Part 2: The Eviction of the Paper King
Isabella spent that night in a women’s shelter, fearing Max would freeze her bank accounts—which he did the following morning. However, she wasn’t alone. Her first call wasn’t to a lawyer, but to her father, Arthur Rossini. To the world, Arthur was a quiet retiree living in the countryside. To the real estate sector, he was “The Ghost,” a tycoon who owned half the city’s commercial buildings through anonymous trusts—including the mansion where Max lived.
Blinded by narcissism, Max always believed the house was a family inheritance Isabella had brought into the marriage, but that it legally belonged to him through “adverse possession” or marital rights. He never bothered to read the lease agreement Arthur made him sign every year under the excuse of “tax formalities.” The reality was brutal: Max paid $15,000 a month in rent, and he was six months behind.
Over the following week, Isabella acted with the precision of the paralegal she was. While Max flooded social media with photos of Camilla and slandered Isabella with fabricated claims of infidelity, Isabella met with Rosa, the housekeeper. Rosa, loyal to Isabella, let her into the house one night while Max and Camilla were out partying. Isabella photographed hidden financial documents in the safe, revealing that Sterling Tech was $4.7 million in debt and that Max was embezzling funds to maintain his lifestyle.
Judgment day arrived on a rainy Tuesday. Max was eating breakfast with Camilla on the sun terrace, mocking press headlines he had manipulated. “Soon she’ll come crawling back for a settlement,” Max laughed.
Suddenly, the front doors burst open. It wasn’t Isabella begging for mercy. It was Arthur Rossini, flanked by four corporate lawyers and the county sheriff.
