Chapter 0181

Chapter 0181

Ella POV

Before I even opened the message from Amanda, I called Alexander. My hands were trembling as I waited for the call to ring through, and relief washed over me when his face appeared on the screen.

“What’s wrong?” he asked immediately, his expression sharpening as he took in my obvious distress.

“I just got a text from Amanda,” I said, her name leaving a bitter taste in my mouth.

“What could she possibly have to say to you?” Alexander asked, his voice low with suspicion.

“I don’t know,” I admitted, my words tumbling out. “I haven’t actually looked yet. I guess I panicked and called you instead.”

“Good,” Alexander said firmly. “You shouldn’t be dealing with either of them without someone there with you.”

even know the full extent of what David and Amanda were capable of, but he understood enough to take my fears seriously. It was a comfort I desperately

now,” I said, tapping Amanda’s name

a picture,” I said, frowning as I examined

what?” Alexander asked.

clear. I zoomed in further, dread pooling in my stomach. “Your name is at the top, but

“It’s the appointment book for the wedding venue. They stole our venue, Alexander. And not just the venue–they took

serious?” he said, his frustration

here in the picture. Your name is crossed out, and David’s is written in. First they try to steal our date, now they take our venue too?”

clearly a mistake on the venue’s part,” Alexander said, his voice tightening with frustration but lacking the outrage I felt. “That’s a breach of contract.

said, “but that’s not the real issue. How could they have possibly known about this? This wasn’t public information.”

have found out that way and thrown some money around. He’s desperate to one–up us

shake the nagging feeling that there was more going on here. Frustration bubbled in my chest as I wrestled with whether this was my anxiety clouding my judgment

the look on your face that something else is bothering you. Is there more

head. “It doesn’t actually say anything. It’s just the picture. But why would she send this to me? I don’t understand.”

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