When Ethan and Isabella got divorced, he handed the villa over to her without a second thought. Natalie tried to stop him, but it was no use. Ethan just brushed her off, completely convinced he owed Isabella for everything, and figured the least he could do was make it up to her with money and property.
Natalie was beside herself. She was angry, jealous, honestly losing her mind with envy, but there wasn’t a single thing she could do about any of it.
“So what?” Isabella said. “You’re not welcome here, Natalie. I didn’t ask you to come, and you just showed up anyway. I’m sure even you can tell you’re not wanted.”
Isabella stretched out on her bed, scrolling distractedly on her phone. “You know, if you don’t actually want to ask me anything, then let’s not waste time. I don’t have the energy for this. I’m hanging up.”
“Isabella! Don’t hang up! I’m asking you, what happened to Ethan?”
So that was it. Natalie was worried about Ethan.
Isabella almost laughed. “What happened to Ethan? Why are you asking me? Who am I to him, really? I’m just his ex-wife, the one he didn’t even love. Is it my job to know what’s going on with him? You’re supposed to be the woman he cares about most. And yet, you’re asking me?”
That one landed hard. Natalie’s face went dark with anger.
The truth was, Ethan had gotten hurt, but the Adams family had kept everything tightly under wraps. It hadn’t happened in Cabinda, so hiding it hadn’t been hard. As far as anyone knew, Ethan was just away on a business trip, and sometimes those take a little longer than planned.
But Natalie wasn’t buying it. Not after those two viral scandals that blew up a week ago.

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