How was she supposed to answer?
Isabelle loved him, deeply. When Alexander forced them apart, she spent countless days drowning in heartbreak.
But eventually, she convinced herself that leaving William was the best choice. She was stuck in the mud, and he deserved better. She had even prayed for him to find someone else, someone who could love him the way she wanted to.
But fate wasn’t kind. It brought them back together.
Now, William wasn’t just her past. He was the assistant to the Crown
Prince—the very man she was tasked with seducing. To accomplish her mission, she needed to get past William first.
So how could she explain? How could she say what was in her heart? If she admitted her feelings, it would only hurt them both.
And honestly, would William even believe her?
She tried
