As soon as they finished whispering to each other, Alexander's stomach began to make sounds. This was evidence of his hungry stomach, like a beggar on the street who hardly gets enough food to satisfy himself.Isabella, on the other hand, heard this and realized that her father was hungry yet refused to dig into the food first.When Alexander saw that his stomach had given him away, he crafted a silly smile on his face, similar to a mischievous wink from a guilty secret.Even so, Isabella said nothing. The only thing she did was gently pick up the fork and knife beside the food and dig in.When she took a bite of the food, she looked at her father, expecting that he would have already done the same. However, she was disappointed because Alexander only stared at her like a statue, lacking the ability to move even an inch.But slowly and eventually, his eyebrows lifted in a way that he expected a response from Isabella, which Isabella failed to understand, similar to a difficult equatio
As Isabella slipped back into her car, she let out a deep sigh and continued to observe the people eating and talking at the FlavourFusion Bistro restaurant. She then marveled at the fact that her disguise had worked perfectly and that no one was able to recognize her."I will keep this scarf and use it whenever there are many people around," she said. Hence, she slowly glanced at the trunk in her car, then stretched her hand towards it and opened it. Inside, she saw her gun.Slowly, once more, she reached into the trunk and picked up the gun. She examined it closely, like a watch repairer inspecting a faulty watch, and pulled the safety off as if she wanted to aim at someone right from her car."This is how they do it in the movies," she said, immediately pointing it at a rearview mirror from inside the car, closing one eye while keeping the other one open."Bang," she whispered, bringing the gun close to her eyes again and examining it once more."You should not be doing this in pub
"It's weird how Ethan got to find out when you created a fake alert deposit to the Woodmark Central Company, Eldridge Financial Department. But you have not answered my question; you only told me about the event that happened. So, what wrong information did you give my father, Alexa?""Yes, Isabella, I have not indeed told you the wrong information I gave Master Alexander. I was just about to get there," Alexa said."Alright, speak up already," Isabella said immediately."Yes, I will, Isabella. But wait a second more. I am trying to acquire the date," Alexa said at once, continuing."On the 12th of October 1996, Master Alexander wanted to intercept the cash flow from one of Woodmark Industries' branches in Harmonia City to the headquarters' financial department. As always, he used me to intercept the cash flow. This was also Master Alexander's first time wanting to intercept profit from other branches and siphon it to his private accounts. But I failed. The system the other branch use
The video played on the screen was of the time Davis John stepped out of the beach house and helped move Alexander and Victorial, who were unconscious, into the ambulance with the paramedics. Also, the video visibly captured Davis’ eyes nodding at Isabella, who was already in the ambulance. Hence, the video was taken away and returned to the interview."So, do you still say you do not know any Davis John, Mrs. Victorial Sinclair?" the journalist asked."I do not understand. Did you bring me here on air to interrogate me? You can see very clearly from the video that my ex-husband and I were being moved into the ambulance on stretchers. We were unconscious and do not know anything that happened around us. Who knows how long we were unconscious for? I have never seen him in my house before, and this revelation of him being in my house is just very shocking to me right now," Victorial yelled."I apologize, Mrs. Victorial Sinclair. It was never our intention to vex you. We just wanted clar
If Isabella knew how she felt after watching the interview, it was a lie. She did not know whether she should hate her mother for betraying her father so quickly or if she should try to understand it from her mother’s point of view and let it slide.But just like her father had said at the restaurant earlier, this was a matter for later; they would come back to discuss it as a family. Their main focus right now should be nothing else but Ethan Mark being roasted like a chicken.As Isabella approached Eldridge, she couldn't believe what had just happened on the road. There had never been a time when the road was blocked by the police or road maintenance crews. However, the road was suddenly blocked, and she wondered why.While she parked her car a short distance away from the obstruction, she looked around and noticed that the road was in perfect condition, making her wonder even more why it was blocked.In her line of sight, there was a sturdy van that prevented her sleek car from pas
However, that wasn't all Alexa said at that moment. "I can teach you how to jump-start a car, Isabella. But even if I do that, I don't know how you'll move this van off the road. Unless I tell you what to do and you do it, regardless of the damage you might cause to the van,""Do I look like I care about this van? If damaging it gets it off the road, then so be it. Tell me how to jump-start this van, and I can head to Eldridge. Remember, I'm running out of time," Isabella said."Alright, Isabella. I'll teach you. So, listen carefully. The first thing you want to do is...""Get out of the van right now, Isabella. Get out!" Alexa suddenly cautioned But Isabella wondered what had suddenly happened and asked,"What's happening, Alexa? Why are you suddenly telling me to get out of this van?""If I tell you to get out, get out. Don't ask questions. You can ask later. Get the heck out of that van now and run!" Alexa warned. However, if it wasn't too late for Isabella, it was a lie. Before sh
Even so, Isabella didn't allow the fear gripping her neck at this moment to become apparent to Elara like a carefully concealed secret under a mask of composure.When she heard Elara say that she was ready to pull the trigger on her, Isabella stopped smirking and maintained a straight face.Within her, her heart pounded in panic like African drums in the jungle, her bound legs shook like earthquakes, and her tied hands grew sweaty like rainfall on earth.Nevertheless, if Elara noticed any of this, it was a lie. And at that moment, she pulled her chair closer to Isabella, pressed the pistol against Isabella's head, and had her skin kiss it."Let’s play a game," Elara said, taking a deep breath as if struggling to breathe, and continued, "If you're a good girl and follow my rules, maybe I'll end your life with less pain. But if you make me angry, I'll make your death slow, and you know what they say about slow deaths, right?""What do they say about slow death?" Isabella asked, fixing h
At once, after Elara hit Isabella on the face, she said nothing more but walked towards the table where Isabella could see her fancy bag. Without understanding what Elara was up to, Isabella observed how she placed her pistol on the table.Hence, Elara moved to the other side of the table, where Isabella couldn't see her face, unlike the back of her head that Isabella saw as Elara walked to the table before.Now, Elara remained silent, focusing solely on the table. Her hands were busily arranging items that Isabella couldn't see, as the table was too high for her to properly observe unless she stood up.Even when she attempted to stand upright and get a better view of what Elara might be doing on the table, she couldn't due to the way her legs were tied together, restricting her body's movement.No matter how deeply she pondered and how far her thoughts traveled about Elara's actions, she couldn't reach a conclusion. Yet Elara continued to remain silent. However, at this moment, a smi