"What the hell?" Isabella spat, rising to her feet. She had known that the bitch was pregnant. Heck, the crazy woman had flaunted it before her at the damned ball, causing a mad scandal and a terrible turn of events. Isabella could as hell blame all that had happened on Kaitlyn. If she had never tried to come between her and Seth, Isabella would have been oblivious to the brewing problems beneath her and would have continued to enjoy a happy, blissful life with Seth. But Kaitlyn just had to ruin things. She had tossed some stupid ass pregnancy result in her face and sent Isabella running. Like a pathetic weakling. Perhaps she should have stayed, Isabella mused, watching the bitch in question sashay into the room. Perhaps she should have shown the bitch just who the boss was. But the thought of sharing Seth with some other woman, the thought that he did not belong to her and would probably never terrify her. Isabella did what she knew best, she ran away from heartbreak as far as sh
Kaitlyn had known there was a catch, she just hadn't thought the fat ass bitch would be able to think of something so damn crazy. And she dared to repeat her words! Her face burned as she sucked air through her teeth in anger. There was no way she could keep her composure. False smiles be damned, Isabella had claws and that much was evident. Kaitlyn glanced down at her baby bump, palming it gently, and eyed Seth worriedly. What if he didn't wake up? Dammit, she never should have taunted the bitch in the first place. Now she was going to get shamed big time. "If you're too afraid," Isabella taunted, her brown eyes glinting in the light. "You can take your lousy self and leave." It was satisfying -gratifying even- to see Kaitlyn squirm. She could pretend to be a little miss perfect, but Isabella knew one thing about little miss perfects. They hated being wrong. It was like sacrilege to them and Isabella was not ashamed to play on that weakness. Kaitlyn had pushed her too far. She g
A drip. A drop. A beep far away. That was all Seth could hear. For how long? He had no idea. All he knew was that he laid there, alone, somewhere. It had taken a while before he could get his sense of orientation. Before he knew that he was on his back. Aside from that, it had all been a jumble of nightmares and memories. Or at least that was what it felt like. When he had first come into consciousness, unable to raise his hands, to open his eyes, to speak, it had been extremely uncomfortable. Heck, he had been afraid. He had felt quite suffocated as if he had been stuffed in a metal box by a magician who lost the key. Quite the imagination but really, terror had flowed through his veins enveloping him. But solace had come. It came in the form of an angel. His angel. A beautiful, brown-eyed angel, whose strong words soothed and calmed his nerves. Whose voice seemed familiar. His Bella. Sometimes he could hear her talk. Most times he couldn't make sense of it. She sounded so fa
"Well someone is looking quite enthusiastic," the doctor announced with a grin and the people in the room chuckled. Nate made his way toward him but was halted by the doctor before he could come any closer. "I'll have to check him first, yes?" The doctor asked and Seth almost laughed when Nate looked embarrassed and quickly withdrew, nodding like a fish out of water. "Yes, sure. You should. You're the doctor, sir." He mumbled awkwardly. Like a teenage girl. Seth wanted to laugh but we'll his throat had other plans. It wheezed and hurt and he got a pointed look from Isabella telling him how dumb he probably looked at that moment. His response to her look was a grin splitting his lips widely. Oh for the love of all things good, he had missed her. His eyes roamed her dress hungrily as the doctor checked his vitals. She was wearing a brown maxi mopey-looking dress. It looked rather horrid and he wanted to yank it off her and toss it out the window. Why the hell was she encasing her
"Eat slowly!" His mother ordered with a glare that told him if he didn't listen, he was going to get slapped on the shoulder. Hard. Seth grinned at her, mouth filled with spaghetti that threatened to slip out of his mouth. He swallowed slowly though, just to humor her and not because he was afraid she would smack him.Okay, it was probably the next reason but he would never admit it to her or to anyone else for that matter. All he wanted was to be finally free from the dashed hospital bed, instead of getting back into one. He sat on the bed in his wardroom. Over the past week as news of his recovery spread around, his room had changed from a bland empty one into a freaking teddy bear shop. There was a stack of teddy bears on one side of the room, almost as high as the ceiling. It was downright annoying. Why hadn't he woken up to teddy bear stacks? Were the people so certain that he would die? And now that he was alive, they kept trooping in with stupid smiles and fake happiness, clu
Isabella was aware of B's burning eyes as she served that morning's breakfast into the food warmer, but she ignored it. She would rather not know what was going on in that woman's head. Or even acknowledge at all that B was looking at her. After ensuring that the omelet was still piping hot, she covered that section of the food warmer and loaded the upper section with bread. Seth, like most men, was a voracious eater. The man ate like a boar. Especially after coming out of a coma, it felt as if he was making compensation for all the days he didn't eat solid food. B chuckled when the bread formed a tower. "He sure has been eating quite that much lately, hasn't he?" Terribly, Isabella wanted to say. I snuck into the hospital one time and saw him eating and he looked seriously like a pig. But she held her tongue instead and nodded glumly. She could not show an ounce of interest in B's words when she talked about Seth. Isabella planned to remain as detached as possible. Until he came h
"What do you mean, you knew when the baby was conceived?" Mrs. Allen asked, perplexed. The woman before her looked quite convinced of what she was saying. But unless her son suddenly took pleasure in being an exhibitionist, she was damn sure Isabella didn't know what she was talking about. "That night," Isabella told her, the edge of bitterness in her tone got stronger. "That night in San Francisco, after the ball. Kaitlyn drove him home." "And?" Mrs. Allen asked again, still not seeing how that proved that Seth and Kaitlyn had sex. Just because the bitch drove her son home didn't mean he was the father of that baby in her womb. "His fly was down B. His buttons were undone. And he was drunk." Isabella pointed out. "They both looked like they must have had a good time."And Isabella could imagine just how good it was. Seth was an amazing lover. That much was obvious from the way Kaitlyn kept hovering above him like a fucking bee. Something had definitely happened in San Francisco, t
Seth sucked in a breath, letting go of Kaitlyn's arm promptly. His head felt light and woozy, perhaps from all the energy he had expended trying to get the truth out of Kaitlyn. He had barely survived a coma and a few days later, he was yelling his head off. "Shit," he whispered, staggering on his feet. Nate and his mother quickly rushed to catch him before he fell, guiding him to the bed. "Easy now," his mother urged and Nate patted his back as he sat down. Kaitlyn had a stupid smug look on her face, watching the scene with interest. He was acting like she had just confessed she was a terrorist or something. Seth couldn't believe what he had heard. Kaitlyn had told Isabella. Isabella thought... Fuck! That was why Isabella had left the ball. That was why...why she ran off. That was why she left!Shit, shit shit! She left because of him! She left because she had thought he and Kaitlyn had sex! She must have been heartbroken and pained and he had accused her of gold digging. Accuse