Chapter 279

Getting married had to be quick and clean. Honestly, I was just so done with Ronald Wright. Deep down, I had this nagging feeling he wouldn’t take it lying down. If he found out I was tying the knot with Jordan Bryant, I couldn’t rule out the chance of him stirring things up. And if that happened, it wouldn’t just be awkward for me—it’d be a mess for everyone involved. So I figured, better to keep things quiet and hit fast. He leaves the country, I get married. He comes back, I’m gone. Best if we just miss each other forever. Jordan didn’t say no—he just gave me a reassuring look and said, “You just focus on being Mrs. Bryant. Let me handle the rest.” With him backing me up, I finally felt a bit grounded. I was about to call Emma Lewis to fill her in on the wedding stuff, but then her call came through first, and she sounded thrilled. “Isabella! They caught the guy who scammed my dad—he’s in custody now! Technically it’s fraud, but since he didn’t actually get any money from my dad, th