Mr. Villain's Lovely Wife

Chapter 8

“You want me to cut all financial support to Miss Amalia and her laughter?” Lawyer Maria Alcaraz raised an eyebrow, studying Izzy carefully. “Everything!”

“Yes, “Trzy answered, her voice cold. She knew that finances had the potential to complicate everything if not handled swiftly. This was the first task on her packed schedule, and hesitation was a luxury she couldn’t afford

With that in mind, she immediately reached out to Maria, her late grandfather’s trusted lawyer and the executor of his will, to arrange a meeting before she could start executing her plans step by step. Each move needed to be precise, deliberate, and impeccably timed if she wanted everything to fall into place without a hitch.

Maria leaned back, folding her hands on the desk. “Just to be clear, we’re talking about canceling all the credit cards under Your Accounts as well?”

Izzy nodded. “Supplementary cards, yes. Let’s start with credit cards. But keep the deposits going into their bank accounts for now. I need copies of my credit report. I don’t want them touching my credit anymore.”

Maria jotted down a quick note on the pad in front of her, then looked up, her gaze serious. “Canceling the credit cards is straightforward. But they’re going to notice something’s up. Are you ready for that? They’ll come asking questions.” Izzy didn’t miss the concern in Maria’s eyes. Maria had been the Rossi Family lawyer for years and was already handling the financial aspect of the Rossi family before her grandfather passed. She knew everything that happened to Izzy.

“Let them. If they ask, I’ll tell them there’s an issue with the trust or that the bank is handling something. I don’t owe them an explanation.” Izzy said.

Maria’s expression shifted slightly. “You do remember that youraunt, Miss Amalia, has been managing your finances since… well since you asked me to hand them over when you became an adult. Years ago.”

Izzy stiffened. She did remember. It was a mistake. One she regretted deeply now. But at the time, it had made sense. Amalia handled everything in the household–groceries, bills, even paying for the more “important” stuff. Izzy had trusted her. “I need copies of all my accounts,” she said calmly, though the storm was brewing underneath. And properties. All that was

mentioned on the will”

“All of them?” Maria’s voice held a note of surprise.

“Yes.” Izzy nodded, her jaw tightening. “Including the one in Switzerland.”

Maria raised an eyebrow before smirking slightly. “Forgive me, Izzy, but… did you hit your head recently?”

Izzy frowned, not in the mood for jokes. “No.”

“Did you perhaps had a near death experience?” Maria asked.

“No,” Izzy shook her head.

Maria leaned forward. “So you just woke up one morning and realized they’ve been draining you dry for years?”

hands gripping the arms

you’ve been blind. to. Your aunt and Monica have had access to everything for years I’ve noticed things and discrepancies, but I assumed you trusted them enough to overlook them. And now, all of a sudden you’re cutting them off. The older woman smirked. “You cannot blame ine for being curious,

down for a while, but hearing it out loud made

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soon as possible. But Izzy, you need to be prepared for what’s

voice barely audible. Wasn’t that exactly why she hadn’t completely cut them off? She needed time–time to gather all the documents she needed before slowly burning that bridge for good. “But I know the will and trust are foolproof” Her grandfather had

“The late

Izzy then handed a folder to Maria. “Please take care of

and opened it. Almost

walked out of the law office feeling like a truck hit her. Who would have thought that explaming to her lawyer is going to be this tiring? Luckily, she didn’t have work today as Calen asked her to take a leave after closing

car, her phone began to ring. She glanced at the screen

Izzy answered as she got

are you

good.” Izzy

You didn’t forget about the dinner later,

some reason, Izzy always gets an invite during Arianna’s birthday. “Right, of

So, I told you, she liked that Cartier bangle, you didn’t forget to

snorted inwardly. “I actually forgot to

likes.

should use to describe her so–called friends. Over the years. Izzy had slowly considered them her own, but none of them ever reached out unless

been an issue. She could buy whatever she wanted, whenever she wanted. But now

Arianna just gave birth. I think that bangle is perfect for her.” Monica said. “What do you

said. “Send me the location

course. Right, don’t forget about your other

for what?”

her gender reveal party. Remember? You were in Hawaii for

was a gender reveal, just like how they’d ‘conveniently forgotten‘ to tell her about Arianna’s bachelorette party last year–the same party she

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