Chapter 6 - The Debt That Created a MonsterAs federal agents closed in...
Isabella laughed.
Not out of courage.
Out of desperation.
"You think I stole because I wanted diamonds?"
Her eyes locked onto Damien.
"You bought me..."
"But you never saved me."
The room fell silent.
Thirty years earlier...
A ten-year-old Isabella watched loan sharks beat her father to death over gambling debts.
Her mother whispered one sentence before disappearing forever.
"If you're ever poor... people own you."
From that night on...
Isabella made herself a promise.
Never love.
Only money.
Every marriage...
Every smile...
Every kiss...
Was just another investment.
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She never expected the richest man she ever married...
To already know her entire past.
