"Did you just say I have a peacock’s mouth?” Isabella asked, her voice wrapped in her heavy breath, as if she had just finished lifting heavy weights.Hearing how Isabella sounded, Alexa pleaded, "I apologize for everything I said, Isabella. It's just that I want us to be great partners once again. Can we put every one of our disagreements behind us, please?”“How dare you try to compare me with you? I have never done anything bad to those who have never offended me. Ex-reporter Elara made me and my family a laughing stock on national TV, and through your help, I was able to get her fired. Ethan ridiculed my father and made him a common staff member, and I decided I wanted his wealth for myself. Is that so bad? I thought you were on my side."“I am on your side, Isabella, and more than anyone else, I want Ethan Mark to pay for what he did to Master Alexander. I promise,” Alexa said.“Then why did you do what you did? I am not a monster who feeds on the poor's money. These people are s

"The information you gave me is more than enough, Alexa. Thank you," Isabella said suddenly, still viewing Ethan's mansion through the microscope in her eyes.Isabella appreciated Alexa's effort, and Alexa was more than curious to find out why Isabella had asked for the time the security guards changed their shift."Isabella, I am still waiting for you to tell me why you asked for the time the guards change their shifts.""Heh-heh," chuckling gently like a babbling brook, Isabella shifted the lens of the microscope away from her eyes and turned to look into the hotel room as if she wanted to see Alexa in her eyes. Wiping the back of her hand on her nose gently, like a butterfly landing on a flower petal, she began to speak."To know the time the security guards take their shift is not a big deal for me, but it is for my father's hired men," Isabella said, then continued."If today our plan becomes successful and I manage to win that fortunate pauper with my fake love, in a month or tw

"What? What the f**k just happened here?" Isabella exclaimed loudly once again, like a thunderclap breaking the silence of a calm night."What do you mean, 'What the f**k just happened here?'" Alexa asked almost immediately, like a detective probing for answers in the aftermath of a mysterious crime scene."The f**king doctor just f**king shot himself, for what?" Isabella exclaimed."This is not the reason why I showed you this footage, Isabella. Did you get the message I tried to convey to you through this footage?" Alexa asked like a teacher, patiently seeking understanding from a perplexed student."What is there not to understand, Alexa? What is there? The doctor just f**king shot himself because the captain asked him to do it." Isabella exclaimed again, like someone trying to make sense of an absurd and incomprehensible situation."Tell me this is a movie and not something that happened," Isabella asked, as if hoping for a twist of reality into fiction."No, this footage is not

"Nobody ever knows this, but I will tell you so that you will understand why I chose the gift strategy to use on Ethan Mark," Isabella said and continued."When Ethan and I were newly married, I had three friends who were daughters of rich men too: Debra, Lucy, and Betty. Each night, we met at the Opulent Elegance, an expensive restaurant that only the wealthy could afford.""Every night, when we went to this restaurant to have some girls' time, Ethan was always at work, toiling away so that we could have something to eat the next day.""Wait! I have a question," Alexa interrupted."Go ahead, Alexa," Isabella said."You said you and your three friends went to Opulent Elegance every night, and this place is an expensive restaurant that only the rich can afford. But at the point when you eloped with Ethan against Master Alexander's wishes, I was the one Master Alexander used to place a restriction on all your accounts, preventing you from accessing money, and you were only allowed to re

"Alright then, if you say so, let's give it a try," Alexa said."Great. The other time, you said Ethan was going to a board meeting in one hour. How many minutes are remaining for him to go now?" Isabella asked immediately."Isabella, though we spoke at length, we haven't spent up to twenty minutes. We only spoke for a minute, and if you are fast enough, you can still catch up with Ethan in 45 minutes.""Great!" Isabella sounded.Hence, at this moment, she sprang into the bath. In about ten minutes, she was done and delved into one of the clothes in the closet."I can see that you are now rushing, Isabella," Alexa's voice said at this moment."Of course I am. Could you help me calculate the total amount of time I spent in the bath?""Certainly, I can do that, Isabella. You spent a total of ten minutes and 12 seconds in the bath and exactly two minutes dressing up. Your makeup took a total of 9 minutes and 30 seconds, and you have 23 minutes and 18 seconds more to see Ethan before he h