CHAPTER 3 — Isabella Steps Out of the Shadow
CHAPTER 3 — Isabella Steps Out of the Shadow
Outside the hotel, Isabella stood beneath the cold lights.
She didn’t move when Marcus was finally escorted out.
She didn’t smile.
She didn’t need to.
Her father’s voice came through her phone again.
“Come home. It’s done.”
But Isabella stayed.
Because Marcus was still staring at her.
His voice cracked slightly.
“You… planned this?”
She finally looked at him.
For eleven years, she had been the quiet wife behind the headlines.
Now her voice was steady.
“I didn’t plan your downfall, Marcus.”
A pause.
“I just stopped protecting it.”
His mistress shifted uncomfortably behind him, suddenly aware she was holding stolen silk and borrowed status.
Marcus shook his head violently.
“You had no right—”
Isabella cut him off.
“I gave you eleven years of protection inside my family’s empire. That was more than you ever deserved.”
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For the first time, Marcus had no answer.
Only silence.
