Under the sunlight, she performed peculiar shadow dances while humming an off–key tune: … lyrics…“*

Nathan observed Isabella’s antics, a hint of confusion surfacing in his eyes.

This wasn’t the Isabella he knew.

Stepping out of his car, Nathan strode toward her, his face dark with annoyance over the trouble she had caused.

“Bella, who let y This book had been added on your bookshelf. S haven’t even healed!” he reprimanded.

The moment Isabella saw him, she instinctively jumped a meter away, clutching her chest in a defensive gesture. Her startled expression and wary gaze filled Nathan with a sense of unease.

“Who are you?” she asked timidly.

“I’m your husband,” he replied impatiently.

But Isabella clearly didn’t believe him. She turned on her heel and bolted into the shop adorned with a skull motif.

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Nathan followed her with long strides.

Inside the shop, Isabella cowered behind the hypnotist, Ezekiel, peeking out cautiously with terror in her eyes.

Even Nathan, as dense as he could be, realized something was wrong. Isabella didn’t recognize him.

His hawk–like gaze sharpened as it landed on Ezekiel, cutting through the air like a blade. “What did you do to my wife?” he demanded coldly, his tone dark and foreboding.

At that moment, his only thought was that Ezekiel had drugged Isabella with hallucinogens or hurt her causing her mental

book had been added on your

contract toward Nathan. “Your wife contacted me two months

finally realized this was the globally renowned hypnotist people praised as nearly godlike. But

had signed, he noted how meticulously detailed it was, with clear terms and transparertt fees. Yet, the

birth, her father, and the existence of

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her Sis.

all traces of Nathan Hill

pain of

Isabella to love herself.

he processed the implications. His deep, calculating

disbelief. “You forged this, didn’t you? Isabella would never do

explained, “At first, Isabella only wanted to forget you. But after seeing my reasonable fees, she decided to add a few

“She did

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in his mind.

her hospital room, she had been sound asleep. He hadn’t thought much of it, leaving her room to

have been avoiding him, pretending to sleep. She had planned this for two months. She didn’t

inexplicable discomfort.

Nathan grew restless. Finally, he let out a wicked laugh. “Isabella, drop the act. No hypnotist is

go with him. He’s so mean to me. If I go with him, he’ll only hurt me. He won’t treat me well. Please, don’t hand me over to him.”

were the one who gave me his

my mind,” Isabella said tearfully.

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