As Isabella exited the limousine with her arm wrapped in Xander's, the night was filled with camera flashes and curious whispers. The crowd's shout and the paparazzi's dazzling lights welcomed them, anxious to document every moment of the new power couple's first public appearance.
With his palm lightly pressing on her lower back, Xander muttered, "Smile." "We are the centre of attention tonight."
With a beautiful smile that had been on countless magazine covers in her previous life, Isabella raised her chin. However, the stakes were bigger this time. The city's elite circles were already hearing the rumours that followed their abrupt marriage: why had they been married so soon? What did they have to conceal?
Isabella felt as though a hundred eyes were watching them as they made their way to the enormous ballroom's entrance, each one attempting to solve the riddle of their union. Even though she had planned for this, she couldn't help but feel a peculiar mixture of excitement and appr
