CHAPTER 26
LAST RESTRAINT
ISABELLA
When Camille mentioned the dinner, I didn't want to go. But then, I told myself I was planning to leave anyway, I could as well just just have this dinner with her since Alexander would be nowhere around.
I took my time getting ready. I washed my hair, put on a dress I barely wore and let myself feel, for one small hour, like I was in control.
I checked my reflection one last time. My hair was loose, my lipstick was subtle. I looked like a girl who had her life together.
I walked toward the terrace with my shoulders back, my chin up, a smile ready for Camille's teasing, her wine and her relentless optimism.
Until I got to the table and saw him. He was sitting at the table, his back to the house and facing the sea. For a brief second, I stopped b
