Three months ago, she was a princess. Now, she's just a pawn.
Flashback - 3 months earlier
The Lawson Estate buzzes with life.
Crystal chandeliers sparkled above,jazz music floated through the garden, and servers offered champagne to guests wearing designer smiles. It was her father's 50th birthday, and Isabel remembered thinking, Nothing could ruin tonight.
Then Damon Blackwood walked in.
She didn't know him well - just that he was the mysterious CEO of Blackwood Corp, and a rival her father never trusted. He has never been invited, but no one dared to ask him to leave.
That night, he shook her father's hand... and everything changed.
Present Day - Hospital Room
Isabel sat beside her unconscious brother, her fingers brushing his pale hand.
Her father had died of a heart attack just a week after their empire collapsed - accused of fraud, money laundering, and more. Their stocks plummeted. Business partners vanished. Friends betrayed them.
She later discovered Blackwood Corp had acquired everything; their assets, properties, even the shares she didn't know her father had left in her name.
It wasn't a coincidence. It was a setup.
Damon had destroyed her family.
So why did he want her as his wife?
That night, as she stared at the cold walks of her brother's hospital room, Isabel realised the truth:
This marriage wasn't just a contract. It was a game. And she was already losing.