The Invisible Wife Turned Savage novel Chapter 224

Nathaniel watched Jonathan carry Estella away, jealousy boiling inside him like a storm.

He couldn’t understand. Why would Estella lean on Jonathan, yet refuse to lean on him?

What could that Jonathan possibly give her?

Nathaniel walked out of the building and saw Isabelle’s face twisted with rage.

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She glared at him. “Nathaniel, you promised you’d stay away from Estella. You went back on your word.”

Nathaniel couldn’t even be bothered to argue.

She had already cheated. What right did she have to stop him from seeing Estella?

Isabelle, unwilling to be ignored, rushed forward, sobbing and screaming. “Nathaniel, answer me! I’ve given you so much–why are you still going to see Estella? Didn’t you promise to marry me? Why? Why?”

Nathaniel despised her shrill, messy tantrum.

Estella would never behave like this.

The comparison made him suddenly see just how far beneath Estella Isabelle truly was.

His tone was cutting. “The smear campaign against Estella–that was your doing, wasn’t it?”

Isabelle froze for a moment, flustered. “It wasn’t me.”

Nathaniel gave a cold laugh. “Then why are you guilty? Haven’t you done this kind of thing more than once already? Isabelle, you knew all along I still liked Estella, didn’t you? If it bothers you that much, then let’s just cancel the wedding.”

“No!” Isabelle panicked. “Don’t cancel the wedding! I get it now. I won’t hurt Estella again, I won’t fight with you. Nathaniel, I really want to marry you. I love you! I love you more than anyone else ever could!”

Her confession only struck Nathaniel as pathetic.

If Isabelle really loved him, why had she cheated?

The realization hit him hard: he had once hurt Estella for the sake of this disgraceful woman. How foolish he had been.

He regretted it.

He regretted it more than anything.

Isabelle wasn’t worth an ounce of his time or effort.

Estella was the one he should have protected, the one he should have truly loved.

But he had already lost her.

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They could never go back.

The exhaustion weighed heavily on him.

Yet for Hartwell Group’s sake, no matter how much he now despised Isabelle, he had to endure her.

“Let’s go home.”

Isabelle brightened instantly at his words, stepping forward to grab his hand.

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“I knew it–Nathaniel, you still care about me. We’ll be together forever, won’t we? Right, Nathaniel?”

Together forever?

Nathaniel almost laughed.

A woman as shameless as Isabelle–what right did she have to talk about growing old together?

He didn’t answer. He let her ramble on by herself as they both climbed into the car, each lost in their own thoughts.

Estella went to the hospital for tests.

After the scans, the doctor prescribed medication.

Once she took it, the pain in her wrist eased a little.

Jonathan never left her side.

He barely spoke, but every time she so much as frowned, his breathing grew tight and uneven.

Seeing how tense he was, Estella finally tried to soothe him. “I’m fine. Don’t worry so much.”

Even with a nurse present, Jonathan insisted on staying with her for an entire day and night.

By the next afternoon, Selene arrived to take over.

She sat by Estella’s bed and said, “That performance you gave during the competition–it’s gone viral online. It’s basically free advertising for our music center. But your hand…”

She looked down at Estella’s wrist, worry written all over her face.

Estella smiled faintly. “I’ll be fine. By the way, what happened to that Jake–the online troll who started smearing me?”

Selene bristled immediately. “That guy’s trash. I can’t believe he dared slander you like that. But at least you proved him wrong with your performance. He’s in serious trouble now. Word is he’s been throwing mud at all kinds of people without evidence, and now a whole bunch of them have banded together to sue him. Even if he doesn’t end up in jail, he’ll have to pay a fortune. His followers are dropping fast too. He won’t be able to stir up trouble again.”

Estella frowned. “But I don’t even know him. Why would he target me?”

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Chapter 224 Shattered Illusions

“You think someone put him up to it?”

Estella nodded.

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Selene thought for a moment. “Could be. Or maybe he’s just one of those sick men who can’t handle rejection. Trust me, there are plenty like that. I used to work with this gorgeous woman, and the moment she turned down a guy, he spread rumors she was sleeping with some old sugar daddy. She had no choice but to quit. And there’s an even scarier case–one of my old neighbors, a really pretty girl, had her photo doctored into nudes and plastered all over seedy sites. Suddenly, creeps were showing up at her door to harass her. One man even swooped in to ‘save‘ her. They dated for years, almost got married–only for her to discover he was the one who had faked those photos in the first place. He put her in danger just to play the hero and get her to fall for him…”

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