After the Secret Wedding Rise of My Queen

Chapter 217 Max Breaks Into Kaleb's Home

When Isabel received Kaleb's call, Xander was still by her side.

To prevent any misunderstandings, Isabel immediately hung up without thinking twice.

"Who was it?" Xander glanced at her phone, his gaze darkening slightly.

"Oh, just a call from the telecommunication customer service hotline. They've been bugging me since yesterday about upgrading my plan. They must be trying to hit their targets at the end of the year," Isabel replied and shoved her phone into her pocket. Then, she swiftly changed the subject. "What do you want for dinner? I'll cook."

Xander's eyes lingered on her pocket, clearly not fully convinced.

"I'm serious! I'm not lying to you," Isabel declared, pulling out her phone to show him the call log.

Sure enough, the last call was from a customer service hotline just as she had said.

This wasn't the first time Isabel had dealt with this. Twice before, Kaleb's calls had caused major arguments between her and Xander.

To avoid a repeat, she had smartly saved Kaleb's name as a random customer service hotline number.

She silently patted herself on the back for her foresight.

Xander, finally satisfied, withdrew his suspicious gaze from her pocket.

"We'll eat out tonight. I've already reserved a place."

"Alright, I'll head upstairs to get ready," Isabel said.

Meanwhile, Kaleb stared blankly at his phone.

Why didn't she answer my call?

Does she hate me so much now that she wouldn't even answer my calls?

He exhaled a frustrated sigh, pressing his fingers against his temples.

For the longest time, Kaleb had assumed Isabel's indifference was just an act to play hard to get. But after everything that had happened recently, he felt her growing further and further away.

"Isabel truly has no feelings for me anymore?" he murmured to himself.

as the thought crossed his mind, a message from

face lit

it she couldn't possibly feel anything for

he opened the message, only for his

me! What if my husband

widened in

for a solid minute before he snapped out of

not again!" Isabel

before, but he would use different numbers every time she

felt pointless, so

you want now?" she snapped

tell me, what exactly happened between you and

I pushed her a few times. But only because she deserved it! My friend's pregnant and her belly's already showing. After just a little argument, Eva tried to trip her. If I hadn't acted quickly, my friend could've lost her baby and her life. So yeah,

Kaleb was stunned.

attacked a

hadn't Eva or Mom

told me Isabel had hit Eva, but

all made

was truly out

incident, where Eva had tried

Kaleb's thoughts spiraled.

incident came to mind. This wasn't the first time Eva had done something like

reflected on past events, he thought about

the sweet, kind person she used to be, countless accusations had

fallen into

those incidents were anything like the recent hospital stunt, had I been wrong about Isabel all along? If so, it was no wonder she'd become

was pushed to

But...

the other things had nothing to do with her? I can't risk falsely accusing Eva and breaking her heart. His thoughts tangled further,

please open the door, will you?" Eva's voice sounded

chose Eva because of

and

cracked open, Eva threw herself

live without you!" Eva cried her heart out pitifully as her tears soaked the