All Chapters of THE WOMAN HE COULDN’T BURY: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

“Your daughter is already conspiring against me,” Isabella Laurent complained, catching Alejandro’s hand as their unborn baby kicked beneath her nightdress. “Feel that? She waits until you touch my stomach before she starts showing off, and you still have the audacity to claim she loves you more.”Alejandro laughed, pressing his palm against her belly. “Perhaps she recognises superior intelligence, Isabella. I would advise you not to take it personally.”“Superior intelligence?” Isabella lifted her head from his shoulder. “You spent twenty minutes yesterday trying to assemble a cradle that came with instructions, and you want to discuss intelligence with me?”“That cradle was defective,” Alejandro protested.“The instructions were upside down,” Isabella reminded him.He pulled her against him, laughing as she tried to escape his embrace. “Keep mocking me, sweetheart. When our daughter arrives, I will teach her everything I know, and you will have two people in this house who refuse to

At six that evening, Isabella received a message from Alejandro while reviewing the financial records he had promised to explain.Meet me at the old estate outside Madrid at eight. I want us to settle this without lawyers or anyone else interfering in our marriage.Isabella immediately called him.“Why the estate?” Isabella asked. “You have an office and a house with enough rooms to accommodate half of Madrid. Why do we need to drive outside the city to discuss money?”“I want somewhere quiet,” Alejandro replied. “Every conversation we have lately turns into an argument, and I would rather explain everything without people watching us.”“You could have explained everything in your office this morning,” Isabella pointed out.“I know, and I should have handled things differently,” Alejandro admitted. “Please give me one evening to put things right.”Isabella rested a hand over her six-month-pregnant stomach. She wanted to believe her husband, although the documents on her desk offered l

Lucía could not bring herself to answer.Instead, she switched on the television mounted across the room, hoping the news might reveal whether the police had identified the vehicle involved in the crash.The first report that appeared made Isabella forget her pain.A photograph of her wedding filled the screen. Alejandro stood beside her in his immaculate suit, smiling as she held his arm. Beneath the image, a news banner announced that the businessman's pregnant wife remained missing following a suspected road accident outside Madrid.The presenter continued speaking.“Authorities have confirmed that the vehicle registered to Isabella Laurent was found badly damaged after leaving the highway,” the presenter reported. “Rescue teams have not yet recovered the missing woman's body, and investigators have not ruled out foul play.”Isabella stared at the screen, her mouth slightly open.Then Alejandro appeared in front of a crowd of reporters.He wore a black suit, and his expression was