The Invisible Wife Turned Savage novel Chapter 144

Chapter 144 Not the Same Anymore

She set down the fruit and asked, “Nathaniel, how are you feeling today?”

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The moment Nathaniel saw her, his eyes lit up. “Not great. Why’d you take so long to come see

me?”

Isabelle, standing nearby, immediately shot Estella a look full of hostility.

Estella chuckled. “Ms. Isabelle not taking good care of you?”

Because the Hartwell Group still needed Isabelle, Nathaniel wouldn’t disrespect her too openly —even if he didn’t like her anymore.

He didn’t say Isabelle had done a good job or a bad one. He just looked at Estella with a pair of hurt, longing eyes.

Estella avoided his gaze and sat on the companion’s chair to the side. “Is there anything you need my help with?”

She was just asking out of politeness. With Isabelle there, she clearly wasn’t expected to do anything.

But Nathaniel spoke up. “I’ve got a headache. Could you rub it for me? You used to do it all the time.”

Back then, when his legs hadn’t healed yet, he’d lose his temper a lot. His headaches were frequent, triggered by stress. Even after he’d screamed at her, Estella would quietly come over and massage his temples.

Isabelle stepped in awkwardly. “Nathaniel, I can do it too. There’s no need to bother Estella.”

She reached out to help, but Nathaniel brushed her off.

“No, Isabelle. I want Estella to do it. Only she can make my head stop hurting.”

He wanted to say: only Estella could soothe his pain. During those three years of marriage, when his emotions were out of control, she had been the only one who could calm him down.

But he had been too blind to see it. And now he’d lost her.

Estella, of course, had zero interest in massaging his head–especially not in front of Isabelle.

She didn’t need the drama.

She stood and spoke seriously. “A headache? Then you really should call a doctor. I don’t know the cause, and I’d hate to make it worse.” With that, she turned and left the room.

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She didn’t go far, though. Just stood outside the door for a moment.

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Inside, she heard Isabelle’s angry voice. “Why are you so cold to me, Nathaniel? Why do care so much about Estella? Have you forgotten who you loved most back then? Even if she took care of you, that’s in the past now!”

“It’s not over,” Nathaniel gritted out. “I never said it was over. So it’s not.”

Isabelle’s voice cracked. “Then what am I? What do I mean to you?”

“If you don’t want to be here, you can leave,” he replied. “I never forced you to care for me, Isabelle.”

Isabelle wiped her tears and hissed, “You bastard!” before storming out of the room.

As soon as she stepped into the hallway, her eyes met Estella’s.

She glared, venom practically radiating from her expression.

Estella calmly asked, “Want to talk?”

They walked to a nearby café.

Isabelle was the first to speak, her voice heavy with resentment. “You must feel pretty smug right now, huh? Nathaniel used to hate you, and now he’s head over heels in love. You feel like you won, don’t you?”

Estella met her gaze, unbothered. “I don’t want him.”

“Of course you’d say that. It’s easy to act indifferent when you already have his heart.”

Isabelle was furious. She had once been so sure of Nathaniel’s love. But now? It was slipping through her fingers like sand.

Estella looked at her and asked, “Remember what I told you before? That if you wanted to keep him, you needed to tie him down with your career. That was the only way to stop him from leaving. Why didn’t you listen? You know perfectly well what he values most. If you’d used Hartwell Group to pressure him, he would’ve married you.”

Isabelle was stunned for a moment, then her whole body seemed to deflate.

“Back then, I left him without hesitation. I thought I didn’t love him that much. But after everything, after everyone else… I realized he’s the only one I’ve ever truly loved.”

She took a shaky breath.

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