From Discarded Wife To Billionaire's Queen
It only took a moment to burn everything down.
For five years, Isla Merrick played the part—soft-spoken wife, graceful hostess, quiet shadow to Callum Braxton’s powerful presence. She became what the world expected: dutiful, polished, harmless.
Then came his cold declaration: “Let’s get divorced.”
No emotion. No explanation. Just a clean cut—like a business deal.
But Callum never knew she had been waiting for that moment. Planning for it. Beneath the composed surface, Isla had been sharpening the edges he once dulled. Because Isla Merrick had a past—and it wasn’t the scandal the tabloids spun. It was deeper. Sharper.
Before she was Mrs. Braxton, she trained at Summerdell—an el