My Second Marriage with the Mafia Kingpin novel Chapter 72

Chapter 72: Don’t Know If It’s Stupid Or Genius

Isabella paced back and forth in front of the large gates of the mansion. Usually, whenever her car was seen approaching, the gates would automatically open for her. But now, even when she reached them, they didn’t open at all.

Worse, guards stood right across the gates, forming a large horizontal line like a second barrier.

"Why aren’t you letting me in?" Isabella growled at them. "I want to see Ashley! Didn’t you hear me?"

But none of them budged an inch.

Red, who was among the guards in the line, yawned and tugged at his earlobe. "There’s nothing in this place that isn’t making me yawn."

Then, his face twisted as he turned to the woman right outside the gates. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"Quit yapping already," he muttered, audible to those near him but not to Isabella. "Why is this woman even here?"

From what they all knew, it was Isabella who gave the wrong information to Lucian. They had their own faults, but normally, in situations such as that, they couldn’t just wait and finish the investigation before acting.

As Red grew bored watching Isabella force her way in, he heard her yell,

"Ash!"

His brow arched as he glanced back, catching Ashley running toward them. She slipped through the human barricade and clutched the gates dramatically.

"The hell is she doing here?" Red wondered, his eyes wandering to the maid at the side.

He didn’t dwell on it, though, setting his eyes on the crazy woman and her sister on the other side of the gate.

"Ashley!" Isabella called out worriedly, scanning Ashley’s face like a concerned family member. "Are you alright?"

Ashley pursed her lips as she looked at Isabella. "I’m okay, Isabella. What’s going on here?"

"They won’t let me in," Isabella clicked her tongue, glaring at the guards meters behind Ashley. Then she lowered her voice. "What happened? Are you alright? I heard what happened to June."

But somehow, even when she lowered her voice, the guards behind her couldn’t help but frown.

Why is she acting like this? They all wondered. Then their eyes landed on Ashley’s back. And why is that woman acting like this? Didn’t she know?

The one who tipped them off and said Ashley eloped with a hooligan was that woman, Isabella Di Carpio.

Did no one tell Ashley that?

"Mhm," Ashley nodded and frowned innocently. "Isabella, I think you shouldn’t come here for now. Lucian was really angry, you know?"

Isabella’s jaw tightened as she gripped the metal tightly. "Why didn’t you show up at the place I told you?"

"How could I show up? I can’t even leave here without getting dragged back," Ashley whispered, pouting. "Also, even when you told me the address, I don’t even know how to find it. You know I’m bad with directions."

This idiot!

Isabella ground her teeth as she looked at Ashley, who was pouting like a wronged puppy. Seeing Ashley’s reaction, she calmed down and nodded to herself.

Right, she’s always bad with directions. I should’ve chosen an easier spot and not overthought it.

"Isabella, don’t worry!" This time, Ashley exclaimed aloud for everyone to hear. "Once things are better, I’ll beg the big boss to let you back in here again!"

Everyone who heard Ashley’s enthusiasm couldn’t stop their faces from contorting.

"What the hell...?" Red scrunched up his nose. "After all of that, she’s gonna what? Did no one actually tell her about what that woman did?"

Their faces soured.

"Is she really this oblivious?" One of the guards whispered when he couldn’t take it anymore. "How come she doesn’t know? Even if no one told her, doesn’t she get the hint?"

"Even if no one tells her, she should know that her sister almost killed her."

None of them liked Ashley, and they all had their reasons for that. But Isabella? They disliked her simply because of how she usually acted around Lucian. She reeked of entitlement. Besides, only a blind person wouldn’t notice how she looked at him with desire in her eyes.

Just like all the women who tried to seduce their big boss.

No one could blame them, though.

Lucian was a man in his prime—handsome, powerful, wealthy. Name it, he had it all. That was why it remained a mystery why, of all the women, he had chosen someone like Ashley.

That means... I still haven’t lost Lucian’s favor, she thought, convincing herself that because of Ashley’s lack of sense of direction, Isabella’s tip had come early. But as long as Ashley left, that was enough to back up her claim.

I’m sure she’s dying to cross these gates, but Lucian is not someone to be trifled with. I have to be glad this idiot doesn’t have a brain.

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