Chapter 26
Isabella was dangerous. She was never just the bitter ex-wife but someone determined to destroy everything that’s in her way, and I was top at that list. She’d manipulated, threatened, and tried to break me. And today, I felt the tension in the air, the sensation that something was about to snap.
As the sound of heels clicking echoed behind me, pulling me from my thoughts. I turned around ready to face Isabella, but my stomach dropping as I saw who it was.
“Ella?” I blinked, my mind racing. What was she doing here?
Ella, my closest friend, was standing there looking troubled. Her dark hair was blown by the wind, and there was uneasiness in her usual enthusiastic self. She stepped closer, her lips pressed into a thin lime, and the knot on my stomach twisted even tighter… I
