Chapter 348 Isabella Can't Resist His Charm
Delmar froze in place, staring at the firmly closed door, his brows furrowing slightly.
Was she looking down on him?
Sure, Isabella was pretty, but her repeated rejections and the way she ignored him still bothered Delmar.
After all, he was from the Puckett family, ranked fifteenth among the thirty-six noble families—that was middle-tier even among nobles.
And Isabella, someone with such a lowly status, had turned him down again and again!
Delmar clenched his fists secretly.
He refused to believe Isabella could resist his charm.
Once he got her, he'd make sure to toy with her properly!
Delmar curled his lip disdainfully and turned to leave.
——
Isabella closed the door and walked back inside to find Kennedy sitting on the couch, looking at her with a smile.
"What are you laughing at?"
Kennedy raised an eyebrow, unable to suppress her amusement.
She gazed at Isabella affectionately, mockingly imitating Delmar's tone from earlier with exaggerated tenderness and adoration.
Isabella: "......"
Having just been thoroughly disgusted by Delmar, Isabella immediately rolled her eyes.
Kennedy burst out laughing.
"How does he do it? How does he make his tone sound so disgusting?" Isabella really wished she wasn't part of Experiment Group 134, wished she didn't have to see that idiot Delmar again tomorrow.
"Lots of people like him," Kennedy said. "He's good-looking, tall—plenty of girls are head over heels for him. I bet he flirts with everyone in private."
Isabella shrugged. "I can tell."
During these past few days in the lab, at first when she saw Delmar showing interest in Saskia, she thought he actually liked Saskia.
She'd even prepared herself to watch other people's romance unfold.
But then when Saskia wasn't in the lab, Delmar confessed to her instead.
Honestly, she was completely shocked at the time.
Now it seemed Delmar would hit on any girl who was even remotely pretty.
"I suggest you stay away from him—he'll make you a target," Kennedy said, turning serious.
"I know."
——
Meanwhile, elsewhere.
Isolde sat with Saskia by the flower bed.
Saskia was still sobbing uncontrollably.
Isolde squeezed Saskia's hand. "Saskia, please stop crying. It's just a small thing, no need to cry like this."
"Isolde, why did she do that? Why did she expose me in front of everyone? I didn't copy on purpose—I thought it was okay to do it that way."
"I know, I know you didn't mean it."
Saskia's face darkened, but that darkness quickly turned to resentment.
She dug her nails into her palm. "Isabella definitely did it on purpose! She just wants to ruin my image in Delmar's eyes. She wants all of you to hate me too. Saskia, how can she be so vicious?"
Hearing this, Isolde couldn't help but argue back: "While it was inappropriate for Isabella to call you out directly, you don't need to think of her that way."
Saskia said indignantly, "Am I wrong? She clearly sees me as a rival. First saying I was wrong, then saying I copied—she's been picking on me the whole time. Isn't it because I've been around Delmar a lot? She must have figured out I like Delmar, so she keeps targeting me!"
Isolde rubbed her forehead helplessly.
She knew that once Saskia encountered anything related to Delmar, she'd lose all reason and wouldn't listen to anyone.
"Alright, Saskia, stop overthinking. You were in the wrong too—how could you copy someone else's experimental procedure? Don't do that again next time."
Saskia's expression remained resentful.
She now despised Isabella.
She thought Isabella was so low, willing to do anything to compete with her for Delmar.
——
The next day.
The members of Experiment Group 134 arrived at the lab early as usual.
Isabella arrived too.
Isabella handed Isolde the printed materials—the experimental procedure she'd rewritten.
Isolde distributed them to the others, saying, "From now on, we'll follow the new procedure and do it once. We wasted a whole day yesterday, so we need to hurry today, or we won't finish this experiment on time."
When they first got the experiment, the deadline was two weeks.
Today was Friday, so excluding rest days, half the time had already passed.
They were really stressed out over these 3 points.
Saskia took the experimental procedure Isabella had written—it was completely different from her approach.
She gripped the paper tightly, suppressing her displeasure. "Isabella, can you guarantee that what you wrote is definitely correct?"
Hearing Saskia's words, everyone else turned to look at her.
Saskia stared straight at Isabella. If Isabella could question her like that before, she could question Isabella the same way.
"Isabella, if following your procedure is wrong, wouldn't that waste everyone's time?"
Isabella responded coolly.
Saskia was stunned, and before she could react, she heard Isabella say coldly, "If you think my approach is wrong, you don't have to do it."
Isabella's cold gaze fell on Saskia's face, her eyes full of icy intent. "Or are you saying you have another solution now? If you do, we can listen to you and follow what you say."
Saskia choked, her expression turning unpleasant.
"Alright, let's not worry about the results for now. Let's just follow this procedure once," Isolde said.
As she spoke, she glanced at Saskia, signaling her to stop talking.
Saskia pressed her lips together, snorted coldly in her heart, and lowered her head to start the experiment.
The others also began their experiments.
Isolde and Brad were both very talkative people, occasionally chatting to lighten the atmosphere.
But whenever Isolde brought Isabella into the conversation, Saskia would go silent.
Similarly, whenever Isolde brought Saskia into the conversation, Isabella would also go silent.
Isolde sighed inwardly.
Half the morning passed, and Isolde pulled Saskia to a corner outside the lab.
"Isolde, what are you doing?" Saskia looked at her, confused.
"Saskia, Isabella didn't accept Delmar's confession. Don't misunderstand her—she's not what you think, and she's not targeting you maliciously."
Saskia was somewhat surprised to hear this.
"She's not with Delmar? Really?"
Along with her surprise, Saskia also felt relieved.
She'd thought Isabella would definitely accept Delmar's confession.
Isolde nodded. "I just asked Isabella myself. She said it personally—she doesn't like Delmar and didn't accept his confession. So stop overthinking and stop targeting her."