Chapter 2: The Price of Deception
Chapter 2: The Price of Deception
News spread faster than anyone expected.
Guests from the charity gala whispered among themselves.
Journalists waiting downstairs sensed that something enormous had happened.
Inside the hospital, Marcus refused every interview.
His only concern was Khloe.
After several anxious hours, the doctor finally emerged.
"The baby is safe."
Marcus closed his eyes in relief.
"So is your wife. She'll need rest, but they both survived."
Meanwhile, Isabella sat alone in a security office.
Her lawyer had stopped answering calls.
Her sponsors issued public statements distancing themselves from her.
Luxury brands removed her name from upcoming campaigns.
Everything she had spent years building began disappearing within a single afternoon.
When detectives arrived, they presented the surveillance recording.
There was no argument left.
No performance.
No audience.
Only evidence.
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As officers escorted Isabella through the hospital lobby, hundreds of cameras captured the moment.
The woman who once controlled every headline had become the headline herself.
