“Let go!”
With one movement, Aleandra finally managed to break free of Issac and back away several steps. The woman appeared to rub her face with both hands, frustrated by what had happened moments ago.
“You don’t seem to be in your right mind, Sir,” she suddenly said. “We’ve never met before. And I’m here because I’m replacing my twin sister. You should—”
“Should what? Isn’t that something I don’t have a problem with?” Issac took another step toward his woman.
That naturally put Aleandra on higher alert, and she kept even more distance between herself and the man.
Yes, Aleandra had been trying to maintain her disguise as Alegra from the very beginning, all for the sake of her family’s safety. Even when she confessed, the first thing she thought was that she might not live much longer after Issac learned the truth.
Issac then smiled mockingly. “Do you think I’m the kind of man who can be fooled by switching out the woman I’m going to marry?”
“Switching out?” Aleandra immediately narrowed her eyes. “We never intended to do anything like that. My sister—”
“Disappeared. She vanished, didn’t she? And your father ordered you to replace her. That’s the reality.”
Aleandra froze. How had the man found out everything so easily, while even seeming as though he knew nothing?
The confusion plainly etched across her face was, of course, perfectly clear to Issac. He chuckled.
“You seem surprised that I already knew everything, even when we met at the altar. Didn’t I tell you from the beginning?”
Aleandra’s eyes immediately widened.
“You’re still the same as before.”
Yes, those words suddenly flashed through her mind—the words he had spoken when they had first stood beside each other at the altar. But that only made Aleandra even more confused. She couldn’t make sense of what was actually happening at all.
The woman then shook her head and slowly backed away again. “No, this doesn’t make any sense, Sir.”
She tried to steady her breathing, which felt increasingly constricted.
“No, we’ve never met. Don’t make things up!”
Her words only made Issac chuckle even more.
“Make things up? That’s not my specialty at all, Aleandra,” he explained. “I—”
Issac’s words were cut short when the doorbell rang, and the two of them fell silent, simply staring at each other. But the man tried to ignore it and remained focused on the woman in front of him.
Even when Issac was about to speak again, his phone ringing stopped him once more.
“ Tsk! Who dares disturb me?!”
He reached for it roughly and saw a name displayed on the phone’s screen. With a quick, furious motion, he answered.
“What is it? Didn’t I tell you not to disturb me?! What are you—”
“I’m sorry, Sir. We have a problem. There’s someone….” Issac listened angrily, the furrow in his brow growing deeper.
Seeing that, Aleandra could only remain silent. It gave her a little time to breathe and think about what she should do next. But her thoughts were abruptly scattered when she heard the annoyed click of the man’s tongue.
“How dare they!” he growled. “Take care of it immediately. I’m heading there now!”
Issac ended the call, slipped his phone back into his pocket, and looked at Aleandra again.
“We’ll have to postpone this conversation. Stay here. I’ll be back soon.”
Issac turned toward the door, but his steps stopped as he opened the doorknob. He looked back and said, “Next time we talk, don’t call me Sir. I’m not your master, and you’re not my servant.”