Goodbye Cheater Hello CEO’s Wife by Payne Walter

4.Chapter 4 Conspiracy

“What are you still standing around for? Quick, get her to the hospital. The child’s safety comes first,” Lorelai said urgently, placing her future grandchild’s well-being above all else.

Clayton covered his mouth and stifled a chuckle. “Even in this situation, you still want your daughter to marry into a family like this, Mr. Ingram? What exactly do you hope to gain from the Winslow family?”

His words caused a visible shift in everyone’s expression.

Meanwhile, Nathan’s expression was grim.

Marrying Isabella to Zachary was a strategic move for both families. However, if Clayton was willing to wed Isabella, he would become Nathan’s son-in-law, with Rayson International as Nathan’s backing.

The value of one hundred Avid Ventures Real Estate paled in comparison to Rayson International. In the face of years of friendship and mutual benefits, Nathan was torn between loyalty and opportunity. He was a businessman, and he knew what he wanted.

Clayton saw the calculative glint in Nathan’s eyes, turned to Isabella, and softly inquired, “Shall we go?”

Isabella tore her eyes away from Zachary and Scarlett, nodding gently.

She visited the graves of her granddad and mother, George and Irina Sorenson, tenderly wiping their photos clean with a tissue.

“I’m sorry, Granddad, Mom. Zachary and I are no longer together. Our marriage won’t be happening,” she murmured.

Caressing Irina’s photo on the tombstone, she couldn’t control her tears. “I’ve tried to heed your advice, Mom, enduring everything. But now, I’m at my wit’s end. I’m only 22 years old, still too young to take over the company with my current ability,” she confessed.

“I thought things would be fine once I got married, but now…” Isabella muffled her sobs with her hand, her body trembling as she knelt before the tombstone, curled into a small ball of grief.

up in a home that no longer felt like hers was a constant struggle, yet she clung to the hope that marrying Zachary would bring her freedom. She

was overjoyed. They had planned to get married after her university graduation the following year, and once that happened, she’d finally be

union arranged by George and Irina must be the best course. After all, Zachary was the guardian

had been her constant companion, treating her with

when Isabella was just eight years old, followed by Irina when Isabella turned ten, enveloping her world in hues

Zachary left

let him go, fearful of losing the sole connection she had left

promise as he held her hand and said, “Isabella, wait for me. I will come back and marry you when I’m grown up.” Those words echoed constantly in her

brief annual reunions,

she clung to the belief that everything would be fine

Zachary had been Isabella’s primary motivation and ultimate goal throughout those

into her existence,

she suffered from hunger, whenever

of would never materialize. The envisioned future dissolved, leaving behind a shattered world. Isabella felt as though her heart had been torn from her chest, leaving behind

“Granddad, Mom, from now on, I’ll live for myself. I’ll do my best to not let you down.” Despite the pain,

sun had already descended below

of the vehicle, Clayton opened the passenger seat

back in the car and glanced at Isabella. Her eyes and nose were red, and she looked exhausted. “Let’s find a place for you