Isolde was calm now.
She had already begun packing.
When her phone buzzed with an incoming call from Karina, she paused, set down the half–folded shirt, and picked it up.
“Does Vincent know?”
Karina’s tone was direct–firm.
Isolde’s voice was soft.
“No. He doesn’t.”
“We’re talking about your first child, Isolde. Are you sure you want to do this?”
“We’re getting divorced,” she said quietly. “He has Rowan. He won’t care about an accident like this.”
Karina fell silent.
She had always known the full story of Isolde and Vincent’s marriage.
“Look,” she finally sighed. “I wasn’t exactly supportive when you married him. But over the years, watching you with him and Rowan… I really thought maybe this strange arrangement of yours might last forever.”
She paused.
“I mean, after you left Ethan… I thought you’d finally found your happiness.”
Isolde blinked, her eyes dry–but tight with emotion.
There was no point in explaining.
She’d lost control of her heart.
She’d loved the wrong person.
“I’ll come see you tomorrow,” she said.
“Not for the procedure,” Karina said sharply. “You’ll need a full exam first.”
Isolde nodded, voice steady. “Okay.”
When the call ended, she put her phone aside and went back to packing.
Vincent had given her the Moonlight Villa in the divorce.
But she had no intention of staying.
She only took a few daily essentials–clothes, bags–and left everything else behind. If Vincent didn’t want to deal with it, he could clean it out.
when he sold the house.
She signed the divorce agreement and placed it squarely on the coffee table–somewhere he couldn’t possibly miss it.
Then she wheeled her two suitcases out the front door.
She didn’t look back.
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Chapter 28
Earlier that year, Isolde had bought a new apartment next to her studio in the Dolphin Bay complex.
1,400 square feet. Three bedrooms.
One for her, one for her mother, and a third she’d turned into a home office.
It was fully renovated.
Three months ago, she’d had the interior decorated by a design firm.
It was move–in ready.
After dropping off her luggage, she went to the studio.
She worked in the restoration room until nearly dawn, pushing her body to the limit before finally collapsing onto the rest bed in the back.
She didn’t sleep well.
She dreamed too much.
And when she woke, she couldn’t remember any of it–only that her head ached and her chest felt heavy.
After washing up, she noticed her phone vibrating on the nightstand.
Vincent.
She let it ring.
Didn’t answer.
She could guess why he was calling.
Rowan.
But she had made her decision.
No half–measures.
Rowan… he would eventually shift his attachment to Doris.
It would take time, but it would happen.
Isolde dressed and slipped her phone into her bag.
Then she headed to the hospital.
Inside the OB–GYN clinic, Karina pointed at the ultrasound on the screen.
“This little one here.. she tapped gently. “Actually, it looks like twins.”
Isolde stared at the image.
Her fingers tightened around the report.
Her lips went pale.
She didn’t speak.
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