CHAPTER 5

Chapter Five - The Runaway

Isabella's POV

I felt my entire body shudder in fear. I gulped a lump down my throat as I imagined the worse scenarios ever. How could I train a child in such a dangerous environment like the Santos mansion? Most importantly, how could I bear the child of a murderer, someone like Gabriel who had a gazillion enemies. The child would definetly be a target.

I was afraid, not for myself but for the unborn child. I could never be cruel to raise a child in such a place like that. "I want to abort the baby." I blurted out. I watched the doctor's eyes widen in shock and her jaw drop at my sudden words. She stuttered as she tried to think of the right words to use but I was not interested, I wanted the child gone. The doctor eventually cleared his throat and spoke with a serious tone. "I do not think you can make that decision on your own Miss. We need to conduct Mr Gabriel Santos and hear what he has to say." The doctor said.

I scoffed and rolled my eyes at her. "I am the one with the child in me. I think I have the ultimate right to choose whether I want to abort the baby or not." I said. I felt anger rise in me as I slammed the desk in front of her. "Do you want me to ask another doctor to do it because with the snap of my finger I can make that possible." I snapped at her. I was lying, I had no doctor at my beck and call, I was only trying to threaten her and it seemed to be working.

She gulped a lump down her throat and turned to gaze at Alessandro. It was like she was hinting at him to try to talk to me to settle things but I do not think even Alessandro could calm me down at the moment. The thought of bearing a child for that bastard scared the living hell out of me.

Alessandro cleared his throat and turned to flash me a reassuring smile. "Can we talk outside for a brief moment?" He asked. I shook my head in disagreement. "No Alessandro, you can not convince ne me into bearing a child for that bastard." I said through gritted teeth. Alessandro nudged my shoulder and leaned closer to whisper softly into my ears. "I have a plan."

I gazed at him with a raised brow and he nodded his head at me in agreement. I had no choice but to agree to hear whatever he had to say, at least out of curiosity. Alessandro led me out of the office. He turned to gaze at me with a bright smile. "Do not abort the baby." He said. I scoffed at him. "That is your plan?"

"I know how despicable it is, I understand that just the thought alone makes you want to kill the innocent child, which is why I want you to see things from a different angle now." Alessandro said. I furrowed my brows in confusion at him. He took steps closer to me and placed his hands gently on my waist. My heart began to race extremely fast and that was the moment I actually realized that I had romantic feelings towards Alessandro and he felt the same way too, maybe even deeper.

Alessandro loved and adored me, he treated me in the warmest way ever and I could not believe that all these while, I thought we were just friends.

"I want you to think that I am the one who put the baby in you." He whispered cooly into my ears. I felt chills run down my spine and I never wanted to break free from Alessandro's embrace.

"Make the doctor think you will bear the child and afterwards, we can run, we can escape the Santos mansion and start our own lives." I had to pull away from Alessandro's embrace. Was he being serious right now? I really hoped he was because Alessandro had a way of making a joke out of everything.

"I am serious Isabella. I want this for us. Since the first day I set my eyes on you, I felt this attraction towards you. I think I might be in love with you but I never wanted to tell you this because I was afraid you would end our friendship, I was afraid that you might secretly have feelings for Gabriel." Alessandro said in a defensive tone.

I was taken aback in shock, although I was slightly relieved. I was willing to do anything to run away from that bastard Gabriel. Without thinking twice about things, I nodded my head excitedly. "We can run far away and raise the child on our own."

That was how Alessandro and I had tricked the doctor into thinking I was going to bear the child. After our appointment with her, Alessandro drove the jeep to a far away town in Chicago because we could not afford to move out of the country yet.

Months passed by and just as I had imagined, I had my own freedom, I was living the life I wanted. Alessandro treated me like I was gold. He took care of me and even our unborn child. I had totally forgotten I was once a captive bride to Gabriel Santos until one fateful day when there was a knock on the door.

I rushed towards the door with an excited smile on my face. We had just finished throwing a house warming party for ourselves and I guessed it was some other guests at the door.

I opened the door widely but I was shocked by who I saw standing by the door, it was no one other than my brother. The one who had been in Gabriel's captive for two years plus.

"W...." I stuttered.

"Isabella, you need to escape with me now. Trust me, Alessandro is not the man you think he is."