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CHAPTER 51: Trust Issues

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last update publish date: 2026-03-01 19:14:02

Isabella

Isabella stood in the penthouse bedroom at three in the morning, staring at the photo on Dante's phone that showed her father's loan documents. The true debt. The paid-in-full stamp. The evidence that everything she'd believed about how this marriage started was built on lies.

"Isabella," Dante said from behind her, his voice careful. "Let me explain….."

"Explain what?" She turned to face him, rage and betrayal warring in her chest. "That you've been lying to me for seven months? That
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