ISLA’S POVMy heart skipped a beat, and guilt filled every part of it as Dante looked down at the picture and then at me with empty eyes.Axel snatched the picture from Dante’s hands and took a closer look, making me feel more uncomfortable. What did he want to see aside from what was already there, a normal picture of me placing my hands across Dante’s neck while I posed with him, showcasing my engagement band?Instinctively, I placed a hand on my ring finger, and I saw Axel’s eyes catch my movement.Axel looked at me and frowned.“Why is there a picture of the two of you buried in the ashes, and how did you know about it?” he asked Dante, but he ignored him and then Axel started to strain his eyes and flipped the photo, and his demeanor changed immediately.“What is it?” I asked, my mind already weak with worry.“You have to see this,” he said, giving me the picture.I flipped it, and a gasp escaped my lips before Dante snatched the photo from my hand and started to read aloud.“You

ISLA'S POVMy world spun around and collapsed on my head as I raced back inside the house, desperate to understand what the hell had just happened.How did everything fall?I grabbed my phone, looking for someone to call, for anybody to listen to me as my mind played the voice of Dante screaming over and over again how this was my fault and how my mind betrayed me in believing it."Hello?" I said, my voice breaking as more tears streamed down my face."What happened?" Axel's voice came through from the speaker, and sobs raked my body."I'll be there," he said, my body already collapsing before he hung up.Almost simultaneously, my phone rang, and I hurriedly picked it up, my eyes catching a glimpse of the caller ID and seeing that it was unknown."Hello?" I asked, trying to mask the fact that I was crying before."Is this Ms. Isla?" A man's voice pushed through the speaker, and my body tensed."This is she," I replied, running at my eyes to still my tears."You have to come down to th

ISLA'S POV"But it couldn't be him. I mean, it could be him, but it couldn't be him," I said, trying not to sound hysterical.Axel raised an eyebrow, and I felt his question shake my core."Maybe if you had cameras?" He asked."It was wiped clean here," I said, shaking my head."And the cameras here? " Axel asked, and I gasped.That's right!I had cameras around my house and in my office. It was supposed to be for fun and formalities, but it was there.I rushed to the computer and started to type and click."What's going on?" Axel followed me."I don't keep the records in this computer. All the feeds go to the main office," I replied, and I could feel Axel's harsh look."That's not very bright. Videos of your house get sent to the office?" He raised a brow."Only videos of intrusion. The cameras are designed to be able to detect forceful activity and alert the police immediately, but regular day-to-day activities don't trigger the camera, and the files are kept in their mainframe that

ISLA’S POVThe following day was a bit of a twist, considering what happened last night.Axel was gone before I woke up, making me question several things. While the idea that Axel was on to something flicked through my mind, I knew my time here was over, so I dressed and drove to work.I didn’t bother to call Axel as I felt he had shown me his work here was done, and I knew my way back, so it was nothing to be sad about.I arrived at work, and I saw that the parts that were burned down at the office were already going into reconstruction. The insurance company had called me earlier to let me know that all damages fees had been paid and work would resume anytime, and I guess they weren’t far from the truth.“Ma’am!” I heard a familiar voice call out, and I tore my eyes away from the building undergoing work to look at who had called me.A smile crossed my lips as my faithful manager ran towards me at the entrance. He was so fond of doing things like that, and it almost reminded me of

ISLA’S POV“Tessa!” I exclaimed, but like before, she didn’t respond to me.She had been eating sandwiches for two days straight, and now, it was beyond surprise. It was worry.For the first time in my life, I decided to use force on Tessa and went to where the tray was. It baffled me that the tray never got empty, no matter how many times she consumed the food on it.And it wasn’t just her. It was Tristan, too. But Tristan sometimes gave me a look before going back to munch on the food.I grabbed the tray and started to walk away when Tessa began to grumble, making me realize she had not said a single word to me.Before I knew it, she grabbed my leg and started to drag on my fabric while I struggled to hold the tray steady.“Tessa!” I shouted again and tried to get her away from me, but she was relentless as she began to cry.“Tessa! What’s the matter with you?” I asked her harshly, but she didn’t stop what she was doing until she climbed my leg and used my fabric to latch herself, a