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

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

“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

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

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