Filed To Story: Watch Out! She's a Mastermind Heiress (Isabella Patton) Book PDF Free
Isabella’s gaze swept the room before settling on Gilbert. “Gilbert, when we were together, who was really helping whom?” she asked calmly.
Gilbert tensed, memories of how Isabella had quietly supported him when he first joined the family business rushing back. But under the scrutiny of their former classmates, he couldn’t admit that.
“Isabella, I think you know very well that it was always me supporting you. Being my fianc?e brought you many advantages,” he replied stiffly.
Isabella laughed softly, irony lacing her tone. “Alright, Gilbert, if that’s how you see it.”
Gilbert avoided her gaze, struggling with the truth.
As Isabella walked away, Teresa scoffed. “She’s insane. Asking Gilbert such a question—how absurd! She’s just a manipulator, relying on men and still playing the victim.”
The crowd murmured in disappointment.
“The Cruz family will make sure she pays for crossing them,” someone muttered.
“She can’t compare to Eliza,” another added, all eyes turning to Eliza, who sat gracefully beside Gilbert, exuding poise.
Eliza smiled, pleased with the way things had turned out. She had successfully painted Isabella as a gold-digger, and everyone seemed to agree.
As the dinner neared its end, attendees thanked Eliza and Gilbert for hosting. Just then, a man’s phone buzzed with a notification from the school forum. He raised an eyebrow.
“What’s this?” he muttered, intrigued by the headline: “What’s the True Nature of the Most Handsome Boy in Our School?”
Isabella had exposed her chat records with Gilbert.
The chats revealed a very different story—Gilbert had bombarded her with numerous questions, all of which Isabella had patiently answered one by one. He had even requested her help in handling business matters at his company, and Isabella had obliged, going out of her way to assist him.
In the extensive chat records, it was always Gilbert asking for advice, and Isabella responding with care and patience. Despite the endless questions, Isabella never showed signs of annoyance. Those reading the chats couldn’t help but admire her temperament.
To them, the typically arrogant Gilbert seemed surprisingly ignorant in these exchanges.
One of the classmates, holding his phone tightly, could sense through the screen just how patient and gentle Isabella had been with him. Yet Gilbert had discredited her in front of others.
Anyone could see that if such a woman were another man’s girlfriend, he would cherish her deeply.
“What’s up?”
The man next to him nudged him, pulling him from his thoughts. “Why did you suddenly go quiet?”
He handed his phone to his classmate, who became serious upon reading the post.
At the same time, everyone present slowly began to notice the trending post on the school forum. They glanced at Gilbert and Eliza with complicated expressions, though neither of them had yet grasped the situation.
“How’s the meal, guys?” Eliza asked with a smile, her tone tinged with her usual arrogance.
Noticing the silence and strange looks, she frowned. “What’s wrong?”
“I don’t think it’s fair to always expect Gilbert to pay. Tell us how much the meal is. Let’s split the bill,” one of the boys suggested.
Eliza frowned. “Why? Wouldn’t that be a burden for some?”
“Now that we’ve eaten, we should be responsible for it,” the boy said indifferently.
Sensing something off, Eliza chose not to press further, though she felt irritated. She had been kind to these people, so why were they suddenly acting standoffish? Did they really think she wanted to have dinner with them? Her real motive had been to humiliate Isabella in front of their old classmates.
Eliza didn’t refuse the proposal to split the bill, and everyone left shortly after dinner.
“Eliza,” Giana said with a complicated expression, “have you seen the post on the forum?”
“What post?” Eliza asked, confused. “Did Isabella make trouble for me online?”
From Eliza’s puzzled look, Giana realized she was clueless about the situation. Giana showed Eliza the post, knowing that withholding the truth might cause Eliza to blame her later.
Eliza casually picked up the phone to check, but as she scrolled through the content, a cold shiver ran down her spine, and she gripped the phone tighter.
