Chase’s chiseled face was icy cold.

“You think you can just walk away after what you did to Gabriel?”

“What should I do? Should Gabriel kneel and thank me as I leave?”

“Isabella!” Chase’s face darkened. “I can’t stand by and watch you act like this.”

Isabella raised an eyebrow, clearly disgusted. “Then gouge your eyes out!”

Chase’s brows furrowed instantly.

“What did you say?” He couldn’t believe it.

The Isabella in front of him was a far cry from the one he saw yesterday.

Yesterday, she had greeted him with respect, calling him “Chase” politely.

In just one day, she had changed completely, becoming so arrogant and rude.

Isabella, visibly annoyed, snapped back, “Can’t you hear? If you’re deaf, get it checked.”

Chase stared at her, unable to detect any hint of pretense.

She was genuinely irritated with him.

Realizing this, Chase felt a sharp, inexplicable pain in his heart.

His frustration grew.

“Isabella, you have no respect for your elders.”

“Respect for my elders?” Isabella found it laughable.

“Chase, you demand I respect my brother, but why don’t you ask Gabriel to respect his elders and care for the young? Where were you when he was acting crazy earlier?”

“Gabriel drugged my water, dumped me at Heather Bluff in the middle of the night, and what did you do about it? When he put dead rats in my room and needles in my bed, you turned a blind eye!”

Faced with Isabella’s accusations, Chase gripped his fork tightly, his knuckles turning white. He wanted to say something but couldn’t find the words.

Finally, Isabella stared at him with extreme disdain and said, “Chase, your overly righteous than-thou act makes me sick.”

“You… what did you say?” Chase looked at Isabella in disbelief, as if she were a stranger.

Sickening?

That was Isabella’s verdict on him.

How could that be?

Chase felt an inexplicable tightness in his chest, like he couldn’t breathe.

When he finally came to his senses, all he saw was Isabella’s indifferent figure heading upstairs.

Everyone was stunned.

It took Gabriel a few seconds to react. He angrily shook the food off his head and charged upstairs like a mad lion, “Isabella! I’ll kill you!”

How dare she dump food on his head.

She was asking for it.

“Gabriel, don’t…” Bianca gently tugged at his sleeve, looking at him with tearful eyes like an angel, “Don’t fight with Isabella.”

Gabriel was fuming, “She dared to bully me!”

Who did she think she was?

She hadn’t even earned his approval and already showed her true colors?

“Enough!” Chase took a deep breath and looked at Gabriel coldly, “Drugging her, planting needles—you’re something else.”

With that, Chase got up and left.

Eating was the last thing on his mind.

Gabriel watched Chase’s retreating figure, clenching his fists in frustration.

His eyes reddened with anger as he shouted, “Isabella dared to tattle!”

She used to stay quiet.

“Gabriel, don’t be angry.” Bianca clung to his sleeve, “Isabella didn’t mean to tell Chase all that.”

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