Vivienne’s POV
I felt completely speechless. My mouth opened slightly but no words came out. I took a slow breath, yet the pressure in my chest did not ease. It felt tight and suffocating, as if something heavy was pressing down on me from the inside.
I already knew the answer before Olivia even finished speaking. I could not take that kind of bet. I could not gamble on something I had already lost long ago.
In Alexander’s heart, Isabella had always come first. That truth had never changed. Not in three years, not even for a single moment.
I had seen it clearly.
The day Isabella almost fell, he pushed me aside without hesitation just to catch her. That scene replayed in my mind now with painful clarity.
If he could do that without thinking, then how could I expect anything different
