Chapter 415: Miserable

Isabella sat still on the bed, her gaze fixed on the life-size cutout of the man she had been forced to relinquish. "Aren't you too cruel, Ian? I was willing to serve the notice period, wasn't I?" she murmured to the silent figure, her voice laced with a blend of accusation and longing. "That way I could have seen you a few more days. Committed more little things about you to my memories. But no. You had to have a clean-cut break. If I'd known you would do something like this, I would have looked at you for a bit longer yesterday before I marched out of the office."