Chapter 5 â The Mansion No Longer Belonged to Her

By sunset...
moving trucks stood outside the Vance estate.
Luxury dresses disappeared into storage boxes.
Paintings came off the walls.
Jewelry inventories were recorded.
Every account bearing Isabella's name had been frozen pending the divorce proceedings.
She stormed into Julian's study.
"You'd destroy everything over a stranger?"
Julian slowly looked up.
"A stranger?"
He shook his head.
"The stranger was the woman who shared my home for fifteen years."
"You never even noticed the person serving your breakfast."
"You never learned Maya's birthday."
"You never asked where she came from."
"You only cared whether your coffee was hot enough."
May you like
For the first time in years...
Isabella had no answer.