Blackmailing His Runaway Bride by Dance-is-me (carter reed .txt) 📗

Her eyes followed Charles’s shoulders as they tensed with his slow movement. “It beats me.” Charles sat back beside her. With a serious look, he observed her face. 

“What?”

“How could my mother hate you? How could she want to hurt this little, cute girl?” 

She could not help but smile. But she quickly hid her grin with a stubborn pout. “I am not a little girl.” 

Cupping her cheeks and having his eyes boring into hers, he said, “You are my little girl. And since your divorce papers will be signed soon, that fact will be stamped… forever.” 

Forever sounded nice no doubt. Sighing with relief even though her divorce was yet to feel real, Isabella said, “I am so glad it is finally over.”

 “Same here. We should leave now, the visiting hours will be over soon and the papers need to be signed today 

“Visiting hours?” she asked as she got up after him and held his hand. 

“Yes, Gabriel is in prison.” 

Isabella suddenly felt like her face went pale. “Why is he in prison?”

“Because he was once an accomplice for murder," Charles replied. Soon, he was leading them out of the room.

 But Isabella's legs felt weak as their strides advanced. Her eyes somewhat dilated with fear, Isabella failed to get Charles's response out of her head. And, all her mind could think of was how she managed to live with a person like Gabriel.

 To better put it, a monster like Gabriel.