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Chapter 7-- Lost and Broken

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Isabella's POV

I raised my head obediently, almost afraid to move. I felt like I was a child again, caught doing something wrong. His eyes were cold and piercing. He looked at me with a faint knowing smile tugging at the corner of his lips.

“Now you understand,” he said quietly, like he was teaching me a lesson. “That having too much ego and pride hurts a lot.”

Those words sank deeper than I wanted to admit. Not because he was right, but because he wanted to prove to me that he's in control. He leaned back slightly with that devilish calm that never leaves his face.

“Now get up and get out,” he said coldly.

I just stared at him, my eyes burning with something more than angry. I gently pushed myself up from the floor. My knees were trembling, and the tears burned trails down my skin.

“You think you’ve won, don’t you?” the words came out before I could stop them. I could taste anger, and something bitter that had nothing to do with tears.

“You think money and power give you the rig
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