登入⚠️ Content Warning: This story contains intimate scenes...reader's discretion is advised. Isabel Mayfield’s days are a relentless grind of exhausting work and constant worry. Every cent counts as she struggles to stay afloat, provide for herself, and fight for the law degree that is her only way out. Then her mother calls. A woman who has always chased fun and adventure drops a bombshell that turns Isabel’s whole world upside down: they are moving in with a billionaire, and Isabel is about to gain a stepfamily she never asked for. Living in the Sterling mansion feels like stepping into another world… one full of cold rules, old money, and a stepbrother who looks at her like she is trash and wants her gone. William Sterling is everything she should avoid: rich, arrogant, devastatingly handsome, and convinced she and her mother are nothing but gold-diggers here to take what his family had built over the years. But the anger between them masks something far more dangerous. A pull so strong it burns through every rule, every lie, every reason they should stay far apart. He is her stepbrother. He wants her gone. But yet she is the only thing he craves…
查看更多~Isabel~"We will have to talk after my dad's funeral, Alister, to settle some things. Please take Chloe home," William said as Professor Alister came walking towards the car with Justin.He took my small bag from Chloe's hand and tossed it into the back.Through the glass, I watched Chloe wave a small, hesitant goodbye, her smile faded as William threw the car into drive and pulled out of the police lot.There was only silence between us…i kept my eyes fixed on the road wondering if he was taking me back to the yacht or the mansion.Every few seconds, my eyes shifted to his hands.His knuckles were tightly wrapped on the steering wheel... I know we have things to discuss, but the way his jaw remained locked tight, sent my anxious thoughts into a spiral."I am sorry for everything making you come to the station…" I started unable to hold it in any more."Are you serious right now? God! Isabel!" He cut me off."The one thing I really don't get is why you hid this pregnancy from me. If
~Isabel~The doctor who faked Juliana’s ultrasound…the one blackmailing Juliana on the recording…was…was gone? And the judge who took Juliana's bribe during the Natrex Chemical workers' case had disappeared?How! What is seriously going on!!Those two were crucial witnesses to prove Juliana's crimes with the evidence i got...was someone helping her from the outside, or had she arranged their disappearance even before her arrest?Just then the doors burst open.William stood in the doorway with Justin right behind him…both of them on black suits but William looked as though he had aged five years overnight.Another cop moved to block his way, but William brushed past him without a glance back.His eyes were locked onto mine.. his expression darkened as he took in my state with a fierceness that made my breath catch in my throat.‘He hates me.’‘He surely hates me now.’ I thought."I'm here to take her home," William voice boomed through the room as he walked straight to my seat… he g
~Isabel~"Chloe? What's wrong? Is William with you? How's Arthur?" I asked already feeling impatient."I'm sorry, Izzy... Arthur…he's dead," Chloe replied clutching onto the paper bag she came with...I can see her grasp on it shaking."No! What?”“Are you serious? Tell me you're pulling my legs!"I tried to hold her hand but the officer grabbed my arms away...I fought to break his grip... desperate to reach Chloe…to grab her shoulders and force her to take those words back."Isabel," Professor Alister called.He stepped behind Chloe, his coat was wrinkled and his hair looked disheveled from the long night."She's telling the truth. We lost him last night. According to what I heard, he was overstressed and still brought in late.""No!" I screamed shaking my head....I slumped on my knees as my vision blurred with tears...He couldn't be dead…Not Arthur!"Oh shit, William is going to hate me. Oh my God, what have I done!" I sprawled on the floor as the cop tried hauled me up by my armpits
~William~ "Are you sure she instigated those photos to be posted?” I asked again, still not believing my ears. "Yes, sir. She routed them through an anonymous entertainment blog before it started going viral." Collins confirmed. I nodded, unable to speak as her betrayal hit harder than anything I had ever experienced… to think she was this kind of a person and my father had seen her as a perfect marriage candidate for me. Juliana… had grown up in the same country clubs as me, attended the same prep schools, walked the same red carpets at events... I had spent two years dating her in university, ignoring her proud nature, assuming she was just a spoiled heiress... I never guessed she was capable of calculating a public scandal while faking a pregnancy to force a ring onto my finger. "It doesn't matter," I said, trying to bury the pain as another thought crossed my mind. "It actually works for us. She's pressing charges against Isabel for privacy invasion and hacking her priv
Isabel's POV (Thirty Hours Ahead) Twenty minutes later, I pushed open a pair of double doors. The dining room glowed under a giant crystal chandelier. Arthur Sterling sat at the head of the table and laughing at something my had mother said. He looked exactly like his photos: silver at the
"Just fifteen minutes Isabel" I muttered. That was my countdown to the end of this shift, I had to remind myself that just to get through it. I was moving through the crowded cafe with a tray of coffees balanced on my hand, dodging the elbows of people who paid for coffee with ridiculous amounts
~Isabel~ The ride back from the office was silent. Upstairs, I locked the bathroom door, washed the ink off my face, and changed into the blue fancy dress my mother left on the bed, it was expensive, it felt wrong on me, not even my skin tone, but I wore it to avoid a scene at dinner. Dinner
~~Isabel~~ 5:45 AM! It was already morning, my alarm jolted me up, cutting straight through my skull like an emergency siren. I sat up, my heart racing as my eyes try to adjust to the dim light in the room. The sheets beneath me felt too soft, a mocking reminder of a luxury lifestyle I hadn't
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