The morning started like any other.
The sun filtered through the curtains in soft gold. The twins chattered over cereal at the breakfast table, Amelia humming a song from her school’s winter recital, Elliott more focused on convincing her that dinosaurs were objectively better than Frosty the Snowman.
And Isabelle—bleary-eyed, wrapped in a thick cardigan—sipped her coffee while scrolling through her phone.
Until she saw it.
The headline.
EXCLUSIVE: Sebastian Hale and Isabelle Bennett Caught in Heated Late-Night Encounter — More Than Just Business?
Her stomach dropped so fast she felt dizzy.
She tapped the link. Her thumb hovered over the screen for half a second before it registered.
Grainy video. Just under forty seconds.
Taken from a distance—maybe from a high-rise window across
