Emerald Ruffalo meticulously peeled the apple, patiently cutting it into precise, thin slices before arranging them neatly on a plate. As he observed his father attemptting to engage Aunt Eliza in conversation, he couldn't help but consider how Aunt Eliza's accident had been both a blessing and a curse.
On the one hand, he'd finally been able to back Isabella into a corner and scare her into agreeing to leave that powerful man as well as this country. Now all he had to do was get her there, and then he would make special arrangements for her that he would be able to showcase Ian Frost and get him to hate Isabella as well. This would successfully cut off any chance of her ever returning.
But what was happening now was a curse. Gio Ruffalo was so scared of losing his wife that he was not willing to say or hear a single bad thing about Isabella because his wife did not like it.
