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A year later, I was officially running the Bennett Foundation's art conservation center.Once the altarpiece I'd restored went back on display, I was invited to present my complete treatment plan at an international art conservation conference.When I finished, someone in the audience called me a master conservator.Standing under the lights, I suddenly remembered the woman I'd been. The one who couldn't even hold on to her own room.Back then, I'd thought nothing could make me prouder than being a powerful man's first priority.Now I knew my own name was worth remembering, all on its own.We set the wedding for autumn.Samuel didn't turn it into a celebration of the Aldini family's victory over the Vistari family.He asked what I wanted first, whether it was the venue, the guests, the ceremony, or even where we'd live afterward.One day, I deliberately asked what he'd do if we wanted different things.He just smiled. "Then we'll do it your way."Looking at him, I felt at peace.I wasn
He Chose His Ex, I Married His Rival Chapter 8
After I became the foundation's lead conservator, Leon finally saw me again at a museum gala.People kept coming over to greet me. They wanted to discuss projects and arrange to have pieces from their collections conserved.Leon kept his distance from the crowd.Six years ago, I was used to standing behind him at every Vistari party.Now, watching me from a distance, he finally understood. I'd built a whole life, and I didn't need him in it.Samuel was there, too, but he didn't hover. He knew I didn't need someone keeping everyone else away from me.Near the end of the evening, Leon finally came over. He'd lost weight, and the dark circles under his eyes made it clear he still wasn't sleeping.I'd heard how badly he'd been doing since I left. He drank day and night and neglected the family business. The board had reprimanded him several times. Samuel had even taken the East Harbor docks from him.After a long silence, he asked hoarsely, "If I'd saved you first that day, would things be
He Chose His Ex, I Married His Rival Chapter 7
When Leon reopened the investigation, everything Catherine had done quickly came out.She'd copied Isabella's access credentials and leaked the North Harbor route. After Marianne confessed, Catherine had arranged for the whip to be switched to silence the only person who might retract her confession.On the day of the cremation, she hadn't had a panic attack at all. She'd deliberately called Leon away from Isabella.When the evidence was presented to the council, Catherine clutched her chest as she always did and said she couldn't breathe.Before, that look would have brought Leon straight to her side.This time, no one paid her any attention. No one stopped the meeting because she was frightened.Catherine panicked. Crying, she said she'd only done it because she loved Leon too much. Then she said none of it would have happened if it hadn't been for Isabella.But this time, no one gave in.That day, Leon revoked all her privileges within the family. He also stripped her of the trust b
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After Isabella left, Leon didn't return to his bedroom all night.He sat alone in the east wing, staring at the empty room. He kept picturing her at her conservation bench, and each time, the pain hit him all over again.At the Vistari family meeting the next day, a manager held up an old harbor agreement. "Don, should we have Ms. Bennett look at this first, as usual?"Without thinking, Leon said, "Have her—"He stopped midsentence.The room went quiet. The manager spoke softly. "I'm sorry, Don. I forgot for a moment. Ms. Bennett has left the estate."Leon stared at the agreement, feeling hollow inside.Six years earlier, he'd won the South Harbor warehouses back from his uncle because Isabella had spent three straight nights restoring a water-damaged deed.Between its layers, she'd found the inheritance clause every lawyer had missed. She'd helped him reclaim his most important property.Later, someone had tried to fool him with a forged 100-year-old contract. Isabella had noticed tha
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Samuel surveyed the entrance as he got out. Bodyguards from both families crowded around the gates of the Vistari estate."Well. Six years, and this is the welcome I get?" Then he looked straight at me. "Isabella. Still beautiful, but you look so frail. Is this how Leon's been taking care of you?"Leon glared at him. "Who invited you? You're not welcome here. Get him out."I stepped up beside Samuel. "Don't you dare. I invited him."Six years ago, they'd nearly come to blows over me at a party. Six years later, they were facing each other over me again."If it weren't for Isabella, I wouldn't come here even if you begged me." Samuel gave a dismissive laugh, then turned to me. "Your things are packed. Go ahead and get in the car."Leon caught my hand. "She's my girlfriend. She's not going anywhere with you.""Let go. We're over."Samuel pried Leon's hand off mine and stepped between us. "She said she's coming with me. Are you deaf?"Leon glared at him. "This is between us. Stay out of i
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That day, I sent Samuel a message."Does our marriage agreement still stand?"He replied almost immediately. "Congratulations, Isabella. You've made the right choice."Leon dealt with whoever had switched the whip. He told me he'd arrange Marianne's cremation and funeral himself. He'd be there with me to say goodbye.I didn't refuse.Marianne had died in my place. All I could do now was give her a dignified farewell.But then Catherine called, crying. "Leon, watching her get whipped triggered another panic attack. I'm so scared. Will you come stay with me?"He looked at me, torn. "Go ahead without me. I'll come as soon as I've dealt with this." Once again, he left me for Catherine.I was eerily calm. After enough disappointments, even the pain went quiet.Shortly after the cremation paperwork was completed, a staff member came over and told me there'd been a mix-up with the body's ID number.Another family had collected Marianne's urn. They'd left two hours earlier to scatter the ashes
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