LOGINFor four years, Isabella believed she had the perfect marriage. She loved Edward with all her heart, stood by him through everything, and built her life around the man she had loved since childhood. Their union was not just a love story — it was a promise made long before they were old enough to understand it. Two powerful families, one shared business empire, and two grandmothers who decided over a cradle that their grandchildren would one day become one. But one night, a message from Edward's ex-girlfriend changes everything. Pictures from a hotel room. Edward in bed with Sandra. And a cruel invitation to come and see the truth for herself. Heartbroken and humiliated, Isabella finally realizes that the man she trusted has been lying to her for years. To make matters worse, Edward's mother has never accepted her and seems determined to drive her out of the family at any cost. When Isabella finally walks away, she leaves without begging, crying, or looking back. But Edward has no idea what he has just thrown away. After the divorce, Isabella discovers a strength she never knew she had. She steps into the business world, reclaims her family's share of the empire that was built on her grandmother's name, and becomes a woman Edward can no longer ignore. Then she returns — with a successful career, a powerful new investor by her side, and full legal rights to half of everything Edward thought was his. Suddenly, the man who took her for granted is fighting to keep what he almost lost. But Isabella isn't the same woman who left his house. He broke her heart. She rebuilt her life. Now he has to live with the consequences.
View MoreChapter Twenty-Three: Blank*Edward's POV*Sandra's building came into view just before eight.I pulled up to the entrance and kept the engine running. She gathered her bag from the back seat and paused before getting out, one hand on the door, turning to look at me with that expression she wore when she wanted to say something and was deciding how much of it to say."Don't take too long," she said."I told you. It's handled.""You keep saying that.""Because it keeps being true."She looked at me for a second longer. Then she leaned across and kissed me once — firm, unhurried — and pulled back and got out without another word. I watched her walk to the entrance, the door sliding open for her, and then she was gone.I sat in the quiet car for a moment.*Forty-eight hours.*I had said it clearly. Simply. There was nothing complicated about it. You either sign or I make the decision. Isabella was many things but she was not stupid. She would have understood exactly what I meant.I pulled
Chapter 22: My ExEdward's POVSandra was already on my lap when the office door locked behind us.Her mouth found mine before I could say a word. Soft at first, then hungry. I pulled her closer by the hips. She straddled me properly, knees on either side of the chair, and started working the buttons of my shirt open one by one. My hands slid under her blouse and pushed it up. She broke the kiss just long enough to pull it over her head and drop it on the floor.“Missed this,” she murmured against my mouth.I didn’t answer with words. I kissed her harder. She reached between us, found my belt, then the zipper. The sound of it opening cut through the quiet office. Her hand slipped inside, warm fingers wrapping around me, stroking slow and deliberate.I was already hard. She knew it. She always knew.Her thumb brushed over the head and I exhaled through my teeth. She kept the rhythm steady while her tongue slid against mine. I could feel the heat building fast, the kind that made thinkin
Chapter Twenty-One: Safe HandsThe silence after that settled differently.Not heavy the way it had been before. More like something that had been very tight had finally been allowed to loosen, just slightly. I was still at the table, both hands wrapped around my mug, eyes dry now. The crying had taken something with it when it left — not the pain, but the pressure of it. Like a valve that had needed opening for a long time.Lisa was watching me across the table with the patient expression she wore when she was giving someone space to land.I breathed in. Out."Okay," I said quietly. Not to her. Just — okay.She gave it another moment. Then she straightened in her chair."There's something else," she said.I looked at her."The company." She kept her voice level, practical. "The original documents — the ones that show you are a registered co-owner. Your name on the partnership deed, the certificate of incorporation, everything that proves that business belongs to both of you." She paus
Chapter Twenty: Don't Break NowLisa was still sitting across from me when I said it."I don't know if he's truly telling the truth...." I kept my eyes on the laptop screen. "Or if this is just another part of the plan to get me out of the way."The words came out quietly. Too quietly. And somewhere in the middle of saying them something gave way behind my eyes and I felt it before I could stop it — warm, sliding down my cheek before I had even registered I was crying.I wiped it off with the back of my palm. Fast. Like if I was quick enough it didn't count.Lisa saw it anyway.She was quiet for exactly one second.Then — "Excuse me." Her voice went flat. "Isabella. Are you dumb?"I looked up.She had one finger pressed to the side of her skull, tapping it slowly, her eyes fixed on me with the particular expression she wore when she could not believe what she was hearing."Lisa—""I'm asking sincerely," she said. "Are you dumb?""I know I sound off," I said. I looked back at the screen






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