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.

you fell earlier?" Denis Wagner asked, a mischievous sparkle in his eyes as he touched his chin, observing Isabella's elegant yet troubled form, his lips curling with a hint

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

Denis was not something she or the Barrett

for Denis, she suspected his presence here was not coincidental. Obliged by social norms, she wiped her tears

face and

Denis stepped closer and, with undue familiarity, stroked her bare

hit Isabella, and

Denis was even

against the bathroom door, trapped with no escape route. She cast him a pitiful glance while keeping an

avoidance without calling for help suggested she was just putting on

An in

hoping he would touch her

let out a chuckle, feigning sympathy. He said, "I witnessed it myself. Audrey was the one who jerked the carpet. That's why you tripped and then

reached towards Isabella's

blanched with feat, and she cried out, "Mr. Wagner, please,

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 you need

and I'll handle them

with all her strength but was unable to free herself. She took a deep breath to gather her composure. "We've only just met. Don't you think this is rushing

consider what you said."

her go, stepping back and pulling his phone from his jacket. "Let's swap contact details. Should you ever find yourself in a bind, feel free

in her wasn't born out of genuine feelings. He likely wanted something from her, or maybe he was merely captivated by her

that was his angle, she wasn't scared. She could leverage

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