Chapter 143. Risked and Ready

Isabel’s POV

It’s been two weeks since the fall.

Two weeks since I cornered Cynthia and made it painfully clear just how much she stands to lose if she ever dares to come for me again. I didn’t need to raise my voice. Just facts, laid bare like knives on silk. I showed her the cracks in her perfect little world—one by one. Her reputation? Hanging by a thread. Her false sense of security in that house? Dismantled. Her place in the industry? Already slipping through her manicured fingers.

And that was just the beginning.

Because losing her foundation is only the first drop on the rollercoaster I’ve strapped her into.

Next comes the descent.

I’m going to make her stay at the King’s mansion a living hell. A place so cold, so hostile, even the walls will re