~Isabel~
The ride back to the mansion should have felt calm. I’d faced the cameras handled every question and saved the project. But inside the Bentley the air felt so thick I could barely breathe. Neither of us said a word for the longest time.
William sat behind the wheel his face set hard like it was carved from stone. He didn’t glance my way once just stared straight ahead his knuckles white where he gripped the steering wheel.
"You realize" he said. "what you did today wasn’t saving anything. It was a disaster."
"The stock went up William!" I replied though my heart was still racing from all the adrenaline.
"Reporters were smiling. People are on our side now! How is that a disaster?"
"Because you promised the impossible Isabel!" He turned to me then his eyes burned bright. "Thr
