CHAPTER FIFTEEN – Exploring Loyalty

Isabella’s POV

The walk with Matteo did more for my mind than the sunlight itself. For the first time in days, I could breathe without feeling like the walls of the mansion were closing in on me. And Matteo… well, he surprised me. Quiet, steady, and polite in a way that felt genuine. Not cold like Adrian, not calculating—just a man doing his job with a strange kind of warmth buried under the surface.

By the time we returned to the mansion, I felt ...