Isabella did not go back for the earrings after she lost them. Instead, she bought a new pair that looked similar to the one she accidentally dropped.

She did not expect that Nina would be able to notice the difference.

And if Nina noticed, then maybe Albert did, too. Isabella started panicking.

She had waited for a long time for Kristina to leave the picture. After all, she was the only woman around Albert and the one blocking her way into his life.

How could she lose those earrings? Now Albert would never take notice of her again.

Nina smiled as dread descended on Isabella's face. In truth, Albert only commented casually on Isabella's earrings one night when the three of them had dinner together.

Since then, Isabella had worn the earrings every day, thinking that they were her ticket to getting Albert's attention.

In the past, Nina had not known that Isabella desperately liked Albert, and she only thought that Isabella had a special preference for that pair of earrings.

Now she knew the real reason.

Isabella glared at her and asked, "How do you even know this is a new pair? They're of the same brand and style."

"They may be

at the scene. I know nothing."

Nina was on the edge of rage. Her eyes were now red and horribly bloodthirsty.

Whoever killed Kristina deserved to die a thousand painful deaths.

Nina wished she could break Isabella's arm right now and get even with Albert.

With her emotions starting to take over, Nina tightened her grip on Isabella's arm. Isabella cried out in pain.

"Ah! It hurts... Let go of me, Nina!"

Ignoring her screams, Nina hissed through clenched teeth, "If you were not at the scene, then Albert must've told you about it."

Nina grabbed both of Isabella's arms now and gripped them so tightly that her nails had started digging into Isabella's flesh. Nina roared, "It was Albert who killed Kristina! Tell me the truth, Isabella! Albert killed Kristina!"

The two of them were deeply in love. Then, in the blink of an eye, Albert stole Kristina's life away. He even disguised the scene as a suicide to throw the police off his tracks.

It broke Nina's heart. It was not fair. She could not accept that Kristina died in the hands of the man she loved.

The one she loved was the one who killed her.

Nina spat at the horrible irony.