disheveled appearance making it seem as
er. After leaving the two hundred-dollar bills behind, s
and had Brynn come out to pay the fare. After that, Isabella confronted
ke. "How is that my fault? You're the one w
ade Isabella
sabella's neck and said with barely contained excitement, "Judg
ed Isabella back to every
in his eyes. He had taken control so effortlessly that she'd a
t, she shook her head and redirected
a great time with him. I can't blame you, though. He was ridiculously handsome. I tr
es filling her screen. Brynn's voice faded into the
sabella had no intention of returning them. Whatever had once exis
er finally caught her attention. The call had come
w who it belonged to. Her fingertip lingered above th
ponse came so quickly that Isabella
Daw
hrough the phone, and Isabel
voice stirred a faint
self and said, "Hello, Mr. Bennett. I reached out to you yesterd
," the man replied in a c
t first, Isabella soon convinced herself
t with last night was Sylvia's father seemed absurd.
he address, Mr. B
rig
ef response, and an address appeared
ade her fro
rynn leaned closer and asked, "What
unease. "It's the same hotel
e nothing more th
a's mind when she connected the familia
k shake of her head. The odds of something s
Sylvia's father?" Brynn
d at her strangely. "What, am I supposed to let Ryan
y what he wanted. She would make sure Sylvia's father s
take everything from him, and he'd be
e changed into the clothes Brynn had le
.
elevator straight to the highest floor. When she reached the correct suite and l
liberately left it tha
uble of knocking, Isabella pushed the door open with
the door stretched a vast living area, and near the
es of the heated night she'd spent with him rushed back
Isabella said
he man standing by the windo
recoiled without thinking. Her expression stiff
offered a slight smile. "Ms. Dawson,
e stranger she'd spent the night wit
hat the chances of such an absurd coincidence were nearly impossib
eing, Isabella asked for confirmati
aac regarded her with a brief flash of am
ief. However, before she could settle down, the i
father?" she asked as uneasines
Ms. Dawson. I only provide for Sylvia. Someone who once helped me entrusted
, realizing she'd misun
nearby couch. "
la lowered herself onto the couch with visible
spoke in the same rich voice she remembered. "Would you care fo
it on her behalf with such effortless consid
alm her nerves. After wrestling with her thoughts for a while, she fin
ying, "My name is Isaac Higgins. I'm fairly ce
couldn't think of a
re of the situation recently. I still don't have the complete
Isabella's embarrassment gradually faded when
ng that had happened b
f Sylvia was entrusted to you, then you need to make s
nsidered her words. After several momen
self or at her. Before she could interpret it, Isaac spoke. "What interests me is what you plan to do afterward
ately drew Isabella
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