The Billionaire Can't Escape His Shameless Heiress Wife!-Chapter 9: Coming Back

The Wisteria Compound was isolated from the world. The area where it sat was as wide as a small town, but the houses and villas inside didn’t reach a hundred. Yet, it didn’t make one feel it was abandoned.

Rather, one would be shocked to discover that this place was a paradise for everyone. It was an exclusive enclave hidden behind a ten-meter-tall gate made from the highest-quality metal. A tree-lined pathway would lead one to the inner gates of the compound, where another tall gate blocked the residents from prying eyes.

Walking from the outer to the inner gate, Isabella stopped and glanced up. Rather than following the instructions of the guard from earlier to look for the other guard, she let the sensors hidden inside the walls screen her.

Raising a hand to wave at it as if greeting a friend, Isabella didn’t look like she was new there at all.

However, she knew that the sensor was making sure that she was not someone made from artificial intelligence, trying to fool the high-tech security the compound had set up to secure the safety of its residents.

This also included getting an ID of her background. The sensors would immediately send a message to the higher surveillance team, who had access to the government’s individual documents.

Though they couldn’t get a thorough background check, a name and basic information would be enough to know whether anyone was worthy of entrance to the compound.

Click.

A sound came from the wall, which was soon followed by the locks on the gate as thick as a person’s wrist to unlock. Then, without anyone’s support, it opened wide, letting Isabella in without any hindrances.

Ping!

Isabella fished her phone out of her pocket and looked at the notification.

[Access granted. Welcome back to Wisteria Compound, Isabella Harrington. Your arrival has been verified. Enjoy the comfort of home.]

She held her phone in her hand and walked a few steps forward. Then, a minute later, a single-seater vehicle that looked like a pod arrived in front of her.

[Please verify your ride by pressing your index finger on the scanner.]

She pressed her index finger, and the pod produced a bell chime and opened its door.

The outer shell of the pod looked small, but the interior was big. It had a plush cushion chair, a table with complementary drinks and desserts, and an automatic driver already set to escort her to her destination. The windows were also wider than a normal car, giving the passenger a great view as it moved across the pathway.

When Isabella entered and sat, the pod closed the door and started to move.

***

Inside a sleek glass villa scattered across the compound, a man in a velvet bathrobe looked out of his floor-to-ceiling window. The sweeping view of turquoise water and endless bright sky was displayed in front of him like an expensive painting. He swirled the wine in his glass and was about to take a sip when his watch vibrated, catching his attention.

Looking down, the man revealed an amused smile.

Walking back inside the room, he took his phone from the bed and clicked on the screen. Soon, the video call commenced. He was just waiting for the other person to accept it.

A few rings later, a face with modest features appeared on his screen.

"You’re back?" he asked with a smile.

From the screen, he could see the familiar interior of the pod.

"Hm." Isabella hummed her response. The front window of the pod showed a huge screen window where the man’s face was shown.

"I thought you said you’d return next month? What got you coming here so soon?" he asked, walking back to the window to wait for that pod to pass by. "Are you planning to stay?"

"No. I need you to check something."

"Oh? What is it?"

"I’ll show you when I get there." Isabella looked in the other direction, and a gleam appeared in her eyes. She moved the pod controller to slow down and stared at a certain house.

In Wisteria Compound, most villa and house owners would design their homes in a modernized manner. Sometimes a little futuristic to go with the times. A few would continue with the trendy styles. However, only one of these hundred residents chose to design their house completely differently.

In comparison to others, they went back in time. Designing their house in a traditional style that captured an era where chaotic times were prevalent. A palace-looking courtyard spanned across an area below the mountain. The curved red roofs were layered with deep jade and gold, curling at the tip with dragon and phoenix carvings.

It wasn’t the first time Isabella had seen the grand palace-like residence, but she still couldn’t hide her admiration and surprise whenever she passed by. And whenever she does, she would end up taking a few minutes to look at it.

But it wasn’t only the magnificent design that captured her eyes. It was the fact that the house belonged to someone she knew.

Looking at the towering doors, where a grand plaque hung above them, a word written in an ancient script with elegant and flowing strokes like water flowing in the river was brought to life.

The word Veyron filled her eyes.

"Bel?"

"Hello?"

"Isabella?"

Isabella didn’t remove her gaze from the scene in front of her as she heard Julienne’s voice inside the pod.

"Are you seriously ignoring me to admire that place again?" Julienne wasn’t new to Isabella’s behavior whenever she went to Wisteria Compound. He knew that she would stop in front of that unique palace below the mountain. But he never got to find why.

"Yes." Isabella moved the controller again to speed up the pace of the pod, showing no care when Julienne showed a hurtful look on his face.

Soon, she arrived in front of a three-story modern-style house. After bypassing the cutting-edge security door, the familiar interior of the house was soon revealed to her.

"My dearest Bel!" Isabella turned her head towards the source of the voice.

A smile appeared at the corners of her mouth as a man in his late twenties appeared. Julienne, who was still wearing a loosely tied red bathrobe, plastered a brilliant grin on his face.

Julienne pulled her in a tight embrace and kissed her on both cheeks. When he backed away from her, he raised his eyebrows and let his eyes fall on her outfit, nearly cursing out loud.

"You look..." his lips twitched as he took a moment to take in her appearance. "By gods, I still wonder how you can endure wearing that and walk outside. "