Sweet Flash Marriage with the Restrained Tycoon (Isabelle and Damien) novel Chapter 270

Chapter 270 A Scheme Is Hatched

Chapter 270 A Scheme Is Hatched

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Collin chuckled softly, his long fingers tapping rhythmically on the steering wheel as a sly, fox- like grin spread across his face.

Ashley felt her throat tighten.

When Collin had first approached her and laid out that plan, a cold fear had gripped her. She had only wanted to teach Isabelle a lesson–nothing too drastic–but she couldn’t simply let things go, either.

Collin’s scheme was on a completely different, far more dangerous level.

“You’d better not lose your nerve at the last minute,” Collin warned, his voice low.

He held something over her.

Back then, Ashley had told everyone that breaking up with Damian years ago was all her mother’s fault.

But that wasn’t the truth. It was Ashley herself who had ended things with Damian and chosen to go abroad. She had caught wind that her family was under investigation, and panic had taken over. With both crises hitting at once, she hadn’t hesitated.

If Damian was going to be crippled, he wouldn’t be worth her time.

When she’d delivered those cold words back then, she’d felt a pang of guilt, but no real regret.

Later, after his legs healed and her mother passed away, she found it convenient to pin all the blame on her late mother.

Collin knew the real story.

Back when he was still living overseas, he’d run into Ashley once. She was drunk, and he’d offered her a ride home. In her intoxicated state, the whole story had tumbled out.

He just hadn’t realized at the time that the man saved in her phone under the name “Fool” was actually Damian.

If this got out now, their entire plan would crumble.

Whatever shred of reputation Ashley had left in their circles would be utterly destroyed.

Ashley gritted her teeth. “I won’t back out. Just make sure you don’t screw this up!”

She’d been backed into a corner by this man. Fuming, she shoved the car

door

open

and got

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out, slamming it shut with a loud thud before storming back to her own vehicle.

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Collin paid her no mind. He simply rolled down the window, lit a cigarette, and took a slow, leisurely drag.

As evening began to settle, Isabelle and Diana stepped out of the café.

It was the peak of rush hour, and the streets were bustling.

“Isabelle, Diana.” Collin’s car was idling nearby, as if he had just arrived. He was in the driver’s seat, his gaze shifting from Diana to Isabelle.

“Collin, what are you doing here?” Diana asked, her surprise evident.

“Just in the neighborhood,” he said with an easy smile. “Get in. I’ll give you both a ride.”

“That’s okay. Damian is on his way to pick us up,” Isabelle declined politely.

Collin’s lips curved. That was likely just an excuse.

“It’s just the two of you–no one’s going to talk. Besides, you’ve helped me so much. I really owe you a proper thank you. Don’t turn me down, okay?”

When he had first approached Isabelle, worried she might refuse, he had intentionally reached out to Diana as well, hoping they could both spend some time with Linda during her final months.

Diana had only found out the full story later, when Isabelle explained everything. She hadn’t refused then–after all, Linda had been her teacher, too.

“Really, it’s no trouble at all. You don’t need to be so formal. Anyone would have done the same for Linda,” Diana said, also declining the ride.

Damian’s dislike for Collin was hardly a secret.

Diana didn’t fully understand what Damian was so concerned about. Isabelle and he were married–stealing her away seemed next to impossible.

Just as she finished speaking, a car horn sounded from behind Collin’s vehicle.

A man was standing beside a Rolls–Royce.

Damian wore a faint smirk, his hands in his pockets, his gaze intense and fixed on his wife.

He had on a crisp white shirt with a vest that accentuated his tall, broad frame, and his tie swayed gently in the evening breeze.

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“Sorry, Collin, we have to go,” Isabelle said with an apologetic smile. After a quick wave, she promptly pulled Diana toward Damian’s car.

Collin’s smile vanished instantly. He watched through the rearview mirror as the other man’s eyes remained locked on him, unwavering.

Diana smoothly nudged Isabelle into the passenger seat before slipping into the back herself.

She knew better than to get in the way. Damian had already been a little annoyed when she’d taken his wife out for a long lunch earlier–she wasn’t about to play third wheel now.

Once Isabelle was settled, Damian leaned over her to buckle the seatbelt. Diana politely averted her gaze, pretending not to notice.

After dropping Diana off at her studio, Damian drove them home.

“What are you in the mood for tonight?” he asked during a red light, glancing over at her.

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