Chapter 16 - Mother Dearest

Isabella’s POV

Margret Hart was Ethan’s father's second wife. His first marriage had given him two sons—Ethan’s two elder brothers. In my previous life, my interactions with Ethan’s mother had been restricted to formal events and the rare, awkward family dinner. Though few and far between, there was one thing I could count on at those gatherings.

Margret’s disdain. She hated me. Or perhaps that was too strong a word to attribute to any emotion the other woman was capable of. Her icy scorn was probably too dispassionate to be considered hatred.

She did think I was unworthy of her son—well, unworthy of even standing in the same room with any member of her family. So it was definitely a slight that I was married to her offspring, one she was always too happy to remind me of.