Chapter 108 Always Attracting Trash
Joshua seemed much more easy-going compared to Sebastian. He always wore a smile on his face, masking any coldness or aloofness that lay within him.
In reality, deep down, he and Sebastian… belonged to the same type of people.
However, Joshua still wanted to maintain a disguise, fooling those who did not understand him with his friendly exterior.
Sebastian couldn't even be bothered to pretend.
"Mrs. Lawrence? Mrs. Lawrence?" Joshua waved his hand in front of her eyes. "I know, I may be handsome, but you don't have to stare at me like that."
Isabella blushed and snapped out of her thoughts, "I...I wasn't."
"You seem distracted, as if you have something on your mind while walking."
"It's nothing." She shook her head, forcing a smile. "You're here to see Sebastian, right? He's in his office. Go ahead."
"Mhm." Joshua nodded. "However...I know that you've been getting along well with Brittany recently."
"Yeah, so what?"
Joshua looked at her, a hint of complexity in his eyes. "It's nothing, it's good. It's just a bit unexpected that the two of you can have a conversation."
Isabella replied, "Perhaps it's because we both attract trashy men."
"Attract trashy men?" Joshua didn't quite understand and asked for clarification.
Before Joshua could react, Isabella bypassed him and walked away.
Joshua stood still, pondered for a moment, then turned around to glance at her retreating figure, appearing contemplative.
He pushed the door open and entered the CEO's office.
Sebastian stood in front of his desk, holding a pen and looking down.
"A pen isn't that interesting, yet you seem to find it mesmerizing," Joshua said. "When I got here just now, I ran into Isabella."
"Yeah, she just left here," Sebastian replied.
"Do you know what she said to me?"
Sebastian raised his head and glanced at him. "What?"
"Isabella called me trash."
"Isn't that normal?" Sebastian replied. "The entire Lawrence Group knows that you dumped Brittany."
"Why don't you say the entire New York knows?"
"It seems you still have some self-awareness."
Joshua crossed his arms, looking at Sebastian with a half-smile. "Don't just mock me. She didn't just insult me alone."
Sebastian's eyebrows twitched. "She mentioned me?"
"Yeah," Joshua replied. "She said that the reason her relationship with Brittany is so good is because they both understand each other's struggles."
As Joshua said this, Sebastian seemed to have guessed something, his expression darkened slightly...
Just as Sebastian fell silent, he held the pen in his hand. It turned out that in Isabella's heart, he was considered trash that could be compared to Joshua.
"Share your thoughts," Joshua looked at him. "How did you become trash? What did you do to make Isabella despise you?"
"I didn't do anything."
"That's not possible..."
Sebastian chuckled softly, a laughter filled with deep ridicule. "Lynda has returned, she found out, that's all."
The office instantly fell silent.
After a while, Joshua reacted, "What? She's back? So soon? But you've been at the company so regulary lately, you haven’t had time to go abroad to fetch her..."
"She came back on her own, without my knowledge."
"I see. I knew Lynda was coming back, but I always thought you were going to pick her up..."
"That was my plan, but she secretly returned back to New York without telling me."
Joshua asked, "And Isabella... she knows?"
"In a way."
"So, you married Isabella... ultimately because of Lynda."
"Otherwise?" Sebastian raised an eyebrow. "You expect me to randomly marry a woman I have no connection with, get married and bring her to the Lawrence family? Do you think a love at first sight, unreliable as it is, would happen to me?"
Joshua sighed heavily. "If you want to marry Lynda, it will inevitably hurt a woman. It's just that the woman you chose is Isabella."
"Yes."
"I had already guessed, but I didn't want to speculate in that direction," Joshua shrugged. "Given the current situation, what do you plan to do?"
"I'll do what needs to be done."
"No wonder Isabella called you trash..."
Sebastian counter-questioned, "Do you think I'm despicable?"
"Not just despicable, you're intolerably despicable. You married Isabella while keeping another woman in your heart, and expect her to bear your children, fulfilling your love with Lynda. Tsk, tsk..."
"Am I more despicable than you?"
"That's for sure."
Sebastian sneered, "I think I'm far from being as despicable as you."
"Don't pretend, it's me who can't compare to you." Joshua also laughed. "It's alright, I know you're not used to the title of trash right away. Just stick with it, you'll get used to it."
Sebastian glanced at him coldy.
"And that's how Lynda remains in New York?"
"Yes."
“As for the Lawrence family...”
"I will handle it," Sebastian said. "Let's focus on the matter at hand."
Only then did Joshua discuss the details, "The mobile phone brand has chosen Anthony as their spokesperson. Also, there's a project scheduled for the middle of the year..."
Isabella sat at her desk.
In the past, she would have been by Sebastian's side at this hour.
But now... just seeing his face made her angry.
As Isabella stared at the computer screen in front of her, she couldn’t help herself and opened a search engine. She typed in the keywords “Sebastian’s relationships” without even thinking.
As expected, she found nothing.
Isabella secretly laughed at her own foolishness. How could Sebastian's past relationships become gossip, spreading and becoming the talk of the town?
Even if there were any, the Lawrence Group would handle it through public relations.
It's better to focus on work. Once she fully understood the management model of the Lawrence Group and gained enough business judgment and insight, she would have the confidence to leave Sebastian.
It's just... having a child is a matter of destiny, and she didn't know when that would happen.
In a high-end restaurant, Grace arrived at the designated private room, carrying her bag. She pushed the door open and walked in.
Seeing the people inside, her expression changed ever so slightly and she halted, forcing a smile as she called out, "Uncle Watson..."
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