The night was unusually long for Angelo. He kept thinking about what would happen at the conference and each time he tried to sleep, his heart would trick him into thinking it was morning, only for him to wake up and be disappointed.
The time finally came and as Angelo made his way into the hall, he promised himself that he was going to do things differently.
He had taken his time to dress up and even wore powder on his face because he wanted Isabella to be attracted to him. She had once been, so he was confident that it could happen again.
Contrary to what happened the day before, she appeared during the first segment of the meeting and when she was called in, Angelo stared at her without taking his eyes off even for a minute.
Isabella seemed unbothered and gave her speech effortlessl
