"Shut up. If not for you and your family's devious deeds, I wouldn't have ended up like this. Shame on you to even compare yourself with me" Isabella barked. She held her child close to her and wished to run to a place far away from this heartless man.
"You still believe it was all my family's fault" The man shook his head in disbelief. He then continued in a cold voice.
"You better be relieved that I'm willing to meet you again. Don't make things hard for yourself and your child. Come with me while I'm still being nice" the man's voice was bone chilling. He then held Isabella's wrist and tried to drag her out of the house.
Isabella tried to pull her arm out of the man's grip but she couldn't fight against him. She could only go with him afraid he would do something to her daughter if she didn't listen to him.
"Let me go. I'll come by myself" Isabella then grabbed her child's arm and walked out of the house. She stood with the man on one side and her child on the other.
To the bystanders, they looked like a happy family of three. Only Isabella knew the catastrophic relationship between them.
Soon a black car came forward to pick them up and dropped them at a restaurant. Isabella didn't understand what plot that man was laying.
Though she had her fears, she didn't want him to notice them. She couldn't let her inner emotions to surface on her face and give him a chance to play with her.
Isabella silently sat at the table along with her daughter.
The little girl followed her mother and sat silently, without troubling her mother like how most kids of her age do. She stayed still but her chubby face clearly expressed her inner emotions. She looked distracted and dull.
She didn't know what exactly happened before she was born as her mother never told her. But she noticed her mother cursing this man every time he appeared on TV and guessed he was the one who caused more pain to her mother than any other person.
Once in a while, she raised her eyes to look at the man who sat facing the mother-daughter duo.
Soon, a middle-aged man entered the restaurant and walked towards the table.
He sat down silently on the remaining chair and opened his briefcase. He then took out a black file and handed it to Isabella.
Isabella was baffled when she looked at the papers inside the file.
"Mr. Romano... What do you mean by this?
'In addition to ruining my life, they are also trying to snatch everything from me. Shameless' Isabella felt her eyes became wet.
The little girl didn't know what those papers were and decided to take a look. She peeped at the title on the papers from the corner of her eye. She noticed the words 'Property' and 'Transfer' but didn't know what they meant.
"Sign them and I'll let you go" Mr. Romano said with his deep gaze focused on Isabella.
The little girl immediately interpreted all her mother needed to do was to sign those papers and they could be free.
'Mommy, if signing these few papers allows you to get rid of this man, you better sign them' thinking that, the little girl tugged her mother's sleeve.
Noticing her daughter's actions, Isabella looked at her daughter.
"Mommy, sign them and let's get away from him. I don't want to see you sad anymore" Realizing her daughter's ability to understand the situation, Isabella felt like crying. Since her daughter gave her strength, Isabella started signing all the papers without second thought.
She knew these properties were all left to her by her maternal family.
Isabella's grandfather, Elder Min was a proud man who never allowed his family members to commit even the slightest mistakes.
However, her mother fell in love with french man Mason Dubois when she was on a vacation in Europe.
Isabella's father, Mason was a loyal person and married her mother instantly which irked Elder Min.
His elder daughter turning her back towards him and marrying an outsider made Elder Min furious. He banned his daughter from the family. Only after Isabella's birth did the old man cooled down a little.
Although he still had some hatred lingering inside him, he passed down some of his properties directly to Isabella instead of giving them to his daughter.
Even though, Isabella was of mixed race, she lived with her paternal family carrying her English name Isabella Dubois instead of her Korean name 'Min Jisoo'.
If not for the conspiracy of the Romano family, she wouldn't be suffering with nightmares every night for years. She wouldn't have been shunned by her maternal families ruthlessly.
Her maternal grandfather hated her more than how much he hated her mother. All her grandfather said to her was this one thing before throwing her out of the house.
"You should know your place and get out of Min's family. I don't want to see your face again"
And just like that, she was disowned by her maternal family.
Since she let her grandfather, Elder Min down, she lost her position as the eldest granddaughter of the Min family. But did she still want the properties given to her by Min family? Isabella had no idea.
However, if the man seated before her was only after her because of these possessions, she would give them away without a second thought if she could get rid of him. Because she would soon get back all that was hers to begin with.
But if he had any other plans beyond grabbing these lands from her, she would fall into his trap. She had to confirm his intentions before signing the papers.
"If I transfer these lands to you, will you leave me without pestering further?" Isabella asked in her utmost serious voice only to hear his half hearted reply.
"Well, not until you..."