The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 85

Chapter 85 Are You Certain

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In the restroom.

Isabella's gaze was cold as she scrutinized her image in the mirror: swollen eyes, bruised lips, and tousled hair marred her appearance.

Once again, she adjusted her strapless gown, which felt dangerously loose as though it could slip off at any

moment.

Tears streamed down her face uncontrollably. She believed she had been humiliated today.

All of Shirie's elite had seen her disheveled state, every one of them.

The embarrassment was so acute that she doubted she could ever face them again. Her carefully planned

schemes had disintegrated before she could even act on them.

The cause of her fall still puzzled her; she had been walking perfectly fine until she tripped over the hem of her

dress.

As she covered her face and wept, she was unaware of the eyes that had been observing her for some time.

asked, a mischievous sparkle in his eyes as he touched his chin, observing Isabella's elegant yet troubled form,

crying. Reflected in the mirror was Denis' somewhat sleazy expression. He was a man in his

disdain. Offending Denis was not something she or the Barrett family

for Denis, she suspected his presence here was not coincidental. Obliged by social norms, she wiped her tears and replied, "I simply caught. my dress with my foot. Did you need something, Mr.

face and evident vulnerability

a soft chuckle, Denis stepped closer and, with undue familiarity,

hit Isabella, and

Denis was even less

said, backing up until she was cornered against the bathroom door, trapped with no escape route. She cast him a pitiful glance while keeping an

believed her avoidance without calling for

An in

was even hoping he would touch her

witnessed it myself. Audrey was the one who jerked the carpet.

audaciously reached

face blanched with feat, and she

Denis pulled her into his arms, holding her firmly. "Stick with me, and I'll ensure your revenge. The Harper family is nothing. Audrey and Brenna are easy to deal with. Just tell me who

and I'll

but was unable to free herself. She took a deep breath to gather her composure. "We've only just met.

consider what you said."

swap contact details. Should you ever find yourself in a bind, feel free to reach out to me," he

sudden interest in her wasn't born out of genuine feelings.

was his angle, she wasn't scared.

struggles against the more influential Harper family and considering Ethan's indifference towards her, she believed Denis could prove