Noticing her focus, Gilbert leaned over to take a look.
When he saw the familiar chat records displayed on the screen, his mind blanked.
Gilbert had never expected Isabella to expose their private conversations.
It meant his deception was laid bare for all to see.
The chats revealed he hadn’t been helping Isabella—she had been the one helping him throughout high school. Gilbert had deeply appreciated her patience and kindness back then, rooted in her feelings for him.
But if she truly cared for him, why wouldn’t she keep his secrets? Why did she post these messages?
His body stiffened, his eyes reddening with anger.
Seeing their distress, Giana didn’t dare say another word.
After reading the post, Eliza turned to Gilbert, “Gilbert…”
Gilbert’s face drained of color, his emotions too jumbled to voice. Without replying, he abruptly left the room.
Eliza gritted her teeth in frustration.
What had truly happened between Isabella and Gilbert in the past?
She had no time to dwell on Gilbert’s sudden departure because her attention was caught by a flood of messages from other schoolmates in a chat group on Giana’s phone. As she read them, her face turned ashen.
“I can’t believe it. Gilbert is so shameless. Isabella was so kind to him, but he dumped her and teamed up with Eliza to bully her. Is he still a man?”
“Isabella is a good girl. She might seem cold, but she’s warm-hearted. Seeing how she helped Gilbert really touched me. Why can’t I find a girlfriend like her?”
“Let Eliza and Gilbert stay together forever. They’re perfect for each other—both vicious.”
“I’m suddenly worried about Isabella. What will Asher do to her?”
“Speaking of Asher, he usually avoids these gatherings. Maybe Eliza told him Isabella would be here.”
“I’ve had enough of these two. Let’s keep our distance from them from now on.”
Admiration for Eliza and Gilbert had quickly shifted into disdain, while sympathy surged for Isabella.
Eliza’s fury boiled over, and in a fit of rage, she hurled Giana’s phone against the wall, shattering it into pieces.
“Those idiots! I treated them to dinner, and this is how they repay me? Isabella isn’t a saint. They’re just a bunch of sheep, blindly following her narrative!” Eliza fumed.
Seeing her new phone shattered, Giana’s heart ached, but she kept quiet.
Eliza, however, suddenly laughed, her mood shifting as she muttered, “Isabella might have sealed her own fate this time after crossing Asher. Yadira won’t let her get away with this.”
At the hospital, Isabella had accompanied Susan for a full examination. Thankfully, everything was normal.
“I’ve told you I’m fine,” Susan said, gripping Isabella’s arm firmly. “I’m more worried about you. The Cruz family has always been entangled with gangs. Now that you’ve struck Asher, they won’t let this slide. You must inform your family once you get home.” The Patton family would certainly protect Isabella.
Patting Susan’s head gently, Isabella reassured her, “Silly girl, don’t fret. It’s only the Cruz family.”
Susan was puzzled by her dismissive attitude. Only the Cruz family? Even the formidable Santos family avoided clashes with the Cruzes in Gemond.
“I’m sorry for dragging you into this. I’ll take you home. You need to rest,” Isabella apologized, feeling guilty for the day’s troubles.
“I’m fine, really. Look at me,” Susan asserted, patting her chest confidently. “You don’t need to take me home. I’ll grab a taxi. You’ve had a rough day; you better head back. Just let me know if anything happens.”
Since Susan was adamant, Isabella didn’t press further. As she watched Susan leave and was about to hail a cab herself, a voice called out, “Baby.”
Startled, Isabella turned just in time to be swept into a warm embrace. Strong hands gripped her shoulders as the man examined her anxiously.
New Book: Returned To Make Them Pay
On her wedding anniversary, Alicia is drugged and stumbles into the wrong room—straight into the arms of the powerful Caden Ward, a man rumored never to touch women. Their night of passion shocks even him, especially when he discovers she’s still a virgin after two years of marriage to Joshua Yates.