forget it. I am despicable. I admit it. But I want to know if Isabella is with you.”

“No,” Cedric said curtly.

“Then give me her phone number. She was not in a good state when she left just now. I am afraid that something might happen to her.”

“Really?”

Cedric sneered, “Afraid that something might happen to her? You lost her just after you tricked her from me. Joseph, you and Stella are involved now, so don’t get near Isabella! Are you trying to date her on the side? Let me tell you, don’t think that you mean something to Isabella just because you two have been together for a month! You are nothing to her!”

Joseph hung up the phone angrily.

Seeing that Joseph hung up on him, Cedric threw his phone onto the sofa. “Bastard!”

Joseph was certain about one thing –

.....

Isabella had contacted Cedric. Otherwise, Cedric would not have had the time to mock him.

And Isabella wasn’t in Cedric’s place now.

So the most important thing now was to find Isabella’s phone number, track her location, and tell her what was on his mind...

Cedric was the only heir of the fourth generation of the Stretton family. He was protected very well by the Stretton family.

Searching for his personal information was far more difficult than Joseph had imagined.

Tried as he might, Joseph couldn’t get hold of Isabella. He didn’t dare to think about what it meant for Isabella to leave for the second time. He was quite restless.

At 10 o’clock that night.

The cast and crew of “Meet You, Love You” booked a large private room in Vans Nightclub to celebrate the completion of the final scene. After much eating and drinking, they were singing and playing cards in a lively atmosphere.

Isabella sat in a corner drinking.

Although it was said that everyone liked her, she knew that being a small character, she wasn’t supposed to be here. The special treatments she got were because of her relationship with Lukas.

So she sat alone in the corner, not trying to get close to anyone because she just wanted to make her depressed feelings and the strong sense of frustration that Joseph gave her go away.

Lukas walked over with a glass of wine. “What’s wrong, Isabella? You look a little absent-minded today.”

“It’s okay.”

“It’s life, so people are bound to feel bad.” Isabella smiled politely.

Lukas thought for a moment. “If there’s something on your mind, you can share it with me.”

Isabella looked at Lukas and pursed her lips. She raised her glass and smiled. “It’s nothing big. Lukas, you just got married. And you choose to get back to work right after your wedding. You work so hard.”

Lukas nodded and gestured to Isabella. “Rosy is pregnant, so I won’t go far. I’m usually in nearby cities and will go home every day. It is not a big deal to come here for a while.”

“Okay,”

Isabella nodded, “You have to take good care of Rosy and the baby. After the baby is born, you’d better go home more often to spend time with them.”

“I’ve always felt that when the father is around, the child is indomitable, and if not, he would not dare to fight back, because there was no one to back him up.”

Lukas was silent for a while and then spoke up, “Carl has been sought after by gangsters recently. And he often gets beaten up. Do you know that?”

Isabella pondered for a while. “I’ve heard it from my mother. He seemed to have rubbed someone the wrong way.”

Lukas did not comment. “Forget it, and let’s not talk about him anymore. Don’t worry. I am your family now. In the future, as long as I am here, I will never allow Carl to lay one finger on you or your mother again.”

Isabella looked gratefully at Lukas. “I was depressed that I was not doing well recently and had to postpone my plan to get my mother here. Lukas, thank you. I feel better now.”

Lukas nodded. “Don’t worry.”

Not far away, Miles was drinking with her colleagues. She watched Lukas and Isabella sitting in the corner chatting happily and winked at Director Lee.

Isabella’s phone rang. It was Cedric.

“Isabella, it’s already past 10 o’clock. Isabella, your banquet is almost over, right? Tell me the address, I will pick you up later.”

“No need for that. I don’t know when it will end...”

Isabella picked up her train of thought during the day and added, “Maybe we’ll be here all night. Anyway, Cedric, don’t wait for me. I can take care of myself.”

“You’re not back. How can I go to sleep...”

“Why don’t you tell me where you are so that I can be at ease?” Cedric paused.

Isabella thought for a second. “I think it’s called Vans Nightclub. How about this? You’re going to bed now. And I’ll call you when I’m going back. Is that okay?”

Cedric didn’t want Isabella to stay outside so late, but he was afraid that Isabella would feel uncomfortable, so he said, “Then I will wait for you. When you’re coming back, give me a call.”

“Alright.”

Cedric hung up the phone and sighed.

Since when did he find out about Isabella and Joseph’s relationship?

Maybe it was in the bar when Joseph said that his girl was smart and cute, or that day when they were fighting in the fighting arena. Joseph got tough when he heard about matters concerning Isabella. Cedric had that intuition.

He had always denied that intuition because he felt that it was impossible.

However, it was possible.

The woman he wanted was Joseph’s girl.

Then on the ship of the Tears of Blue Mirror, at Lukas’s wedding, all the details declared to him the truth, then Isabella told him everything.

Besides anger, he felt terrified.

He remembered the way Isabella looked at Joseph. He remembered how anxious she was when Joseph fell into the water.

He was feeling jealous.

Although Isabella and Cedric had met each other when they were kids, they hadn’t spent much time together. Isabella and Joseph had just been together for a month.

Therefore, Cedric felt that he was at a disadvantage in this relationship.

Then last night when Cedric went to see her. Her eyes flashed as if she wanted to say something.

He got scared.

He suggested that Isabella not jump to a conclusion and take things slow. He did not want her to say it...