The air was suffocating.
Leonard didn't blink.
His eyes were locked on the man in front of him.
"...You should've stayed gone," Leonard said coldly.
The man smiled faintly.
"And let you forget?" he replied.
"No, Leonard... I wanted you to remember."
Silence.
Isabella's gaze moved between them.
"You two know each other," she said.
"More than that," the man answered.
A pause.
Then— "He destroyed my family."
The words landed like a Punch.
Isabella's breath caught.
Leonard didn't deny it, didn't defend himself.
Because it was true.
"It was business," Leonard said flatly.
The man laughed.
"Business?"
His voice rose slightly.
"You burned everything I had—my company, my name... my father died because of you."
Isabella looked at Leonard— Searching.
But Leonard's face didn't
