Chapter 025

Shadows of Doubt

The soft glow of her laptop cast an eerie light on Isabelle's face as she scrolled down her emails. Her brow furrowed. Past midnight, and where was Carlos? Again.

She looked at her phone, hoping that it'd buzz with some message from her husband. Nothing. She closed her laptop with a great sigh and padded into the twin's room to watch them sleep peacefully.

Eyes on Alexander and Sophia, yet the gnawing issue at the back of her mind twang.

Of late, Carlos had been gone more and more, always engaging late meetings and urgent problems with the business, but there was something not quite right.

The creak of the front door broke Isabelle out of her reverie. She slipped out of the twins' room and padded silently to the living room, where Carlos was pulling at his tie, looking like a beaten man.

"Another late night?" Isabelle asked, trying to keep accusation out of her voice.

Carlos nodded, barely squaring his eyes with hers. "That Zhang merger is proving a lot more complicat