Chapter 110

GENERAL POV

Isabella sat upright, her fingers intertwined.

Now was the time to pull the veil off the elaborate performance of the past hour and reveal how every twist and turn had fallen into place.

Robert had just been dragged away not too long ago; he was supposed to be gone now.

She had played her part well—cool, calculated.

But there was more to the smooth, well-played story, and the board deserved to know.

Her eyes slid over to James once again.

The theatrical or perhaps real anxiety

into the had been etched in his face had begun to dissolve slowly.

He stared at the at the door where Robert had been dragged through once more, then turned to her with a nod.

There was something about that nod; this time it was an acknowledgment, a silent agreement between the both of them.

Actually, James had been in on the whole act, too.

That cold, distant expression from earlier was as much a performance as hers had been. Though she could not swear hundred percent yet.

They had worked toge