Zara, meanwhile, kept her head lowered and said in a voice full of soft humiliation, "Thank you. I did not mean to trouble anyone."
Inside, however, she was drowning in hatred.
She hated Osiris for humiliating her.
She hated the way the others had stared instead of helping her.
She hated the way Kian had not moved at all.
And she hated Isabella most of all, because somehow even while pretending to be kind, that woman still made her feel smaller.
Then Isabella did something even more unbelievable.
She said, "Get up. I'll go bring your food."
This time, even Cyrus's expression changed.
Because now it had gone too far.
Isabella rarely moved around for other people like this now, especially while carrying such a heavy stomach. She stood when she wanted to walk, or stretch, or cook, or get bored and wander about, but to personally go get food for another woman, and a stranger at that?
Yes.
Now everyone was beginning to understand that something was definitely wrong.
