Miguel quickly circled around the front desk and headed toward the entrance.
Romina’s gaze remained fixed on him, and seeing his flustered appearance, she suddenly found it inexplicably endearing.
This was a situation she had never anticipated.
Although they were supposed to be adversaries, perhaps there was actually a glimmer of hope for them.
Around noon, Romina suddenly received a call from Joaquin, but it wasn’t to her main number–it was to her secondary line.
That meant he wasn’t looking for her, but for ‘Rosella.‘
But Joaquin didn’t know she was ‘Rosella.‘ If she answered now, her identity would surely be exposed, and she didn’t want Joaquin to know too much yet.
After thinking for a moment, Romina simply hung up and sent him a text message.
“Mr. Bowman, my throat still hasn’t recovered. If you have anything to say, please send me a message!”
“Ding-”
Joaquin’s phone, lying on the desk, chimed with a notification.
When he lowered his eyes and saw the message, his brows furrowed unconsciously.
“What’s wrong, Mr. Bowman?” Erick happened to come in with some documents, and seeing Joaquin’s expression, he asked curiously, “Did something happen?”
Joaquin shifted his gaze from the message to Erick’s face.
After a brief pause, he finally asked, “Is this ‘Rosella‘ really in such poor health? Her sore throat hasn’t healed for almost half a month.”
Erick was momentarily taken aback.
0.00%
16:32
chapter158
288 Vouchers.
After a few seconds, he asked in return, “She didn’t answer your call again this time?”
“Yes.” Joaquin tossed his phone onto the desk, pointing at the screen with his ringed index finger: “She said her throat still hurts, so she didn’t answer.”
Erick leaned over to take a look, his brows slightly furrowed: “I’ve seen the videos she posted, but she never appears on camera, so I have no idea about her health.”
“Alright, go ahead and get back to work!”
Joaquin glanced up at him, his voice low and deep.
After Erick left, the room fell silent for a moment. Joaquin hesitated for a few seconds before replying to the message.
Romina saw the text message in the afternoon.
“When do you want to get the quartz hairpin back? Before the show is recorded, or after?”
Romina stared at the message, her expression gradually darkening.
For Joaquin to say something like that, he must be absolutely confident that he could help her retrieve it.
Whether she got it back before or after the show, it wouldn’t satisfy Romina.
She held her phone, lost in thought.
Since she was going to play, she might as well play big.
She quickly typed out a line and sent it to Joaquin.
“I don’t just want to get the quartz hairpin back; I also want Ms. Lambert to be embarrassed on the show. Do you have any good strategies to help me with that?”
Shortly after she sent the message, Joaquin replied.
Romina quickly lowered her eyes and unlocked her phone screen.
“I can help you get the item back, but before I do, I want to ask Ms. Rosella: what is your relationship with Nadine? Why do you want to retrieve that set of quartz hairpins?”
Romina hesitated for a moment, her expression gradually darkening.
Joaquin was a man of deep and subtle thoughts. He agreed to help her, but was still trying to
31.32%
16:32
chapter158
288 Vouchers
probe for the reason behind it.
If her reason was inappropriate, he might not be willing to help.
Romina quickly typed out a line and sent the message.
“The item was a gift from an old friend. I have no connection to Ms. Lambert.”
Verify captcha to read the content
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Betrayed By Husband And Child (Romina)