Chapter 291

Isabella Waters’ face had finally healed. But during her recovery she hadn’t exactly been lying low—thanks to Julian Hart pulling some strings, she’d been quietly keeping tabs on everything going down in Abyndale. And man, the drama. Victoria Ellis, Theodore Chambers, Lydia Bond, Alexander Ellis… all these big names tangled in messes that had people talking more than the latest celeb gossip. So when Isabella heard Lydia had tried to take down Victoria a couple of times and failed miserably, she sneered. What a joke. That woman’s all fluff and no bite—a rich girl playing at games way out of her league. And she actually thought she could steal Theodore away? Victoria looked all sweet and harmless on the surface, but Isabella wasn’t fooled for a second. Anyone who could have Theo wrapped around her little finger like that wasn’t just some innocent wallflower. And love? Please. That kind of stuff was just a scam in her book. No, Isabella hadn’t come back for some sad, doomed romance. She c