"E…Excuse me," Isabelle said. "But I have to take this."
She stepped out quickly, not even waiting for anyone's response.
Her steps were brisk, controlled, but her pulse hammered painfully in her chest, and she felt she could die any moment.
What was happening at the hospital? She needed to find out. Nothing could happen to her father. She wouldn't let it.
Clara was the first to stand up from her chair and go after Isabelle. She was mad, but at the same time concerned. She wouldn't show it but it was true.
The Isabelle she knew, the woman who was ahead of her in everything, wouldn't make such a mistake.
The Employees exchanged wide-eyed looks the moment the door shut behind the two that just left.
"What... what just happened?"
"Is something wrong?"
"She never answers personal calls… but this time..."
"It looked like it was something serious."
Elias's sharp eyes had followed her retreating figure until she was out of sight and he knew for sure that something was wrong.
