The War God Alpha’s Arranged Bride Novel

---- Chapter 203 It still made Isabella's blood boil with bitter disdain. The only saving grace that helped ease the older woman's. worries was that Evelyn had no physical proof of the incident. But that wasn't to say that the crafty girl wouldn't find another way to incriminate her. lsabella couldn't let that happen. A shrilling, whiny voice broke out through the air. "Mother?! Mother, where are you?!" The older woman clenched her jaw and pinched her features in aggravation. Samantha came storming into the dining room with her own copy of the latest gossip columns clutched in her hands.

She looked as angered and infuriated as Isabella felt. "Samantha," she drawled. Her voice was dripping with sarcasm that more than likely would go over her daughter's head. "What an unexpected pleasure to see you here." For the last couple of weeks, Samantha's presence around the house had become a lot more prominent. It shouldn't have come to anyone's surprise that she had failed in using the aphrodisiac on her husband. Isabella didn't know the specifics, ---- nor did she care to, but somehow Liam found out about the whole matter and refuses to even be around Samantha now.

Samantha claimed that she tried to make amends but to no avail. Knowing that her marriage was already on thin ice, this was truly her last chance to make things better between them. And it had ultimately blown up in her face. Samantha slammed the magazines down on the table. "Have you seen the newest issues?" she asked incredulously. "Tell me, how on earth did she manage to get on the front covers of nearly every current news article?!" Isabella refrained from rolling her eyes. "Have you actually read any of the articles, dear?" "Not really," she admitted.

"I've been wrapped up in the fact that certain celebrities are referring to Evelyn as a fashion icon for her choice of clothing." Isabella let out along breath. "Perhaps, if you actually read the articles instead of just gawking at the photos, you would know that Evelyn and her husband had just been coming out of the courthouse," she informed her. "Michael Kingston has just been sentenced to life in prison for having tried to kill Alexander." Samantha's eyes widened in utter shock. For a moment she studied her mother's pale look and narrowed her eyes in suspicion.

---- "You seem freaked out by this...Care to tell me why?" "If Evelyn and Alexander are willing to go after their enemies, then who's to say that they won't try and come after us?" Samantha's whole body went still. "Us? Why the hell would they do that?" Isabella pursed her lips and rolled her eyes. "Because | may, or may not, have tried to put an end to Edward's life as well as slip that same aphrodisiac I'd given you into Evelyn's tea." Samantha gaped at her mother and demanded to hear the whole story.

Over the next hour, Isabella went into great detail about her devious plans to win back control of the pack as well as attempt to ruin Evelyn's image. By the time she was finished, Samantha was both impressed but greatly disappointed that nothing worked out as it should have. She didn't like the fact that her Stepsister had managed to luck out so well in her own marriage and now she was gaining positive publicity. "So, what do you plan to do now?" Perhaps, it was just the fear that one day Evelyn would come after Isabella for all she tried to do. But she wasn't about to take that chance.

Something had to be done before she'd be the one to end up in court. ---- "There's only one person | know that has to hate Evelyn and Alexander's relationship as much as we do," Isabella commented. "I think it's time we reach out to Caroline."