Chapter 31

As soon as Isabella woke up, she dragged Olivia over to Eric's dorm to find Michael.

After crashing there for the night, she realized the dorm bed was super uncomfortable. Luckily, she was used to sleeping on the floor as a kid, so she managed to tough it out for one night. But Michael? No way he could handle it. The beds at home had thick mattresses; he probably never slept on something so hard. She wondered how he managed.

In the outer room, Eric was still sound asleep and didn't even notice them coming in.

Isabella headed straight to the inner room, only to find the bed empty,the covers all messed up, and all his stuff still there, but no Michael.

"Olivia, he's gone," Isabella said,sounding worried.

Olivia tried to calm her down. "Don't freak out. Let's ask Mr. Allen what happened first."

Isabella said, "I'll go outside and call him."

Olivia went over to Eric's bed, yanked on his arm, and woke him up. "Hey,Eric,wake up!"

"Olivia, are you even a woman? Coming to my bed early in the morning for a thrill?" Eric was having a sweet dream, suddenly interrupted,and when he opened his eyes, he saw the dream's heroine right in front of him,but he could only look, not touch.

"Eric, you're too much! If you like someone,just go after her openly. Why resort to sneaky stuff? You're so despicable and shameless."

"Olivia, are you nuts? What are you ranting about this early? Did a mad dog bite you, making you lash out at everyone?" Eric-wanted to pin her down and give her a good lesson but didn't dare, so he just argued with her.

Olivia knelt on his bed, one hand on her hip,the other pointing at Eric,shouting, "I'm crazy? I think you're the one who's crazy. You can't have what you want, so you turn to hate. Your scheme is exposed,isn't it?"

"What?" Eric leaned in closer to Olivia and said, "If I turned to hate, you'd be dead by now."

Olivria bawled, "See! I knew your scheme would come out! Now confess,where did you take Michael?"

"You're asking me for Michael?" Ericlaughed angrily.

"Who else would I ask? Michael kindly switched rooms with me and stayed with you for a night, and now he's gone. You're just jealous of him,twisted, and can't stand their happy marriage." Olivia said righteously.

"Michael had something to do and left early." Eric didn't want to argue with Olivia anymore and remembered Michael's instructions before leaving."Tell Isabella."

Saying that, he tried to lie back down to sleep.

Olivia pulled him up. "You say he had something to do, but who knows if you drove him away!"

"Are you crazy? Why would I drive him away for no reason? You're really unreasonable." Eric was speechless with Olivia.

Olivia sneered, "Stop hiding it. I already figured it out. You like Isabella,but she's already married, and they have a great relationship. You should give up and stop liking her."

Eric flipped over and pinned Olivia down. "You actually think I like Isabella!"

There was a flicker of some emotion in his eyes that Olivia couldn't understand,making her scared.

Olivia's eyes darted away, avoiding his gaze. "Am I wrong? Everyone at the company says you have a crush on a female subordinate, and you always take care of Isabella at work. Stop denying it."

Eric sneered, got up from the bed, walked to the window, and said coldly,"I do have a crush on a girl, but it's definitely not Isabella. And it's not that I always take care of Isabella at work; it's that Isabella knows how to be grateful for the help she receives, unlike someone who doesn't appreciate anything."

"Olivia, Mr. Johnson did leave." Isabella ran in, wanting to tell Olivia that Michael indeed had something to do and left. But she didn't expect to see this scene: Olivia lying on Eric's bed, blushing,and Eric standing by the window, angrily staring at Olivia.

"You... what's going on here?" Isabella looked at Eric, then at Olivia,not understanding the situation.

Olivia got up from the bed, pulled Isabella, and walked out. "Isabella, I never want to see him again. Let's go."

"Olivia, what happened? You and Mr. Allen..." Isabella asked.

"Isabella, I'm sorry. On the spur of the moment, I mentioned his crush on you,but it turns out it was a misunderstanding. He said he doesn't like you." Olivia apologized to Isabella.

Isabella also felt embarrassed and didn't want to face Eric anymore.

"Isabella, let's take a cab!" Olivia suggested.

"T'll call one." Isabella quickly said.

They spent a long time on their phones but couldn't find a single cab.

"This place is tooremote," Olivia said dejectedly, "No cabs come here."

Isabella was surprised. "No cabs? Then how did Mr. Johnson get back?"

"Call him quickly and ask how he got back," Olivia said urgently.

Isabella quickly took out her phone and called Michael again.

When Michael received Isabella's call, he was on his way to the Johnson Group, dozing off in the car. Seeing it was Isabella calling, he immediately picked up the phone.

When Isabella called, Michael was on his way to the Johnson Group headquarters. He was dozing off in the car and immediately answered when he saw it was Isabella. Michael chuckled, "What's up, Isabella?Missing me already?"

"Mr. Johnson, have you arrived?" Isabella asked.

"Not yet. Probably another half hour's drive," Michael said,glancing at the GPS.

"How? Are you taking a cab?" Isabella asked.

"Jerry came to pick me up. What's wrong? Do you need a ride back?"Michael sensed something was off with Isabella.

Isabella felt frustrated. She forgot Michael was a rich kid! His family had multiple luxury cars and several drivers.

"No, I was just asking, showing some concern!" Isabella made up an excuse.

"Tll have Jerry come back to pick you up," Michael said.

"No need. It's too far," Isabella quickly refused.

"Tll call Robert and have him arrange for a driver to pick you up, okay?"Michael said, "Don't take the bus. It's uncomfortable and not clean."

Isabella was about to refuse when Olivia quickly said, "Okay. Thank you,Michael."

"Alright!" Michael said. "Isabella, I might not come hometonight.Eat well and rest well at home. If you need anything, find Robert. Take care."

"Okay, you take care too," Isabella said.

They reluctantly hung up the phone.

Olivia looked at Isabella enviously and said, "Isabella,seeing how good your relationship is, I want to find someone to marry too!"