Then the sound hit the front gates.
Not a cough of an old engine.
A deep, expensive roar—V12—followed by two escort vehicles braking in perfect sync.
Arthur straightened, offended by the noise alone. “What the hell is that?”
The butler rushed in, pale. “Sir… there’s private security at the entrance. And a gentleman who insists on coming in.”
“Throw the riffraff out,” Martha snapped.
But the double doors swung open before the sentence finished.
And Isabella smiled—because the storm had arrived in a tailored suit.
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