Chapter 169: Chapter 181: Redouble Efforts, Tenfold Return (6) Chapter 169: Chapter 181: Redouble Efforts, Tenfold Return (6) So that’s how it is… Isabel Smith nodded slightly and didn’t say anything.

There was a sudden quietness inside the room. After a long while, when Smith was about to fall asleep, Percy Stanton’s voice suddenly came from above her head, “Is there anything else you want to say besides these things?”

His appearance had changed, after all, he was no longer the young man he had been, but one could still faintly recognize his old self. They had been together for so long, if they had truly loved each other back then, how could she not remember even a little bit?

But the proud Stanton could not bring himself to ask directly about it.

Being unwilling to seem humble isn’t the main reason, but rather he feared that it would only hurt even more if Smith truly could not remember.

However, even so, he was still somewhat unwilling to let it go and couldn’t help but ask.

Smith was about to fall asleep when Stanton’s words suddenly woke her up. She opened her eyes and stared at Stanton’s face, appearing a bit lost for a moment. After a long time, she grinned at Stanton and said, “Thank you for tonight.”

With those words, Stanton’s heart immediately felt a cold chill, as the hope hidden in his heart seemed to have turned into a joke.

Gradually, anger began to rise in his heart.

Whenever faced with any earth-shattering events, he could control his own emotions, but every time he encountered Isabel Smith, Stanton felt particularly out of control.

Just like now, he didn’t even hesitate as he turned his head to glare at her, blurting out another sentence, “Are all of you women so irresponsible?”

Stanton looked particularly startling.

Smith was startled by his sudden outburst of anger.

This scene was all too familiar – Stanton would often just inexplicably explode like this, mocking her with angry words.

All along, Smith didn’t know why, and she initially didn’t want to ask because she thought they weren’t that close to each other.

But now, she heard something from the tone of his voice.

He said all women were irresponsible… Could it be that he had been hurt by some woman? Irresponsible… The only one she could think of who would be scolded by Stanton for being irresponsible would be Raymond’s mother… Could it be that, as she guessed, Raymond’s mother abandoned her husband and child after giving birth to Raymond?

However, that might explain why his temper was so strange and unpredictable, but it didn’t excuse him for taking it out on her all the time.

Suddenly, Smith frowned and couldn’t help but respond, “Percy, not all women in the world are like what you think – irresponsible. Maybe other women have wronged you, but it has nothing to do with me. I’m not them. Why should you burden me with the anger you have towards other people? It’s not fair to treat me like this!”

As Isabel said this, her hand suddenly clenched, and she looked into Stanton’s eyes, “I haven’t done anything to hurt you. I’m not obliged to take your anger again and again. Although we had agreed that you would bring the Smith Corporation back to life for me, and I would be your lover for a year, we both know in our hearts that to you, I’m nothing more than a bed partner for a year; we both get what we wanted.”

After her long speech, Stanton suddenly rolled over and pressed himself against her, as if he had just heard the funniest joke in the world. Looking into her eyes, he sarcastically asked, “Is that really how you see it in your heart? Do you really think that everything I’ve done for you is what a bed partner should be entitled to?”

Immediately after, Stanton let out a soft laugh and, without warning, rolled over again on top of Isabel.