Isabella barely slept that night. Every time her eyes fluttered shut, the same image haunted her — the photographs. That frozen, merciless capture of her face beside a stranger’s, painted across every tabloid headline like some twisted work of art. A betrayal she never committed, immortalized in glossy print for the entire world to consume.When dawn crept into the room, she did not feel its warmth. She felt only the weight of it, the suffocating truth that nothing would ever be the same again. The city outside roared to life, but to her, every sound felt sharper, mocking, as if the world itself was reminding her of her new scarlet letter.She dressed in silence, pulling on her blouse with trembling fingers. Even the fabric seemed to resist her, clinging uncomfortably to her skin. She could not shake the sense that eyes were already on her, that every window, every passerby, every newsstand was whispering the same thing.By the time she stepped into the lobby, she felt the change. It
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