~Isabella POV~
The family continued to eat breakfast with some light banter, but all I could do was eat my oatmeal on pins and needles, wondering about what Mr. Clayton said. I couldn’t imagine what the contract he alluded to with Caden had anything to do with me. Sofia then interrupted my troubled thoughts and said, “Bella, I would like to apologize to you, as well, for my behavior yesterday if it appeared to be unsympathetic to your pain.” She feigned an apologetic pout looking at me, then her husband and finally her mother.
I could clearly see this fake apology was for them and not for me. Before I could give an equally disingenuous response, baby Ari began to wail. Sofia took him out of his seat after texting something on her phone. Within minutes, Amy, Ari’s young and attractive, c
