Chapter 135

"Miss Waters, are you doing this or not?" The voice on the other end was getting impatient. Right now, Isabella regretted it so badly. She'd totally underestimated the situation, got careless, and let her guard down—which was how the guy figured out who she was. When she'd first gotten in touch with him, she was still a newbie in the industry—young and clueless. Back then, she didn't overthink things. They hadn't talked much in recent years, and since he never caused her trouble—actually even helped her out a few times—she let her guard drop. Now he knew exactly who she was, and she didn't dare piss him off, for fear he'd expose her. Playing along was the only option. Without Julian backing her anymore, if she wanted to come up against Victoria, she'd have to do it alone. Sure, fifty million was a lot, but she could've managed it. The issue was, her resources were about to dry up. She'd never saved much to begin with, and now it was likely she'd be burning cash with no way to make more