Dangerous Secrets: My Mafia Stepbrother

Isabella actually didn’t want to go back inside the apartment. For her, the apartment filled with the scent of Emanuele was now a place of sadness. Many things in the room were added by her, reflecting her style, but now, she found them jarring. Whenever she entered this environment, she would be reminded of how good her relationship with Emanuele used to be. Now, in this setting, Isabella only felt a great sense of discomfort. She couldn’t stand being there and just wanted to escape.

However, Isabella furrowed her brow. She didn’t understand why, but she always felt like someone was holding her when she was half asleep. Was it Emanuele? Isabella carefully tried to recall, but at that time, she was also in a daze, in a half-dreaming state. So, no matter how much she tried to remember at this moment, she couldn’t.NôvelDrama.Org © content.

Isabella got up from the bed, changed her clothes, and at that moment, her phone rang. It was a message from Evelyn.

“Isabella, are you awake? How are you feeling? You got drunk yesterday, and I took you back to the apartment. Isabella, please don’t drink so much in the future. I’m really worried about you. If you wake up and see this message, please give me a call back, okay?”

Isabella looked at the message from Evelyn, rubbed her head, and decided not to dwell on it. Isabella called Evelyn. She had started drinking before Evelyn arrived at the bar yesterday, and by the time Evelyn got there, she was already drunk. Later, she seemed to have cried and wanted to drink more with Evelyn, and then she didn’t remember much.

This was Isabella’s first time getting drunk, and she really didn’t know what had happened afterwards. She didn’t know if she had done anything embarrassing.

After calling Evelyn, she quickly answered the phone. “Isabella, are you okay? You really scared me,” Evelyn said after picking up the call. “I’ve known you for so many years and never seen you drunk. How are you feeling now?”

“I’m fine, just a bit groggy.”

“That’s good. Isabella, go downstairs and eat something. Why did you wake up so late? Let’s go out for a walk and some shopping. Don’t go drinking again.”

Evelyn remembered that when she was feeling down before, Isabella had always taken her out for shopping. Now that Isabella was feeling low, Evelyn decided to take her shopping for a change of mood. Isabella agreed.

After hanging up, she went downstairs. When Lilly saw Isabella coming down from upstairs, she couldn’t help but sigh. “Isabella, are you okay? You came home drunk yesterday, and it scared me. How are you feeling today?”

“I’m okay, just have a bit of a headache.”

“Let me make you some lemon water and get you something to eat. You didn’t eat anything last night.”

“Thank you, Lilly,” Isabella said and sat on the sofa, turning on the TV. The lively noise made her feel less agitated. Soon, Lilly prepared the food and asked Isabella to come over and eat.

Isabella actually had little appetite, but under Lilly’s expectant gaze, she still ate some. It was also for the sake of her health; not eating for too long wasn’t good for her body. After eating about half of the food, she told Lilly, “I can’t eat anymore.”

“Okay, Isabella, what do you want for lunch later?”

Isabella shook her head. She remembered last night when she slept and felt like someone was holding her. Was that person Emanuele?

Thinking about this, Isabella asked Lilly, “Did Emanuele come back yesterday?”

“No, didn’t Emanuele get injured? He has been recuperating in the hospital and hasn’t come back,” Lilly lied. It was what Emanuele had instructed her to say. God, she rarely lied, but Emanuele said it was for Isabella’s own good. She didn’t know what was going on between the two of them. Isabella was so upset, went out drinking, and Emanuele still said it was for her own good. But Emanuele was her employer, and since he told her what to say, she had to say it.

Upon hearing Lilly’s words, Isabella couldn’t help but feel somewhat disappointed. Why did she have such high expectations? Emanuele already didn’t like her, so why did she still fantasize about Emanuele holding her while she slept? She unexpectedly had such great hopes for Emanuele. Moreover, when she left in distress yesterday, Emanuele didn’t follow up with her or call her. How could it have been him?

Isabella couldn’t help but smile to herself. She felt so foolish, hoping that Emanuele wouldmake a caring gesture and then forgiving him. However, in reality, Emanuele seemed to not care about her at all, nor was he worried about her safety. Didn’t he know she had gone out drinking yesterday, gotten drunk? Was he not worried about her, still recuperating in the hospital?

When she went to see Emanuele yesterday, she felt that his condition seemed fine. He was even sunbathing on the hospital lawn, and his complexion looked normal, not pale from significant injury or loss of blood.

Isabella thought, perhaps Emanuele simply didn’t like her anymore. He had someone new, Karen, who would surely be taking good care of him. As his wife, she might just be a name now. Maybe when Emanuele recovered, he would ask for a divorce. If he truly didn’t like her anymore, then perhaps divorce would be the best choice.

However, Isabella still couldn’t understand why Emanuele suddenly stopped liking her. Before she went to Italy, their relationship was still good. He even wanted her to stay in Italy, worried about her safety. How had things changed so quickly?

Thinking about all this made Isabella feel agitated and emotionally out of control. She felt like she was falling into a state of despair. Isabella felt like she was in a mess.

Her emotions were being tightly controlled by Emanuele, and she was constantly wavering because of him. But now, Emanuele was probably having a sweet time with Karen in the hospital. She couldn’t keep focusing all her energy on Emanuele.

Thinking this, Isabella decided to go out. Evelyn had suggested going out for shopping, so she would do just that. Shopping would shift her focus away from Emanuele and keep her from feeling so sad.

Moreover, Isabella decided she would definitely spend Emanuele’s money recklessly! Since they might be getting a divorce, if she didn’t spend it now, who knew if she would have another chance?

Isabella and Evelyn arranged to meet at a shopping mall, and as soon as they saw each other, Evelyn gave Isabella a hug.