Isabella scrambled to her feet and tried to run toward the door.
But the moment she stood up.
The two men in suits blocked her path.
One of them pulled an identical copy of the agreement from his briefcase. "Miss Isabella, I am a lawyer for the Lancaster Group. This document is legally binding. If you refuse to sign, the family will initiate legal proceedings to forcibly sever the relationship.'
"
The other man added, "Miss Isabella, please cooperate. I will now represent the family in reclaiming all assets gifted to you over the years."
His gaze fell on Isabella. "The jewelry, real estate, designer bags, and haute couture given to you by the Lancaster family... I will personally inventory and repossess them all."
He paused, then added, "That includes the gown you are wearing right now."
Isabella froze.
Her eyes widened as she stared at the two men in utter disbelief. She whipped her head around to look at her family, who were watching her with icy indifference.
They... they were throwing her out with absolutely nothing?
Were they trying to force her to her death?
Isabella felt like she was losing her mind.
Without money, designer brands, properties, or her heiress halo.
How was she supposed to survive?
How was she supposed to face her socialite friends?
She would become the laughingstock of all Vaelion City!
"No, you can't be this ruthless..." Isabella's body went entirely limp as she collapsed.
Julian scoffed. "When you tried to ruin Serena, did it cross your mind that you shouldn't be so ruthless?"
"I know I messed up, I was wrong..." Isabella sobbed until she barely looked human. "Don't send me away, don't sever our ties don't take my things, promise I'll be good from now on, I'll never cause trouble again. I'm begging you, please give me one last chance..."
But no one in the Lancaster family was moved in the slightest.
Edward simply spoke in a freezing tone. "Sign it, right now."
Isabella's heart plummeted into the abyss.
Her dream of high society was shattered, and now she was being thrown out with nothing.
This was something she absolutely could not accept.
She refused to accept this.
Why?
Why did Serena get to come back and instantly destroy everything she had painstakingly built for twenty years?
She couldn't afford to lose this!
Out of options, Isabella gritted her teeth and pulled out her phone. "Mom, it really was Agnes who instigated me... I swear, from the very beginning, I never wanted to target Serena."
"Agnes raised me since I was little, and I was so used to listening to her. After Serena came back, I felt neglected and heartbroken. Agnes kept whispering in my ear, telling me that Serena had stolen what was
mine, that I would fall out of favo and be kicked out."
"She was the one giving me ideas, telling me to fight, to steal, teaching me to be jealous of Serena..."
"Everything that happened in the
United Realmon States was orchestrated by her. My head was a mess, and Agnes promised that if just did what she said, would win back your love. I only wanted your all to look at me again, that's all I wanted. I don't know how things got so out of hand..."
She held her phone up high. "I have proof right here! It's all evidence that Agnes put me up to it!"
Isabella decided that her only way out was to fully play the part of a tragic victim.