Austin and Isabella spoke at the same time.

They went silent.

Austin broke the silence first. “You may speak first, Ms. Isabella.”

Isabella said, “I’ve nothing to say. I can understand why you’ve done what you did.”

“I’m sorry for keeping secrets from you, Ms. Isabella.”

“There’s nothing to apologize for. I don’t know anything about you. If it weren’t for my friend, I wouldn’t have known you’re a young master of the Yorks. I couldn’t even obtain that information despite running a backgroun