Chapter 74

Isadora couldn't help but find it both hilarious and absurd.

"Mrs. Wainwright, forgive me, but if my memory serves, didn't Magnus's father, Easton Wainwright, have an affair with a famous actress back in the day? And wasn't it you who unleashed a swarm of tabloids, painting her as a homewrecker and ruining her reputation in show business?"

"I seem to recall that actress was pregnant at the time, too. You even hired people

to make sure she lost the baby. For someone who's the matriarch of the Wainwright family, you hardly played the helpless victim."

Isadora's voice was soft as velvet, but her words landed like grenades.

It was as if she'd ripped the bandage off Faustina's ugliest secret for all to see.

Faustina shook with anger, her whole body trembling.

"Isadora, you—you spiteful little bitch! How dare you spread such lies! I swear, I'll make sure my son never wants anything to do with you. You'll regret this, just you wait!"

Isadora just smiled. "Perfect. Because honestly, being the Wainwright family's daughter-in-law sounds exhausting, and I don't think I'm up to the challenge."

With that, she turned to leave.

gaze flicked down to Faustina's custom heels-glossy pink patent leather, exquisitely

she was clearly trying to

innocent. "Pastel pink is adorable, but at your age, maybe

cluster of

so furious, it looked like

that Isadora just now? What's gotten into her? Has she lost her mind, talking

me. Magnus is going to dump her, mark my words! And don't any of you

that actress Isadora mentioned-did you really do

exploded. "Of course not! She's making

Wainwright Holdings.

"Move aside!"

Wainwright is in a meeting right now. Maybe you'd like to wait in his office?" Lean called after her, trying to

to see my own

conference room

strode in, purse in hand, her

up, eyes

boardroom calmly: "That's all

senior executives gathered their

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