Elizabeth clung to Bella’s arm, her touch gentle yet filled with an emotional plea.

“Mom, I can’t help it.

I truly love him.

He saved me during my darkest times.

“Elizabeth…”

Before Bella could finish, Elizabeth covered her ears, adamantly refusing to listen.

“I don’t care what it takes.

I must have him!”

“Elizabeth…”

Bella tried again, but her words fell on deaf ears as Elizabeth continued to block out her mother’s counsel.

Bella’s face was etched with helplessness, and she fell silent.

Having struggled with fertility issues before Elizabeth’s birth, Bella cherished her only child deeply, perhaps to the point of overindulgence.

This, in turn, had shaped Elizabeth into a somewhat spoiled and headstrong individual.

Despite this, Bella held on to the hope that Elizabeth would eventually see reason and avoid the dangerous path of pursuing a married man.

a state to listen, Bella tactfully

you encounter Stella at the banquet? How is she?

replied with a hint of disdain, “Not

an air of

revelation caused

“That’s surprising.

spoken quite

a positive impression and was even considering

need to rethink

at night, Matthew

on his computer, making

up with files on Bella, which Matthew examined closely before calling Fernando

past,

to

suspicion that Bella could be Stella’s real mother

in the investigation, but the

“Our Dorburn contact reports Bella has

to a man who runs a

investigations keep hitting roadblocks, hinting

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brow creased

about Bella before her

before answering, “It’s

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