Chapter 56

"What the hell is Isabelle up to now?" She rushed over and pushed the door wide open. And there it was—Isabelle crumpled on the floor, and Edward was beating her like a madman. Stella froze for a second. What the hell were these two doing together? Then she snapped back and shouted, "What are you doing?!" Edward jerked to a stop the moment he heard her voice, whipping his head around to the doorway. For a moment, panic flickered across his face, then it twisted into something darker. Isabelle looked up too, her face streaked with tears, hair messy like she'd just crawled out of a nightmare. Why the hell would Stella show up here? "Stella, she was trying to come on to me," Edward said quickly. Stella ignored him and walked straight to Isabelle. "Why's he hitting you?" Yeah, as if she's buying Edward's BS. If she remembered correctly, the Hart Group had a major bid coming up. Someone had tried to sneak a peek at confidential files not long ago and got busted. But the mastermind? Still MI