Isabelle’s POV
Secrets never stayed buried forever.
And I had always known—always—that one day, mine would come crawling back.
I just hadn’t expected it to be now.
Not when I was already fighting to keep everything from collapsing.
Stephanie stood in front of my desk, gripping a folder so tightly her knuckles turned white. Her face was paler than I had ever seen it.
A pit formed in my stomach.
“What is it?” I asked, keeping my voice even despite the unease curling in my chest.
She hesitated. That alone told me everything.
When Stephanie hesitated, it meant the news was bad.
Finally, she exhaled and placed the folder on my desk. “Someone is digging into your past.”
I felt my pulse quicken.
I knew what was in my past.
And I knew that if the wrong person uncovered it, everything
