~ Austin POV ~The newspaper hits the marble floor of the Walton penthouse with a sound like breaking glass. My hands shake as I stare at the headline screaming across the front page: "WALTON TWINS BEWITCHED BY CON ARTIST: Gallery Curator's Criminal Past Exposed."Isabella's photo stares back at me from beneath the headline, and everything inside me goes cold."Austin." Alex's voice cuts through the morning silence, sharp and dangerous. "We need to talk."I can't look at him. Can't process the words swimming across the page. Forgery. Fraud. Destroyed her father's gallery. Twenty million dollars. Criminal investigation."This is bullshit." The words scrape out of my throat. "All of it. She wouldn't... she couldn't...""Read it again." Alex's footsteps echo across the marble as he moves closer. "All of it, Austin. Every damn word."But I can't. Because even though I know Isabella, even though I've seen her passion for art, her integrity, her gentle heart that wouldn't hurt anyone... the
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