At the moment Ethan left the hospital, Isabella's eyes were filled with desperation, reflecting her sense of urgency. However, she knew it wasn't the appropriate time to spring into action and fulfill Ethan's wishes. Instead, she needed to return to the postoperative room and check on her parents once again.Upon entering the postoperative room, Isabella found Victorial already awake, but the same couldn't be said for Alexander. Despite her mother's wakefulness, Victorial's eyes still radiated weariness, indicating her exhaustion and unwillingness to engage in conversation. Isabella empathized with her mother, knowing the immense challenges she had endured. She sat down on her mother's bed, gently placing her palm over Victorial's, seeking comfort in their connection.The room remained enveloped in silence, except for the rhythmic beeping of the monitor tracking Alexander's heart rate. Just then, the doctor entered the room, locking eyes with Victorial, who was fully awake, and glanci
The security guard revved the engine with such force that smoke billowed from the car's tires, enveloping the surroundings like an ominous cloud of uncertainty."Fasten your seat belt. This should be interesting," the security guard warned, and immediately, the car tires screeched, spinning like a whirling tornado.At that instant, the reporters who had been knocking on the car and demanding an audience quickly retreated, avoiding the risk of being hit as they watched the car speed away like frightened deer fleeing from an oncoming predator. The screeching tires echoed like a siren, piercing the air with urgency as the car accelerated with the force of a bullet leaving the barrel of a gun. The car shook violently, struggling to maintain control and swerving from side to side."Hold on!" the security guard screamed, his voice barely audible over the chaos. He knew that speaking softly would be futile.The car danced from left to right, teetering on the edge of a wild somersault if caut
Suddenly, Isabella heard a beep on her phone while she was still engrossed in scrolling through her social media accounts, drawn to it like a magnet to metal, unable to resist its allure. When she viewed the notification, she noticed that it wasn't from her other social media accounts or an instant messaging app but from YouTube.This was an unusual notification for her since she had never received personal notifications on this app before, except for updates about her favorite shows. Being tagged in a live video was something she didn't experience every day, and so she pressed her finger on the notification button, and her phone opened up like a sinner confessing all her sins to a priest."Quiet!" Isabella yelled at Sophia, who was still weeping like a frightened child caught in a storm, distracting her from listening to the video she had just played."You fool, how dare you betray the hand that has fed you?" She exclaimed under her breath, her eyes fixed on her phone screen like a h
"How did you do it?" Davis asked in wonder, his mouth agape like a child beholding something fascinating for the first time. He hadn't expected the reporters to back off so easily, yet they did, and Isabella got into the car.Still, Isabella didn't answer Davis' question. Her responses were conveyed through a smug smirk that played gently on her cheek like traffic lights. And to Sophia, who looked at her in this very moment, Isabella seemed to remain seething with vexation, akin to African bean cakes dropped into hot oil."Let's go," Isabella suddenly voiced, and like an obedient servant obeying his master, Davis gently placed his finger on his car's start button. Immediately, like a lioness roaring in the jungle, the car came to life again.As he turned the car wheels to the right and gently pressed his foot on the pedal, guiding the car out of the park and toward the beach house gate, where the security personnel had already created a path, Davis glanced at the car's rearview mirror
Having waited for far too long, Davis was still answering the reporters' different questions like a parrot whose beak had been poked and couldn't stop squawking. At this point, Isabella could no longer take it, as she saw it as total bullsh*t. She wondered about the questions and answers Davis had given to the reporters, and she knew it was time to bail him out and escape the relentless questioning lest he say something they would regret forever.Like an angry queen of doom roaring at her subjects, Isabella stepped out of the car and hurried towards the reporters, who also rushed towards her as they saw her coming to them.As they both reached each other and the cameramen were behind the female reporter, before Isabella could say anything, the female reporter thrust her microphone into Isabella's mouth and another mic into her own as she asked,"Ms. Isabella Rosewood, Mr. Davis John said your father is a thief who masterminded the whole diversion of the company's funds to his own pers
As Isabella firmly and tightly held Sophia's hand like a vice grip, Sophia couldn't even let go and could only express her pain through her silent wincing. After then, they walked through the beach house gate, and all the security guards inside bowed to Isabella like loyal servants bowing to their master.Upon entering the beach house, Isabella opened the door with her fingerprint and let Sophia step in first before following her."Hey Sophia, hey Isabella, to whom do I owe the pleasure of your visit? Tell me, how can I celebrate your grand appearance in my big house, and what help can I render to you?" Alexa said it excitedly, but Isabella wasn't in the right mood to deal with her. so she just ignored it.Still holding Sophia's hand too tightly, Isabella quickly glanced around the living room, searching for the A. I remote-control like a detective at a crime scene. However, she couldn't find it before Alexa voiced it again."I don't know why you hate me so much, Isabella. What have I
"Go away, you! Like father, like daughter You never liked me, and you won't, so stop the act and just go park your belongings. I am taking you to Ethan. He is who you want anyway," Isabella retorted as she walked away from the control panel corner, as if all her strength had been drained.She then felt unremorseful about what or how she had spoken to Sophia. Even when Sophia grudgingly left the living room, looking like a child who had been forced out of a playground, Isabella wasn't bothered. Her main objective had been achieved: Alexa could no longer speak."Now, all that is left is for the stupid female reporter to leave, and I get to Eldridge to give the son of a b**ch these custodian rights to his daughter."She walked slowly and exhaustedly toward the home bar like a weary traveler nearing the end of a long and arduous journey. As she sat at the high table, she grabbed a bottle of alcoholic wine and a glass, pouring gently like a sommelier carefully serving a precious vintage.E
Like camera guys who zoomed their camera lenses on their subjects and captured their faces in very bold shots, Davis's face was zoomed in on the television. And It did not matter if he was in the car or not; his face was so bold, and every one of his expressions was carried on the news like a blazing comet streaking across the night sky.At this moment, tears flowed down his cheeks like the rivers of Jordan, and a moment later, he was seen beating the steering wheel with his palm. In the same manner, his face was all squeezed up like a child crying over a fallen ice cream as he continued to mutter words out of his teary mouth, which, however, were not audible on the television.Isabella attempted to sit more upright, trying her best to make sure she was balanced, but she could not. Her heavy eyes, hiccups, and lack of strength still controlled her, but that did not mean that she did not know what she was doing.At this moment, she gently dropped the bottle of wine from her hand and th