Can't Win Me Back (Isabella and Nathan) novel Chapter 2

Chapter 2
Under the sunlight, she performed peculiar shadow dances while humming an off-key tune: *"...lyrics…"*

Nathan observed Isabella’s antics, a hint of confusion surfacing in his eyes.

This wasn’t the Isabella he knew.

Stepping out of his car, Nathan strode toward her, his face dark with annoyance over the trouble she had caused.

“Bella, who let you out on your own? Your wounds haven’t even healed!” he reprimanded.

The moment Isabella saw him, she instinctively jumped a meter away, clutching her chest in a defensive gesture. Her startled expression and wary gaze filled Nathan with a sense of unease.

“Who are you?” she asked timidly.

“I’m your husband,” he replied impatiently.

But Isabella clearly didn’t believe him. She turned on her heel and bolted into the shop adorned with a skull motif.

Nathan followed her with long strides.

Inside the shop, Isabella cowered behind the hypnotist, Ezekiel, peeking out cautiously with terror in her eyes.

Even Nathan, as dense as he could be, realized something was wrong. Isabella didn’t recognize him.

His hawk-like gaze sharpened as it landed on Ezekiel, cutting through the air like a blade. “What did you do to my wife?” he demanded coldly, his tone dark and foreboding.

At that moment, his only thought was that Ezekiel had drugged Isabella with hallucinogens or hurt her, causing her mental breakdown.

Ezekiel tossed a contract toward Nathan. “Your wife contacted me two months ago, insisting I perform hypnosis on her.”

Seeing Ezekiel’s professional badge, Nathan finally realized this was the globally renowned hypnotist people praised as nearly godlike. But he couldn’t understand—why would Isabella seek hypnosis?

Flipping through the contract Isabella had signed, he noted how meticulously detailed it was, with clear terms and transparent fees. Yet, the listed services sent shockwaves through his mind:

1. Help Isabella forget her birth, her father, and the existence of her Sis.

2. Help Isabella forget her married life, erasing all traces of Nathan Hill from her memory.

3. Help Isabella forget the pain of undergoing a kidney transplant.

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Final item: Teach Isabella to love herself.

Nathan’s tall and imposing figure visibly stiffened as he processed the implications. His deep, calculating gaze flickered with resistance.